The Czech national commercial station TV Nova has announced that it will extend the coverage of its DTT signals beyond Prague, Brno, Ostrava and Domazlice on July 1. As a […]
Polish DTT trial hitch
The DTT trial currently being undertaken by the Polski Operator Telewizyny (POT) consortium in Poland is likely to come to an end at the end of this month. Local reports […]
Austrian Puls TV plans to go DTT and DTH
The Viennese local commercial broadcaster Puls-TV is planning to distribute the channel via satellite and terrestrially. The company is currently negotiating with ORS for a distribution contract. According to CEO […]
BBC to fund Channel 4 switchover
The culture secretary has confirmed plans first mooted in the licence fee settlement for the BBC to contribute up to £14 million towards the costs of Channel 4’s digital switchover. […]
UK digital TV reaches 80 per cent penetration
Almost 870,000 net conversions to digital TV were made in the three months to the end of March, bringing the total number of UK households with digital TV on their […]
French DTT to reach 70% by July
With 11 new transmitters to go on the air the French DTT service is set to reach 70% of the population by the end of July. In June the following […]
Tele5 wins regional DTT licence
German general entertainment channel Tele 5 has won a regional DTT licence to broadcast in the state of Nord-Rhine Westfalia. The TM-TV GmbH group has been awarded the licence by […]
Austrian bank to sell 43% ATV interest
There is much international interest for the 43% share in commercial broadcaster ATV that the Austrian Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft und Österreichische Postsparkasse (Bawag) wants to put up for […]
Microsoft debuts Mediaroom IPTV and Multimedia Platform
Microsoft Corp has announced the availability of Mediaroom, the latest update to its IPTV software platform, featuring several new multimedia capabilities, including in-home personal music and photo sharing, dynamic MultiView […]
ASEAN ministers endorse DVB-T
The ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) have endorsed last month’s decision by the ASEAN Digital Broadcasting council to use the DVB-T standard. The countries included in the pact are […]