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SVT plans second HD channel

As of Monday the 20th September Swedish public broadcaster SVT is to rebrand its high definition channel SVT HD as SVT1 HD. This is a prelude to Read More

Two DVB-H mobile TV licences

The Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has issued DVB-H mobile TV broadcasting licences to E.tv and Multichoice. Read More

Analogue Switch Off postponed

As reported previously there have been delays in setting up the new digital TV transmitters in Slovenia. This has caused the ASO date to be Read More

Digital TV Switch Over by 2013

On the 16th September the New Zealand Government announced that NZ will complete the switch to digital television by 2013. “Our election Read More

DVB-T2 rollout possible from 2015

Lower-Saxony has announced that it wants to be the first German regional state to introduce the new digital terrestrial television technology Read More

HDTV using DVB-T2 by 2011

Finland's largest cable TV operator DNA has revealed plans to bring HDTV to 1.5 million Finnish homes by 2011. This amounts to 60% of TV Read More

Two new DTT channels for Croatia

Croatia’s Council for Electronic Media (VEM) has awarded digital licences to commercial broadcasters Nova TV and RTL Televizija to launch Read More

South Africa: DVB-T2 Trial

Last week South Africa's broadcasters M-Net and e.tv have launched the country's first DVB-T2 trial for a select test audience in the Soweto area. This trial is another sign that South Africa's broadcast industry is ready to support and start deploying DVB-T2. Read More

DVB Seminar in Thailand

On 18 and 19 August 2010, DVB co-hosted a seminar on digital broadcasting in Bangkok, Thailand. The event, which was co-hosted by the national regulator NTC, was a big success with more than 240 participants and a very strong interest in the DVB-T2 digital terrestrial standard. Read More

DVB Seminar in Thailand

On 18 and 19 August 2010, DVB co-hosted a seminar on digital broadcasting in Bangkok, Thailand. The event, which was co-hosted by the national regulator NTC, was a big success with more than 240 participants and a very strong interest in the DVB-T2 digital terrestrial standard. Read More

DVB @ IBC & IFA

During the past two weeks DVB again had a presence at the IFA show in Berlin and at IBC in Amsterdam. At IBC DVB presented the 3 Second Generation DVB standards, 48 new logos, 3D content and picked up 1 award for DVB-T2. At IFA the 2nd generation standards were also the main topic. Read More

DVB @ IBC & IFA

During the past two weeks DVB again had a presence at the IFA show in Berlin and at IBC in Amsterdam. At IBC DVB presented the 3 Second Generation DVB standards, 48 new logos, 3D content and picked up 1 award for DVB-T2. At IFA the 2nd generation standards were also the main topic. Read More