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Kenya starts switching off analogue TV

Kenya’s communications ministry has given its approval to the ending of analogue broadcasting in the East African country. Kenya’s capital city Nairobi will go dark as far as analogue TV is concerned, as planned, at the end of August, followed by the coastal region of Mombasa and then Kisumu. Information minister Bitange Ndemo says the […]

July 3, 2012By Chris Forrester

Argentina DSO on target for 2019

Osvaldo Nemirovsci, the general coordinator of the Advisory Council of the Argentine Digital Television System, has confirmed that Argentina will meet the original schedule for the implementation of DTT and complete the analogue switch-off in 2019. Argentina has already installed about 50 transmitters adapted to DTT and the government has distributed nearly 1 million sets […]

June 29, 2012

Vaizey: Only 4-5,000 at 4G risk

Ed Vaizey, the UK’s Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has refuted suggestions that as many as 2.3 million homes risk losing their digital terrestrial TV service as a result of interference from 4G mobile phone signals. Speaking at the Future of Broadcasting Conference in London, Vaizey suggested that the real number was as […]

June 27, 2012By Colin Mann

DTG confirms DTT safeguards

Richard Lindsay-Davies, Director General, of the UK’s Digital TV Group (DTG) the not-for-profit trade body formed to ensure the successful delivery and evolution of digital TV and associated technologies, has confirmed that the organisation will continue to safeguard the consumer experience of digital terrestrial television and connected TV. Addressing delegates at the Westminster eForum seminar […]

June 27, 2012By Colin Mann

Howling: Freeview at risk from spectrum policy

Ilse Howling, Managing Director of UK digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview, has suggested that the future of the service is at risk should unfavourable decisions be made in terms of the reuse of UHF spectrum. Advising delegates at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on ‘The future of free-to-air TV’ that the platform had reached 2.6 […]

June 26, 2012By Colin Mann

India: Cable TV digitalisation deferred 4 months

The intended digitalisation of cable TV services in four Indian ‘metros’ will now be extended four months beyond the scheduled July 1 introduction, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has confirmed. The decision to defer the plan for switchover from analogue to digitalised signals follows the realisation that the metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and […]

June 21, 2012By Colin Mann

Spain: No money to fund second digital migration

Spanish households will have to pay the bill for the second digital migration to be started this autumn  and completed before January 2014 , one year earlier than expected, within the so-called digital dividend allocation plan. Contrary to initial expectations, there will be hardly any public funds to finance the migration as the Administration will […]

June 7, 2012From David Del Valle in Madrid

Cablevision tops 1m digital subs

Cablevision is migrating its analogue subscribers to digital at an impressive rate. Two years ago (March 2010) the South American MSO had 742,000 digital subscribers in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Today (March 2012) the number is topping 1.1 million digital subs, out of a total 3.48 million. Cablevision passes 7.59 million homes so there’s plenty […]

June 1, 2012By Chris Forrester

DPP Guide to Digital Workflows

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has unveiled a major industry report, “The Bloodless Revolution: A Guide to Smoother Digital Workflows in Television.” The report is the first published guidance on digital workflows to be issued on behalf of ITV, Channel Four and the BBC.  It seeks to help producers and suppliers achieve a smoother transition […]

May 24, 2012

Italian DTT penetration reaches 91.5%

According to the latest estimates by Eres from March 2012, the number of Italian DTT households (at least one receiver in the primary residence) rose to about 22.8 million. This figure represents an increase of just under 500,000 units compared to the survey in December 2011/January 2012, taking the DTT penetration rate to 91.5 per […]

May 16, 2012From Branislav Pekic in Rome