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DTT frequency changes to release Digital Dividend

Some DTT frequencies in Spain are set to change before the 1st January 2010 to enable the release of the so called “Digital Dividend” for Read More

Romania prepares Tender for DTT

ANACOM, the Romanian regulatory authority, has released the terms of reference for the licensing of the country’s first two DTT multiplexes for Read More

Solaris wins more EU-licences for DVB-SH service

Solaris Mobile now has licences for their DVB-SH (Satellite to Handheld) service in several countries including France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Read More

DVB-T2 trial begins

A small Copenhagen based company, Open Channel, has begun broadcasting trial DVB-T2 transmissions on UHF Ch 67 in the Greater Copenhagen area, Read More

HD DTT service for Cyprus

Public broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) will use Net Insight’s Nimbra platform when it launches the islands first HD services Read More

3DTV sales to reach 137,000

Research institute GfK expects that a total of 137,000 3D TV sets will be sold in the Netherlands. In total the TV market is estimated at 1.95 Read More

TV licence fee system to change

The licence fee for public TV and radio broadcast reception in Germany is to change into a flat-rate universal household payment, reports Rapid TV Read More

Mobmux chosen as DVB-H network operator

TDF and Virgin Mobile have chosen Mobmux (a subsidiary of TDF) as the operator of their DVB-H multiplex, reports Broadband TV News. The CSA in Read More

ISCE 2010 Award

Dr. Nicholas D. Wells was awarded the “IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Engineering Excellence Award 2010” on the occasion of the 14th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics (ISCE). Dr. Wells works with the BBC Research & Development Department. He is the vice chairman of the DVB Technical Module and the chairman of the ad-hoc group TM-T2 of the DVB Technical Module in which the specification of the DVB-T2 system was developed. The award was presented for contributions towards the development of the second generation Digital Terrestrial Television system DVB-T2. Read More

3D TV Webinar Now Available

Last week's 3D TV Webinar is now available for download. You can either download the presentation or the complete Webinar video itself. David Wood, chair of the DVB CM-3DTV group explains the various 3D TV solutions and the next steps within the DVB Project. Read More

BBC One to broadcast in HD

The UK’s Public service broadcaster, the BBC, is to launch a high Definition (HD) version of its main channel BBC One on DTT, cable and satellite Read More

1 in 4 homes to have 3D TV by 2015

Kelko, the web based shopping comparison site, predicts that almost 1 in 4 UK TV households (23%) will own a 3D enabled television set by 2015. The Read More