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Swedish-owned Teracom has taken control of the Danish terrestrial TV and radio networks, reports Broadband TV News. The deal follows an agreement Read More
On the 30th June 2010, Mildura in Victoria became the first region in Australia to switch off analogue terrestrial television and go fully digital. Read More
Another DVB-GEM based standard, BD Live, is also doing very well. The Blu-ray Disc Live functionality allows users to view online content from Blu-ray discs and is clearly a very popular... Read More
On June 22nd to 24th Media Broadcast and the DVB Project held a DVB-T2 Plugfest in Berlin to test the M-PLP (Multiple Physical Layer Pipes) technology that is a relevant part of the DVB-T2 standard. This test successfully demonstrated how the PLP technology allows the combining of services with different transmission requirements. For example, HDTV to roof top antennas or Standard Definition TV (SDTV) to receivers with indoor antennas within the same channel. Read More
Cablelabs’ Tru2way specification is bound for a strong deployment in 2011 as US cable operators are ordering Tru2way hardware. Tru2way is based on the DVB-GEM standard and DVB members NDS and... Read More
More good news for DVB-T2! BBC R&D and the DVB Project have been shortlisted for the IBC 2010 Innovation Award in the Content Delivery category. The IBC Innovation Awards are unique in celebrating not just the technology but the collaboration between suppliers and end user to create commercially successful and creatively empowering solutions. The DVB-T2 study group was led by BBC R&D but involved 70 individuals representing 40 companies from around the world. The winner will be announced at the IBC Awards Ceremony on Sunday 12 September. Read More
The UK Broadcast network operator Arqiva is planning a trial of 3D TV broadcast over the countries terrestrial network. Mike Brooks, Arqiva’s Read More
Executives from two of the bodies responsible for overseeing and implementing the UK’s digital switchover have confirmed that the mammoth project Read More
Portugal Telecom (PT) failed to launch a Pay DTT services on 5 multiplexes in Portugal and following the revocation of its licence negotiated a Read More
The German shopping channels QVC and Channel 21 have acquired digital terrestrial TV capacity in the Rhein-Main area in the state of Hesse. The Read More
All 2010 LG TV models on sale in France are being labelled ‘Canal Ready’ from now on. With this move LG join a growing number of suppliers Read More
