Stockholm has become the latest Swedish city to make the move to switch off its analogue TV broadcasts. The transmission company Teracom switched off the transmitter at Nacka, which serves […]
German DTH market turns digital
The German DTH market is turning digital, but analogue receivers are still being bought. “Last year about 200,000 of these receivers have been sold, the year befiore it was over […]
Swiss to launch ‘shared’ HD channel in 2007
Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR will launch a ‘shared’ HD channel before the end of this year to be in time for HD coverage of the Euro 2008 championship to […]
Telecom Italia in DTT rethink
Telecom Italia Media’s chief executive Antonio Campo dall’Orto has warned that the Italian government’s decision to delay analogue switch off from 2008 to 2012 had led the group to “re-think […]
PlusTV launches twin card pack
Finland’s PlusTV is launching a new twin card package that will allow subscribers to the DTT package to extend their viewing to any TV in their possession. In addition to […]
Clover’s Week: Piling on the pressure
Broadcasters and manufacturers are pressing the case for terrestrial HD spectrum. Julian Clover reports from the DTG Summit Almost every television set on sale in the major high street stores […]
Qatar starts DVB-H broadcast
DVB-WORLD DUBLIN – Qatar is the first country in the Middle East to commercially offer Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H) later this year. The service has been on a […]
Canal launches entry level digital pack
CanalSat is introducing a new digital package replicating the French DTT line-up. The new service will go live on June 15 using the Astra satellite network at 19 degrees East […]
Minister hears UK HD calls
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 […]
Dublin DTT trial enters second phase
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, […]