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TVE HD coverage at 84%

Radio Televisión Espanola RTVE, Spain’s national public broadcaster, has extended the coverage of its DTT HD transmissions to 84% of the Read More

DTT tuners in over 50% of TV sets

Integrated DTT tuners are in 51.1% of Spanish TV sets according to a recent report from Statistics National Institute (INE) of Spain. This is a Read More

Consultation on spare DTT capacity

The Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has launched a consultation into the allocation of spare capacity on the country’s DTT Read More

Polish DTT finally launches

Following months of delays, digital terrestrial broadcasting was finally expected to make its debut on the 30th September, reports Broadband TV Read More

ASO date confirmed

Hungary is still committed to its Analogue Switch Off date of the 31st December 2011 reports Broadband TV News. The news was given by Dr Évá Read More

More DVB-T2 tests in Munich

Bayerische Rundfunk (BR), the public broadcaster for Bavaria, has launched a DVB-T2 test transmission in the city of Munich. The broadcasts of both Read More

Ofcom looks at local TV options

Ofcom the UK’s TV regulator has released a technical report on the possible platform options for the start of regular local TV in Britain. The Read More

Ten more DTT channels for Lattelcom

Lattelecom has added 10 more DTT channels to its service, bringing the total number offered to customers to 43 with the addition of the free Read More

Antena 3 offered in HD on DTT

Antenna 3 has announced that it will launch an HD version of its channel on the 28th September 2010. Grupo Planeta’s national private TV Read More

DTT covers 99% of the population

Czech Television’s (CT) multiplex now covers 99% of the population whilst the second and third multiplexes cover 89.5% and 84.4% respectively. Read More

No plans for new DVB HBB standard, but door left open

The DVB is confident GEM-MHP remains the answer for the hybrid broadcast broadband (HBB) needs of its members despite the apparently growing strength of HbbTV in continental Europe and Canvas in... Read More

DVB Fundamentals Course

DigiWorkz and SkillSets4Life have launched an online DVB Fundamentals course. Targeted at engineers and technicians working in the broadcast field, this course will provide you with a working knowledge of what digital video broadcasting is and a practical knowledge that can be used in work situations. Read More