European delegates at the WRC-12 conference in Geneva have expressed their dismay at proposals by Arab and African regional administrations to take broadcast spectrum in the 700 MHz band and allocate it to mobile services.
Czech Republic moves closer to DVB-T2
11.07 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
The Czech Telecom Office (CTU) is now prepared to allocate frequencies for two national multiplexes employing the DVB-T2 standard.
Tensions rise between competition authority and Canal+
10.34 Europe/London, February 7, 2012 By
The French competition authority (l’Autorité de la concurrence) has written to Canal+ to express its reservations over the decision to drop premium movie channel TPS Star.
M6 questions future of pay-DTT
19.44 Europe/London, February 6, 2012 By
Pay television over digital terrestrial looks like being in serious trouble in France. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of M6, is sounding the alarm bell.
Portugal launches DTT satellite bouquet
10.03 Europe/London, February 6, 2012 By
As part of the analogue switch-over to digital, Portugal has launched a small bouquet for satellite DTH reception.
Major change for Ukrainian DTT
11.23 Europe/London, February 1, 2012 By
The Ukrainian DTT multiplex operator Zeonbud will add pay-TV channels to its offer from 2015 onwards.
More private broadcasters launch on German DTT
08.45 Europe/London, January 31, 2012 By
The success story of digital terrestrial television is continuing, according to Germany’s transmitter company Media Broadcast.
Surprise threat to Polish DTH market
10.30 Europe/London, January 30, 2012 By
The Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications (PIIT) have spoken out against draft legislation that would see residential buildings equipped with reception equipment for digital terrestrial TV and radio services.
Bulgarian DTT woes continue
08.23 Europe/London, January 30, 2012 By
Bulgarian taxpayers are likely to foot a bill of anything between €20,000 and €200,000 a day for the country’s controversial DTT licence awards.
CSA publishes full transmitter list
11.05 Europe/London, January 28, 2012 By
The French media authority CSA has published a full list of all the digital multiplexes of their DTT services in mainland France and overseas departments and territories.
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