Italy’s Marche Region has asked for a postponement of the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television until at least 2012. The request was made by the Region’s president, Gian Mario Spacca, in a letter addressed to the Minister for Economic Development, Paolo Romani, and to the president of the Communications Authority (AgCom), Corrado Calibre. The postponement, […]
Mexico’s media regulator is to invite public discussion on how the next two free-to-air digital TV channels will be determined. The idea is to gauge public demand for the channels, and whether they should be national or regional, and what interest there might be from organisations and broadcasters wishing to run the channels. The bidding […]
Hybrid STBs are rapidly being deployed by pay-TV operators worldwide to help them deliver advanced services and manage bandwidth scarcity in broadcast networks, reports ABI. In 2010, only 40 per cent of STBs worldwide featured hybrid capabilities, with many not yet enabled by software as operators were not ready to deploy IP video services. Hybrid […]
Discovery Networks International is launching FTA channel Discovery MAX on January 12th that will be available throughout Spain on the DTT platform on the channel 69 currently occupied by Veo TV. The launch of this new channel on Spain’s DTT is the result of a recent agreement between Discovery Networks and Unidad Editorial in the […]
France’s broadcasting regulator, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has issued a call for applications to broadcast six HD channels in DVB-T MPEG-4 on the R7 and R8 DTT multiplexes. Applications are to be submitted by January 3 2012, with hearings for qualified candidates between March 5 and 9 and selection of successful candidates scheduled […]
The Italian government’s special commission (AgCom) has shortlisted eight would-be broadcasting companies for the nation’s auction of six new digital terrestrial TV frequencies following the country’s absolute switch-off of analogue TV broadcasting. Initially, 10 firms submitted bids. Five of the new bundles are for DVB-T broadcasting, while one is for DVB-H. The finalists, together with […]
According to Le Figaro, the French government wants six new channels on the country’s DTT platform. It will ask the CSA to open a new tender for channels. In addition to the main commercial broadcasters who will be picking up the ‘bonus channels’ due to them after DSO, other bidders are likely to include NRJ […]
Uruguay’s planning for the roll out of digital terrestrial TV will establish 20 new channels. The capital city of Montevideo will see seven channels reserved for private TV companies, seven for non-profit TV services, and six for public channels. The analogue switch off is scheduled for November 21, 2015. New DTT licences will run for […]
Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) penetration in Italy has risen to 84.7 per cent at the end of July 2011, according to market research published by E-Res. The number of Italian households with at least one DTT receiver in the principal residence rose to about 21 million, an increase of 900,000 units compared to the figures […]
The advertising crisis, along with the saturation of TV channels, has claimed another victim in Spanish DTT. Vocento-controlled channel La 10 is to shutdown and lease its licence to another media group, possibly a foreign company, whose identity is still unknown. The channel has dismissed 14 workers and closed down its in-house production and will […]