The number of digital TV homes will double between 2010 and 2016 to 1.189 billion, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research (DTVR). The Digital TV World Household Forecasts report estimates that digital penetration will climb from 42.5 per cent at end-2010 to 80.0 per cent by 2016. By 2016, 33 countries will be completely […]
Media Broadcast, a company of the TDF Group and a European service provider to the broadcast and media industry, has been selected by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to conduct a DVB-T2 technical trial in the city state. This technical trial sets the groundwork to enable free-to-air digital terrestrial TV reception using the […]
Thomson Video Networks has revealed that Telecom Italia Media Broadcast (TIMB) has launched Italy’s first HD DTT service carrying live 3D content, through its LA7 channel brand. Using the Thomson Video Networks ViBE EM3000 to achieve the picture quality necessary for delivering the optimum 3D experience, TIMB’s infrastructure for the new service also includes Thomson’s […]
The Italian TV system has recorded a 4.5 per cent growth in revenues in 2010 to almost €8.6 billion. According to the Annual Report of Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom), Mediaset is market leader in terms of income, with €2.77 billion, representing 30.9 per cent of the total. DTH platform Sky Italia saw a 1.8 per […]
UKTV is strengthening its commitment to its lifestyle genre by launching Really onto Freeview. Moving to Freeview channel 20 on August 2nd, Really will still be available on Sky and Virgin Media. Replacing Dave Ja Vu, Really will sit immediately below its UKTV-stablemate, Dave on Freeview’s EPG. This move will mean that three of the […]
Despite a challenging 2010 for the worldwide digital set-top box market, In-Stat predicts that better news is on the horizon. According to the research firm, total unit shipments decreased by 7 per cent in 2010, with 2011 also likely to be a challenging year. Looking ahead, fuelled primarily by the analogue-to-digital transition as well as […]
The number of national and international channels available to DTT households has increased to more than 820 in June 2011 (compared to 500 in April 2009) according to the European Audiovisual Observatory. It should be noted that this includes many channels that are appearing on the DTT networks in more than one country, including many […]
The Spanish TV ad market is freefalling with a drop of around 20 per cent in May and TV broadcasters, above all small DTT channels, taking the worst of it. The largest broadcasters, Antena 3 and Tele 5, saw a decrease of 18.9 per cent and 18 per cent, respectively, in the number of adverts […]
This month sees the implementation of Argentina’s new ISDB-based digital broadcasting technology. Already its signals are reaching 17 districts of the country. Next up is promoting the use of ISDB-equipped TV sets, which are now becoming available. Argentina’s president Christina Fernandez says by the end of June more than 100 different TV models will be […]
The Asia Pacific region is undergoing a digital TV boom that will see penetration increase from 29 per cent in 2010 to 73 per cent in 2016 – or up by nearly 400 million homes, according to a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR). Fast-growth economies, higher disposable incomes and rising populations will lead […]