The Italian TV market value has dropped by 5.2 per cent – nearly €500 million – between 2011 and 2012, according to the report “The television market in Italy: 2012-2014” from Italy’s ITMedia Consulting. The economic downturn has hit the TV and advertising industry – and for the first time a drop in the pay-TV […]
Local TV stations that broadcast with no legal licence are proliferating in Spain without local, regional or national administrations doing anything to put an end to a practice that jeopardises the whole DTT market. Several organisations, such as the Audio Visual Council in Andalucia (CAA) or in Catalonia (AAC), have warned that the number of […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the industry association for digital TV in the UK, has confirmed the line-up of the recently launched Future of Innovation in Television Technology (FITT) Taskforce and its key work streams for 2013. Launched by the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey in September, the Taskforce’s aim is […]
An estimated 700,000 households could experience interference to the reception of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) following the switching on of the 4G/LTE mobile telephony transmitters. The estimate comes from Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development which has commissioned the Bordoni Foundation to prepare a study in order to resolve the problem. The new mobile network, which […]
Japanese officials spent November 22nd in Manila urging the Philippines government to ignore the European DVB transmission standard and instead to adopt the Japanese digital TV standard (ISDB-T). ISDB has enjoyed considerable success in Central and South America. The Philippines government has been examining its digital TV future since 2010 and is committed to making […]
Indian able operators in Madras state, and in particular members of the Chennai Cable Operators Assoc (CMCOA), are still looking to extend the deadline to switch off their analogue TV signals. The original mandated switch-off ought to have taken place this past summer, and was then extended to October 31st, then again to November 5th, […]
Multichannel provider UKTV, a commercial television network in the UK co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks Interactive, has secured a deal for a fourth DTT channel slot. Dave Ja Vu, a catch up service for entertainment channel Dave, will hold Freeview channel 25 for a limited time from January 2013 while UKTV firms up […]
From December 12th, TV viewers across metropolitan France will be able to watch six new DTT channels broadcast exclusively in HD: Chérie 25, HD1, L’Équipe 21, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte and 6TER. The launch of these brand new channels marks another milestone in the expansion of free-to-air digital broadcast services in France and the progressive […]
Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has laid out new regulations for the digital TV frequency auction, introducing a limit of five digital multiplexes for the two dominant broadcasters. A total of six multiplexes will be available: three U lots in the 700 MHz band (UHF channels 54, 55 and 58) for five years (after which they […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published final regulations and a timetable for the 4G mobile spectrum auction – the largest ever sale of mobile airwaves in the UK. This new spectrum will be used to deliver 4G mobile services to people in cities, towns and villages across the UK and will almost double the amount […]