Eight parties have shown interest in the local DTT franchises in the towns of Brest, Strasbourg, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Menton and Montluçon. Most applications are uncontested, but for southern France there […]
Austria reaches 400,000 DTT receivers
Digital terrestrial television is a success in Austria, with 400,000 receivers in the market at the end of last year. “DTT has tuned into a competing platform,” according to Michael Wagenhofer, […]
Switzerland completes analogue switch-over
Next Monday SRG SSR idée suisse will complete analogue switch-over in Switzerland by terminating the analogue transmissions in the cantons of Wallis and Chablais Vaudois.
French digital homes reach 46.5%
The number of French homes capable of receiving digital television has now reached 46.5%, while the number of homes that rely solely on digital reception now stands at 27.1%, according […]
VRT to sell tower and transmitter business
Belgian public broadcaster VRT is to sell its tower and transmitter business to a private company in order to comply with the analogue switchover scenario as laid out by the […]
CSA announces new DTT transmitters
French media authority CSA has announced the new transmitters that will come on the air on March 31, as already reported by Broadband TV News.
Disney takes interest in Spanish DTT
The Walt Disney company has taken an 20% interest in the Spanish DTT broadcaster Net TV for €27 million. The free-to-air broadcaster holds one of the six nationwide DTT licences […]
CSA publishes call for HD pay-TV on DTT
French media authority CSA has published its call for applicants for the planned HD DTT services in the country. There will be room for three HD pay-TV channels.
ITV expands DTT presence
ITV is to take advantage of its capacity on the DTT network with an expansion in hours for both ITV4 and CITV.
KPN sets ambitious TV goals
Dutch incumbent telecoms operator KPN has said it aims to get 10% of the Dutch television market by 2010 with its DTT service product Digitenne as the main driver.