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 […]
UK channels plan IPTV downloads
The big three terrestrial broadcasters are looking at the launch of a joint video download service. BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are investigating at DTT-IPTV hybrid boxes to provide a […]
Linear invests in digital TV
Ahead of the arrival of DTT in Brazil in December 2007, the Brazilian TV transmission equipment manufacturer Linear has announced investments of $3 million (€2.24 million) in research and development. […]
Naspers invests in German mobile TV
South African media company Naspers has taken a 37.53% interest in German mobile TV operator MFD (Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland GmbH). The company operates a four-channel DMB service in 16 urban […]
Czech CT to facilitate DTT
According to local reports, the Czech public broadcaster CT is to adapt Sony Bravia LCD TVs free of charge to enable viewers to receive its DTT signals. These are currently […]
Freeview New Zealand launches EPG using MHEG-5
Strategy & Technology (S&T), specialists in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5 middleware, said it launched its EPG application on the new Freeview digital satellite service in New Zealand. The […]
New channels needed to drive Italian switchover
Italian minister for communications Paolo Gentiloni has called on publishers to develop new TV channels to help drive the country’s digital switchover process. He told the conference that there remained […]
Sweden proposes DTT restructuring
The Swedish government has said it is referring the structure of Sweden’s digital terrestrial network to the council on legislation. It now seems likely that the DTT platform will be […]
RiksTV confirms Norway DTT line-up
Norwegian DTT operator RiksTV has announced the names of the first channels that will appear in the pay-TV package that launches in September. A free package consisting of NRK1, NRK2, […]
Puls TV from Vienna to go satellite
The Viennese city TV channel Puls TV has applied for a licence to transmit its programmes over satellite. According to Austrian newspaper reports Puls TV prefers satellite carriage over DTT […]