Freeview New Zealand has appointed Digital TV Labs to run the Conformance Lab for its new FreeviewPlus HbbTV service.
Al Jazeera launches new Freeview HD wave
Al Jazeera English has been named as the first channel outside of the UK’s public service broadcasters to take HD capacity on the terrestrial platform Freeview.
Freeview reaches highest-ever total
The UK DTT platform Freeview has recorded the highest ever number of households receiving the service on the main TV set.
Ofcom to renew HD multiplex
Ofcom has signaled its intention to renew Multiplex B on the UK’s DTT system – the multiplex used by the country’s HD channels.
Q4 surge puts 4.4m Freeview HD boxes in UK homes
Sales of 1.3 million receivers in the run up to Christmas have taken the number of Freeview HD devices sold to 4.4 million as of December 2011.
Ofcom ready for 5th Freeview HD
Ofcom has invited applications for what would be the fifth high definition channel to broadcast on the Freeview terrestrial platform.
Freeview HD touches 642,000 homes
Freeview is estimating around 642,000 homes are now watching the Freeview HD high definition transmissions, based on sales of 1.2 million units in the nine months since the service went live.
Spring debut for MHEG-IC catch-up
Broadcasters and content owners will be able to run catch-up TV services on Freeview using the MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) from next spring.
Freeview: 60 million units sold
Cumulative sales of Freeview boxes and IDTVs capable of receiving the DTT platform have reached 60 million, the organisation has announced, a figure equivalent to the population of the United Kingdom.
Go-ahead for BBC Free-to-view Huffman data restrictions
Ofcom has granted permission for the BBC to restrict access to electronic programme guide data to HD DTT receivers that include content management technology.