Advanced Television

DTT/DSO

Towercom selects Thomson for DTT

Towercom Bulgaria has selected Thomson Broadcast as a strategic supplier in the rollout of a DVB-T-based digital terrestrial television (DTT) network across Bulgaria. This deal includes the acquisition of new energy-efficient Thomson Broadcast Elite GreenPower transmitters for reduced energy usage and optimal reliability. Towercom Bulgaria was awarded a 15-year DVB-T licence and is building two […]

November 16, 2010

Spain’s HD DTT ‘very poor’

TV makers have condemned the poor quality of the present HD TV that the commercial (private) DTT channels -Antena 3, Tele 5 and La Sexta- are offering inadequate bandwidth for the channels in their respective multiplexes. The broadcasters are dedicating only 6 to 7 Megabits per second to their HD TV channels, out of the […]

November 15, 2010From David Del Valle in Madrid

VSNMULTICOM manages Marca TV’s MCR with great success

Since last August 29, sports have a new window on the Spanish DTT with Marca TV. The FIBA World Championship opening ceremony was the starting signal for this new channel, which showed all the games on widescreen format, for free on open TV, offering daily full 24 hour coverage of the tournament. Marca TV has […]

November 5, 2010

Spain completes national DTT line up

The launch of the latest two La Sexta’s channels, La Sexta 3 and La Sexta HD, has completed the picture for nationwide DTT channels across Spain: 33 DTT channels -30 FTA and 3 pay TV- are now available across the country. Over the last few months, DTT channels like Nitro, Boing, La 10 or MTV […]

November 2, 2010From David Del Valle in Madrid

T-VIPS Video Gateway powers DTT expansion in French overseas Territories

T-VIPS, a global expert in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, today announces the delivery to French broadcaster TDF of TVG420 ASI to IP Gateway units for the expansion of the French digital terrestrial TV (DTT) distribution network. This latest order for the T-VIPS TVG420’s will expand the network to encompass La Reunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, […]

November 2, 2010

RTÉ’s launches trial DTT service

RTÉ’s new Digital Terrestrial Television service, Saorview, is available now in Ireland on a trial basis. RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TV3, TG4 and RTE News Now are being broadcast through the service as of this week. RTÉ Director-General Cathal Goan said Saorview will be a major change in Irish broadcasting, adding it will offer more […]

November 1, 2010

Research: Analogue extinct by 2013

The television sector in Western Europe is in transition at the moment, according to a report from Informa, as analogue terrestrial TV is expected to become extinct in the region in 2013 and IPTV will continue to gain subscribers over the next five years. Cable is still the biggest pay-TV platform in Western Europe, according […]

October 29, 2010

RTVE ad ban transforms private TV

Spain’s largest private TV channels, Antena 3 TV and Mediaset’s Tele 5, have profited from the elimination of TV advertising on public broadcaster RTVE, since January. Both broadcasters made profits to September with Antena 3 increasing its profit by 261 per cent to E79.1 million and Tele 5’s net profit is up by 54.4 per […]

October 28, 2010From David Del Valle in Madrid

Sony TV goes pay

Sony TV is pulling out of the Spain’s free-to-air DTT market to become a pay-TV channel from the end of this month, widening Sony’s pay-TV offer in the country with three pay TV channels available: AXN, Animax and now Sony TV. “We’ve had second thoughts in our strategy and we have decided that the most […]

October 20, 2010From David del Valle in Madrid

Portuguese invest E17 million in HDTV

The Portuguese national TV channels have started investing in High Definition as part of preparations for the analogue switch-off (ASO) due to take place on April 26th 2012. Commercial broadcaster SIC has announced it will invest up to E12 million in HD. Director general, Luis Marques, expects that the majority of the content and transmission […]

October 19, 2010From Branislav Pekic in Rome