News Corp has competed the acquisition of the Latvian FTA regional station TV Riga (TV5), in which it previously held a 70% stake, for an undisclosed fee.
Disney Channel launches on Mediaset Premium
Disney Channel is to launch on digital terrestrial television in Italy. However, unlike Spain where Disney has recently announced a free-to-air offer, Disney Channel Italy will be part of the […]
Czech HD DTT on the horizon
The Czech transmission company Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) has told the local press that its DTT multiplex will switch to DVB-T2 and MPEG-4 in 2013.
Spain rules out DTT subsidies
The Spanish government will not award help or subsidies to upgrade the existing terrestrial antenna systems nor for the acquisition of decoders by end users, according to the director for […]
RTE stages access services trial
RTE has said it is conducting a trial of access services as part of the DTT pilot taking place in Dublin and the coastal areas of the north east.
CSA issues official HD licences
The French media authority CSA has issued 10 year licences for DTT HD broadcasts to TF1 and M6. Broadcasts have to commence on October 30, 2008, at the latest. Two […]
Mediaset could keep analogue frequencies
Italy’s new centre-right government has proposed that Mediaset be allowed to keep its analogue frequencies, used to broadcast the popular Rete4, until the completion of digital switchover in 2012.
Czech TV Barrandov to launch online
The new Czech digital channel TV Barrandov will start broadcasting over the internet before making a full debut this summer, according to its spokesman Janis Sidovsky.
Canal+ only candidate for HD DTT
Canal+ is the only broadcaster to apply for a licence to broadcast a pay channel in HD over the terrestrial network in France. It was hoped that up to three […]
RTP reduces transmission costs
RTP says that its agreement with Portugal Telecom will enable the public broadcaster to reduce the distribution costs for its DTT signals by some 60%.