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Minister hears UK HD calls

March 6, 2007 11.22 Europe/London By Julian Clover

DIGITAL TV GROUP SUMMIT, LONDON – Calls for spectrum to be set aside for high def transmissions from the UK’s public service broadcasters failed to move the Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, Margaret Hodge. The DTG, whose members include both broadcasters and manufacturers, lobbied hard, but the minister said she had heard […]

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: March 6, 2007 11:22

Dublin DTT trial enters second phase

March 6, 2007 08.27 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Several thousand people in the greater Dublin area are to be given free digital set-top boxes as part of the second phase of Ireland’s digital TV trial. Iniitally 500 participants, drawn from the Dublin and Louth areas will receive specially adapted DTT set-top boxes, later rising to 1,000. The trial is being designed to provide […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: November 12, 2007 12:26

Cablecom signs RTL and NBC low-pay channels

March 5, 2007 11.01 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Swiss cable operator Cablecom has signed an agreement to carry the three low-pay channels from RTL, RTL Crime, Passion TV and RTL Living from April 1st, 2007. The channels will be made available to the operator’s 1.37 million homes that are capable of receiving the digital service. At the moment Cabelcom has 138,500 digital subscribers. […]

Filed Under: Cable, Channels, Finance, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: March 31, 2008 07:49

Mediaset to launch 8-channel DTT pay service

March 5, 2007 08.52 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The Italian Mediaset company will launch an 8-channel pay service on DTT, according to a report in the daily Corriere della Sera. The new service would compete with News Corp owned DTH service Sky Italia in the battle for Italian viewers.The service would retail at 8 euro a month and offer movies, cartoons and women’s […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial Tagged With: Mediaset, News Corp, Sky Italia Edited: January 19, 2008 16:43

Czech digital transition continues

March 2, 2007 08.35 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

According to Pavel Dvorak, the head of the Czech Telecom Office (CTU), between 400,000-600,000 people, equivalent to 5-7% of the population, will no longer be able to receive analogue TV signals by the end of the year. Although limited DTT services are already available in Prague, Brno and Ostrava, the transition to digital, undertaken on […]

Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: March 2, 2007 08:35

Flemish analogue switch-over in 2008

March 1, 2007 02.49 Europe/London By Donald Koeleman

Flanders (Belgium) will switch off its analogue terrestrial television signals at the end of 2008, the Flemish government has decided. The Dutch speaking part of the country is highly cabled with around 97% of all homes connected and it is thought about 60,000 homes will be affected who only receive television over the air. A […]

Filed Under: Mobile TV, Newsline, Regulation/Legal, Terrestrial Edited: March 1, 2007 12:34

Luxembourg agrees digital cable package

February 27, 2007 17.53 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The Luxembourg government has signed an agreement with the country’s cable operators as the country aims to become the first country in Europe to have an all digital TV service. Cablenets in the Grand Dutchy will offer subscribers a selection of 75 international channels. “This agreement prepares the ground for the switch to an all […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: February 27, 2007 20:28

French lead Euro HD

February 22, 2007 08.34 Europe/London By Julian Clover

France has pulled ahead of other European countries by setting aside terrestrial capacity for high definition television. Strategy Analytics new research piece “Digital TV Transition: Europe Watches France’s Mandates As Terrestrial HDTV Arrives” says the country has taken an important step towards HDTV on the ‘TNT’ platform by allocating capacity for HD channels and mandating […]

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: February 22, 2007 08:34

Dutch DTT exceeds 250K

February 19, 2007 12.32 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The number of Digitenne DTT customers in The Netherlands stood at 265,000 at the end of 2006, or 44% more than a year earlier. At the same time, KPN’s new service offering Dutch Premier League football (Tele2 Voetbal) for its Digitenne customers had attracted more than 15,000 subscribers at the end of last year. With […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: February 19, 2007 12:32

Viasat pay-TV benefits from Swedish switchover

February 16, 2007 09.27 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Viasat Broadcasting is continuing to underpin the activities of Sweden’s Modern Times Group. The combined DTH satellite platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions recorded a combined 15% year-on-year growth to 929,000 subscribers at the end of 2006. However, while Sweden is providing fertile ground for pay-TV subscriptions as the country moves through the digital […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial Edited: February 16, 2007 09:29

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