Japan has switched off its analogue TV signals, except for some of the prefectures hardest hit by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Those prefectures affected will switch off on March 31st next year. The rest of the nation went all-digital at midnight on July 24th. Masayuki Matsumoto, NHK’s President, and Michisada Hirose, President […]
Italian media company Tivuitalia has received approval from the country’s Ministry of Economic Development for the activation of 44 new DTT transmitters. The new transmitters, representing a 30 per cent increase compared to the sites currently operated by Tivuitalia, are located in the regions of Northern Italy and Sardinia where the analogue switch-off has already […]
In an unprecedented move, public broadcaster RTVE, Mediaset Spain, owner of commercial TV channels Tele 5 and Cuatro and operator of other DTT channels like Fiction Factory, La Siete, Boing and Divinity, and telco Telefonica have entered into an alliance to trial a joint HbbTV service. The service will allow the viewer to have access […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has completed tests of the High Definition versions of its three terrestrial TV channels, following the announcement of the auction for the allocation of TV frequencies, vacated with the switchover to DTT. Italy’s Ministry for Economic Development published on its website the announcement for the free allocation of six digital multiplexes […]
Arabsat has added a Moroccan television and radio Bouquet on BADR-4, which means that Arabsat viewers in the Middle East and North Africa as well as large parts of Europe will be able to view 8 new TVs channel and 6 radio channels. Khalid bin Ahmed Balkheyour, president/CEO of Arabsat stated that this bouquet was […]
Food Network UK has launched a four-hour primetime programming block on Freeview – it will broadcast the network’s premium food entertainment content to more than 22.6 million homes on Channel 49 during the key primetime slot of 18:00 – 22:00. Food Network UK offers a combination of credible cooking, new ideas and high-energy lifestyle entertainment […]
A Brazilian trade delegation is about to visit a number of African countries, and to try and persuade broadcasting authorities to take its hybrid ISDB-T digital television transmission system. Angola and Botswana are firmly on the schedule, and Namibia, Zambia and the Congo are included on the wish list. According to Brazilian sources, the delegation […]
The pay-TV service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset should end the year 2011 with a 20 per cent growth in revenues over the previous year. The prediction has come from Mediaset vice president, Piersilvio Berlusconi, during a press conference to present the autumn programme schedules to advertisers. According to Berlusconi, the number of subscriptions reached […]
A joint delegation of digital TV standards consortium DVB and European Union representatives has met with The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to present the technical superiority of DVB-T2 over what it describes as the ‘dated’ Japanese ISDB-T system. The economic advantages and the benefits of the economies of scale were also set out. The […]
Conax has announced its contract with Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) to deliver a high-end security solution for AVGs new DTH satellite and DTT service in Vietnam. AVG is the first private firm in Vietnam to be awarded broadcast licences for digital technology and permission to broadcast television programmes nationwide. Additionally, AVG has already completed […]