A fifth HD digital terrestrial TV channel is expected to launch by April next year in the UK. Ofcom has invited public service broadcasters to apply for the slot. The media watchdog said the extra capacity needed for HD on DTT had been created by reorganising existing TV services and introducing MPEG-4 and DVB-T2. The […]
The French administration is considering delaying the launch of new DTT channels in order to introduce the DVB-T2 standard offering more bandwidth efficiency and bringing France into line with the UK and Italy. The Ministry of Industry has told Brussels it may bring in the new standard, says the French press. It will mean a […]
The electronic media has emerged as one of the fastest-growing and most competitive sectors in Pakistan, according to the Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory (PEMRA). Presenting the watchdog’s report for the year 2010-11 to President Asif Ali Zardari, Dr Abdul Jabbar advised that PEMRA, by the end of the 2010-11 financial year, had […]
A giant Proton-M rocket had what seemed to be a successful lift-off late on Wednesday night in order to place into orbit a massive Russian satellite, Ekspress-AM4, and needed to help roll out the nation’s digital terrestrial TV system. But the launch went catastrophically wrong, and the satellite has seemingly been lost. Moreover, there will […]
The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine has selected the winners of a tender for 28 digital television channels in four national multiplexes (MX-1, MX-2, MX-3 and MX-5). An Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported that International Commercial TRK LLC (ICTV), Novy Channel LLC, Teleodyn LLC (ÑM-1, ÑM-2), Studio 1+1, TET TV company, Kino-TV […]
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has criticised the proposed fees charged by RTÉ to allow channels of other stations to be broadcast on its free digital TV service Saorview. The BAI expressed concern that the prospect of any new channels being made available could be impacted by the proposed cost structure charged by the state […]
Finnish telco and pay TV provider DNA is extending its pay TV services from cable onto the country’s DTT network. DNA is providing SD and HD channels, including its Mix HD package, an eight-channel offering that can be tailored by subscribers. The operator plans to add Canal Plus channels to its terrestrial offering from September […]
Ghana’s Ministry of Communications says it is likely to switch off it analogue transmissions in 2013, two years earlier than the ITU’s target date of 2015 for global migration to digital broadcasting. However, not all of the nation’s broadcasters are keen. One, quoted by the BBC, is Ken Ashigbey who runs Multi-TV which supplies 10 […]
The Portuguese Government will meet on September 8th with the various stakeholders involved in the implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). According to the Minister for Social Communications, Miguel Relvas, taking part in the meeting will be the three national broadcasters (RTP, SIC and TVI), the telecommunications sector regulator (Anacom) and the company responsible for […]
Free-to-air HD digital television is now available to an additional 160,000 homes across New Zealand in time for the Rugby World Cup, Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman has confirmed. The existing DTT service has now been extended to homes in Whangarei, Rotorua, Gisborne, Taupo, Whanganui, New Plymouth, Wairarapa, Nelson, Timaru and Invercargill. The extension means more […]