Argentina’s DTT system has added four new digital channels, including one in HD, to the nine already in place. The new channels are: Tateti, Video Éxito, Argentina HD and Suri TV. Tateti is a new children’s channel, Video Éxito is a music channel, Argentina HD is a tourism channel and Suri TV is a channel […]
T-VIPS, a global player in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announces that its TVG420 ASI to IP gateway has been chosen by RTV Slovenia to distribute Digital Terrestrial programming from the RTV media centre to 13 transmitter sites throughout Slovenia. The choice of the TVG420 enables RTV to deploy ASI in the studio […]
Hauppauge Digital, developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, has launched its latest digital TV receiver, the WinTV-Aero-m. WinTV-Aero-m is used to watch live, over-the-air, digital TV on a PC-based laptop or netbook. Live TV received by WinTV-Aero-m can be watched in a window, so users can work on laptops or netbooks […]
The evolution of wireless technology and growing demand for faster connections and rapid access to the Internet are key trends that will shape the US telecommunications, media and technology sectors this decade, said Moody’s Investors Service in a new report. Looking specifically at television, though, Moody’s isn’t buying the idea that over-the-top (OTT) broadband video […]
Portugal’s telecommunications sector regulator Anacom has postponed the start of the analogue switch-off (ASO) in the three pilot areas, scheduled to commence in February. Alenquer will be the first transmitter to switch off the analogue TV signal on May 12th (instead of February 3rd), followed by Cacém on June 16th (previously April 7th), while the […]
RCA is launching a new line of portable digital television devices that can transmit television shows via digital broadcast signals. With some 70 broadcasters on board to get their programming on mobile devices across the US, the television makers unveiled two new pocket televisions and a car tuner for vehicle-based entertainment systems. “Whether watching on […]
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the industry association for digital television in the UK, has welcomed the joint UK and Ireland government statement on the transmission of RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) and TG4 (Teilifís na Gaeilge) services in Northern Ireland, which will see a new Irish multiplex carried in Northern Ireland using the technical standard […]
The European Commission is questioning Spain’s DTT migration plan over a possible violation of the technology neutrality principle by “favouring certain technologies to the detriment of others”. Brussels has urged the Spanish Government to submit in a month all information about the DTT plan and possible state subsidies to assess the case. In its probe, […]
At the end of 2010, Italy has over 40 million active digital TV boxes and a total of 30 TV channels available in HD, according to data published by HD Forum Italia (HDFI). In the DTH segment, some 2.4 million Sky Italia subscribers, or 50 per cent of the subscriber base (totalling 4.8 million), are […]
Taiwan’s long awaited leap into the age of digital broadcasting is set to take place by 2013 courtesy of a proposed NT$740 million (US$24 million) government investment in set-top boxes and transmitters. “This initiative is part of next year’s central administration’s budget and is under review by the Legislature,” said Chen Cheng-tsang, spokesman for the […]