Kagan: IPTV overtakes DTH in 2018
In 2018, IPTV overtook DTH as the second-largest multichannel platform in the world by subscribers after cable TV, accounting for 23.4 per cent of the total market of 1.07 billion…
Altice Portugal may not seek DTT licence renewal
Altice Portugal has made known that it may not seek the renewal of its current DTT network operator licence when it expires. The decision comes after the National Communications Authority…
Fell new DTG independent Chair
Digital TV Group (DTG), the self-funding UK collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, has appointed technology leader Simon Fell as its new independent Chair. Fell – whose career…
StarGroup hands satellite project to Uganda
The Chinese government has completed a Uganda digital television project that will see more than 500 villages across Uganda access digital television. The project, code-named Access to Satellite TV for…
Spain: DTT retune to cost €100-€600 per building
The DTT migration from the current 694-790 MHz band – to the benefit of 5G services – to 470-694 MHz band – will cost Spanish communities between €100 and €600…
Arqiva hybrid TV service for Immediate Media
Arqiva, the UK communications and infrastructure media services provider, has announced the launch of a new hybrid TV service on its DTT platform for Immediate Media, the special interest and…
Altice Portugal to challenge DTT price reduction
Altice Portugal will challenge the decision from the National Communications Authority (Anacom) to force the company to reduce the prices it charges for DTT distribution by 15.16 per cent. According…
Fincons, Verance partner for Next Gen TV
Professional services company Fincons Group has partnered with audio and video watermarking technology specialist Verance Corporation to accelerate and expand the development of Next Gen TV experiences in the US…
Spain approves new DTT plan
The Spanish government has approved a new DTT plan that paves the way for the second digital dividend to commence next month and be completed before June 30th 2020. Under…
Study: High consumer interest in Next-Gen TV
Research from the Phoenix deployment of Next-Gen Television shows that the new service delivering live, over-the-air TV could increase broadcast TV viewing and drive sales of new television receivers in…
Spain: Pay-TV growth hurts DTT
The increasing number of pay-TV subscribers is driving DTT to record low levels of consumption in Spain. The latest CNMC report reveals that 76.4 per cent of Spaniards watch TV…
Spain allocates €50m to DTT migration
The Spanish Government has proposed €50 million in grants in the 2019 state budget to help Spaniards retune their antennas in the second digital migration. This will be just an…
Spain: UTECA Feb deadline for new DTT plan
Spain’s largest TV Association, UTECA, has set February as the deadline for the new DTT plan to be approved by the country’s government. The new DTT plan, initially scheduled for…
at800 confirms 4G interference support
at800 – the organisation responsible for ensuring people continue to receive free-to-air television when 4G mobile services operating at 800 MHz are launched – has confirmed that it will offer…
Ofcom: RT broke broadcasting rules
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has found that the RT news channel broke broadcasting rules by failing to preserve due impartiality in seven news and current affairs programmes over a six-week…