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Europe angered by mobile spectrum proposal

Julian Clover — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:36 +0000

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. Read the story »

Czech Republic moves closer to DVB-T2

Chris Dziadul — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:07:02 +0000

The Czech Telecom Office (CTU) is now prepared to allocate frequencies for two national multiplexes employing the DVB-T2 standard. Read the story »

Tensions rise between competition authority and Canal+

Julian Clover — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:34:13 +0000

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. Read the story »

M6 questions future of pay-DTT

Robert Briel — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:18 +0000

Pay television over digital terrestrial looks like being in serious trouble in France. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of M6, is sounding the alarm bell. Read the story »

Portugal launches DTT satellite bouquet

Robert Briel — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:03:46 +0000

As part of the analogue switch-over to digital, Portugal has launched a small bouquet for satellite DTH reception. Read the story »

Major change for Ukrainian DTT

Chris Dziadul — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:23:18 +0000

The Ukrainian DTT multiplex operator Zeonbud will add pay-TV channels to its offer from 2015 onwards. Read the story »

More private broadcasters launch on German DTT

Robert Briel — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:45:52 +0000

The success story of digital terrestrial television is continuing, according to Germany’s transmitter company Media Broadcast. Read the story »

Surprise threat to Polish DTH market

Chris Dziadul — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:30:10 +0000

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. Read the story »

Bulgarian DTT woes continue

Chris Dziadul — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:23:32 +0000

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. Read the story »

CSA publishes full transmitter list

Robert Briel — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:05:17 +0000

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. Read the story »