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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
Following the lead from UPC, the Czech cable company Nej TV has added DTT channels to its cable offer. An article on the Broadband TV News Read More
The Australian government has decided to release 126 MHz of broadcasting spectrum in a contiguous block from 694 to 820 MHz inclusive. This Read More
Ofcom, the UK regulator, has granted the BBC to permission to restrict access to electronic programme guide data to HD DTT receivers that include Read More
The Radio och TV Verket (RTVV) has authorised the broadcasting of 7 HD channels on the countries DTT system, according to Broadband TV News. In all Read More
