Nine nationwide DTT channels in Spain will have to cease broadcasting following the government’s decision to revoke their licences awarded by the previous Administration in 2010. The decision will affect four of Spain’s biggest media groups: Mediaset, Atresmedia (the former Antena 3 group), Vocento and Unidad Editorial. Mediaset will lose 2 DTT channels; Atresmedia will […]
Thailand has looked again at how it will structure its various digital TV multiplexes. The end result is a new auction process for a total of 24 channels will now comprise: 7 in HD, 7 news channels in standard definition, and a total of 24 commercial DTT channels. However, increasing the HD and news sector […]
It may not be the largest TV market on the planet but China must be pleased that it will be providing equipment for Cuba’s adoption of digital terrestrial TV, just 90 miles from the Florida coast. China’s DTMB standard (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast) is used throughout China, Hong Kong, Macau and Laos. Other countries using […]
California-based Trinity Broadcasting Network is breaking into the Spanish local DTT market following the acquisition of four local DTT licences that cover parts of the Madrid region from the Spanish media group Libertad Digital, owned by the journalist Federico Jimenez Losantos. The sale comes as when the local DTT market in Spain is going through […]
UK regulator Ofcom has published a consultation on introducing spectrum charges for digital broadcasting. The consultation will look at whether spectrum charges should be levied on national digital terrestrial TV, local TV and digital audio broadcasting, in line with Ofcom’s duty to secure optimal use of radio spectrum, and proposes to introduce spectrum charges for […]
Ofcom has invited expressions of interest to offer local TV services in 30 further UK locations, ahead of a second phase of licensing. Ofcom has awarded 19 licences in the first phase and it is hoped that some channels in the first phase may be on air before the end of the year. The regulator […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is preparing to launch three new adult channels on its ‘Mediaset Premium’ DTT pay-TV platform . The Hot Time 1, 2 and 3 channels will commence broadcasting on March 22nd on the Mediaset 1 multiplex. According to local media reports, the daily cost will be €9 for one channel or €12 for […]
CASBAA’s annual India Forum concluded on an optimistic note on the state of digitisation in the country. The Forum attracted a host of government and industry professionals weighing in on the multichannel TV market in India. “The timing for this year’s CASBAA India Forum 2013 could not have been better with the Phase II digitisation […]
Twenty-two of the European Union’s 27 members have now completed digital switchover, as have the non-EU European states Croatia, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, according to European Audiovisual Observatory. The Observatory says pay DTT services are now available in 17 EU countries and 21 European countries. Eighty-six new DTT channels were launched last year, and HD […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG) is consulting its 140 member organisations and the wider industry on the future management of digital television interoperability in the UK. The DTG will use consultation responses to establish a new framework for managing the way that different TV products and services work together (inter-operate) in the UK digital TV […]