French broadcasting regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel is taking steps to increase coverage targets of HD channels carried by the multiplex R5 (TF1 HD, France 2 HD, M6 HD). These three channels will reach, by 2015, the same coverage as other free DTT services – about 97 per cent of the population, with 1,627 […]
SES has revealed that satellite TV continued to increase its reach in Germany after the digital switch-over in April. In the first half of 2012, satellite TV gained 100,000 households to reach 17.6 million. Cable TV reception declined further, to 17 million households in the first half of 2012 (December 2011: 17.3 million). By contrast, […]
Brazil’s broadcasting giants are seeking to delay the nation’s digital switch-over until 2026. Under the current plan analogue transmissions are scheduled to cease during 2016. Brazil is already transmitting digital terrestrial TV and there are about 16 million sets in use with embedded DTT reception, and viewers looking at pay-TV satellite transmissions are using digital […]
Brazil’s planned June 2016 analogue TV switch-off date will be missed. Brazil’s ministry of communications now says that while some cities will make the target date, others will miss it. The new plan calls for the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo (and its 27 cities) to being switching off its analogue transmission signals in March […]
The broadcasting of analogue signals from Mount Ymittos, serving Athens, ceased on Friday August 17th. The move marks the full switchover to digital television broadcasting in most of the Attica (greater Athens) region. The move affects the country’s three publicly owned stations – ET1, NET and ET3 – as private channels already made the switchover […]
Findings from market research firm Dataxis suggest that in 2016, for the first time since television was introduced in Latin America, more people will be accessing digital terrestrial TV (DTT) than traditional, analogue free-to-air broadcasts in the region. By the end of 2012, Dataxis projects that there will be 12.3 million households actively receiving DTT […]
Greece begins switching off its analogue TV signals this week. The first stage in the nation’s transfer to all-digital transmission begins on July 20th when the key Athens transmitter on Mount Ymittos switches off. 120,000-150,000 homes are affected. However, the Greek national networks of ET1, NET and ET3 will stay with analogue for a few […]
UK Communication Minister Ed Vaizey has confirmed the terms of the £180 million scheme to help householders prevent 4G services interfering with television signals. The scheme was originally announced in February 2012. In a letter to UK comms regulator Ofcom – which ran a consultation on the issues for digital TV raised by the launch […]
Italian DTH platform TivùSat has achieved the figure of 1.52 million active smart cards in early July, just a few days after the completion of the analogue switch-off in Italy. In recent weeks there has been a sharp increase in smart card activations, surpassing the peak of 3,000 smart cards daily. As a result, currently […]
Based on forecasts for 80 countries, the number of digital TV homes will double between 2011 and 2017 to 1.323 billion, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV World Household Forecasts report estimates that global digital penetration will climb from 48.6 per cent at end-2011 to 86.7 per cent by […]