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German digital cable quota rises to 77%

June 28, 2016 10.47 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The number of digital cable households in Germany currently amounts to 77.1%.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Tech Tagged With: 2018, analogue switch-off, cable, DLM, Germany, transition, Unitymedia Edited: 28 June 2016 10:47

Unitymedia to close down analogue cable TV in 2017

April 4, 2016 11.35 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Germany’s second-largest cable operator Unitymedia will terminate analogue TV distribution on its cable network on June 30, 2017.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Set-Top Boxes, Top Story Tagged With: analogue switch-off, Liberty Global, transition, Unitymedia Edited: 5 April 2016 11:44

DVB-T2 to launch in Germany on May 31

March 22, 2016 16.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German DVB-T2 roll-out will commence on May 31, 2016 with a multiplex carrying six public and commercial TV channels in urban areas.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Standards, Terrestrial, Top Story Tagged With: DVB-T2, Germany, Media Broadcast, multiplex, transition Edited: 24 March 2016 10:56

Austria to complete transition to DVB-T2 by 2019

December 22, 2015 11.44 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Austria wants to commence transition of the digital terrestrial transmission of the TV channels of public broadcaster ORF from DVB-T to successor standard DVB-T2 in autumn 2016 and complete the move in February 2019 at the latest, but current plans target a completion already in Q3 2017.

Filed Under: Conditional Access/Security, Distribution, Editor's Choice, HDTV, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation, Tech, Terrestrial, Top Story Tagged With: Austria, DVB-T2, encryption, HDTV, KommAustria, ORF, ORS, transition Edited: 23 December 2015 10:25

Media Broadcast welcomes ARD’s DVB-T2 acceleration

June 24, 2014 16.28 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast welcomes ARD’s decision to make the transition to the new digital terrestrial television (DTT) distribution standard DVB-T2 faster than originally planned, saying that the accelerated timetable is realistic, but ambitious.

Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: ARD, DVB-T2, frequencies, Media Broadcast, transition, transmitters Edited: 24 June 2014 17:34

ARD to speed up DVB-T2 transition

June 24, 2014 16.11 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcaster ARD wants to accelerate the transition to the new digital terrestrial television (DTT) standard DVB-T2.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Terrestrial, TV Tagged With: ARD, DVB-T2, Media Broadcast, transition, ZDF Edited: 26 June 2014 07:18

Media Broadcast plans German DVB-T2 platform

June 3, 2014 10.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German transmitter network operator Media Broadcast wants to build up a nationwide digital terrestrial TV platform using the new standard DVB-T2 which enables the distribution of more channels and HDTV on terrestrial frequencies.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Terrestrial Tagged With: DVB-T2, Germany, Media Broadcast, transition Edited: 3 June 2014 10:20

RTL to support DVB-T2 transition in Germany

June 3, 2014 09.53 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German commercial broadcast group RTL Deutschland wants to maintain digital terrestrial TV distribution in Germany and transmit its free-to-air channels in HD quality from 2016 with the introduction of DVB-T2.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Terrestrial, Top Story, TV Tagged With: DVB-T2, Germany, HD+, Media Broadcast, RTL, transition Edited: 4 June 2014 09:06

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