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DTT take up at 92.7%

Consumer survey results from Ofcom for the second quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households has reached 92.7%. In Read More

DTT HD sales rising and 60 million DTT SD units sold

Cumulative sales of Freeview boxes and IDTV's capable of receiving the DTT platform have reached 60 million, Freeview has announced, a figure Read More

Star DTV connects 200,000 DVB-T subscribers in east Africa

East African digital TV service provider StarTimes is reaching around 200,000 subscribers in the region according to Kevin Chen its chief marketing Read More

Vodafone to launch hybrid DTT/IPTV in Spain

Vodafone is to launch a hybrid TV service called Vodafone Internet TV in Spain before the end of 2010. A hybrid STB will receive DVB-T channels, Read More

TV3 to be added to 2nd DTT multiplex

Norkring and Prva TV have signed an agreement for the carriage of TV3 on Slovenia’s second DTT multiplex, designated multiplex B. TV3 will Read More

DVB-H makes progress

Info-TV-FM is to start cooperating with an electronics company named Vedia as it bids to launch a full mobile TV service in Poland. According to Read More

Commercial DVB-T services available

Star TV Network a collaboration between NTA and its Chinese partners StarTimes of China has launched a new pay TV service in Nigeria with over 30 Read More

DTH Satellite subscribers over 23 million

Research data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) indicates that there were 23.77 million DTH satellite subscribers in Read More

Four new DTT licences

Spare DTT capacity in DTT multiplexes B, C and E have been allocated by the Finish government with licences valid until 2016. URHOtv has been Read More

Croatia completes switch to DVB-T

Croatia has announced that it has completed digital switchover, with the country’s D4 region, encompassing Zagreb and the surrounding area, Sisak Read More

BBC and Arqiva to sell off spare DTT capacity

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has given consent to the BBC and Arqiva to sell off unused DTT spectrum to BT who plan to make use of the paired Read More

Broadcasters 'must help government in digital transition'

Thai public broadcaster NBT has the responsibility to support the government in the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting at various Read More