From Branislav Pekic in Rome Portuguese communications regulator Anacom has put out for public consultation the plan for the analogue switch-off (ASO), with the migration to DTT to be completed by April 26th 2012. The plan has been submitted for prior consultation to digital multiplex operator PT Comunicações and national broadcasters RTP, SIC and TVI. […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome The European Union has decided to lend a helping hand to countries in the Western Balkans seeking to introduce digital terrestrial television. A E13 million project has been approved by the European Commission in Serbia which has set a deadline of April 2012 for the analogue switch off (ASO). According […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome For the first time, digital has overtaken analogue as the main television distribution platform in Italy. In February, the digital TV platforms (DTT, satellite, IPTV) were responsible for 51.2 per cent of the total TV consumption in Italy. The most popular of the three is DTT, which has 35 per […]
From Colin Mann in London UK DTT platform Freeview has launched an HD service available from today to around 4.5 million new homes, including in the cities of Birmingham, Leeds and Cardiff, which puts Freeview HD coverage on track to reach up to 50 per cent of the UK by the 2010 World Cup in […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Spanish media group Vocento, owner of national DTT channel Net TV, is preparing to launch a private Regional TV network through DTT across the country in direct competition with FORTA, the Federation of public Regional TV stations. Vocento has a number of Local and Regional DTT licences, along with […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid Two million DTT devices will be sold over the next weeks in the final run to DTT migration to be completed on March 30th, according to a report by the research firm Gigaset. The DTT sales will surpass 1.3 million DTT devices sold in the last Christmas campaign as […]
Irdeto has announced its full compatibility with Abertis Telecom's TDT Premium content protection solution. Irdeto and Abertis Telecom, one of the leading telco infrastructure and services operators in Europe, have worked to validate the Irdeto Conditional Access System (CAS) integration into Abertis Telecom's open digital terrestrial TV TDT platform. This milestone will give Spanish TV […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome At the end of December the number of Italian households equipped with a DTT receiver in the main residence reached 15.3 million, 1.5 million more than in November, according to a survey realised by Makno and commissioned by DGTVì (the association for the development of DTT in Italy). As a […]
From David Del Valle in Madrid The Spanish Government is to approve a Royal Decree before the analogue switch-off, scheduled for March 30th, which will lay the groundwork for the launch of HD through DTT. To foster HD, the Administration will oblige all electronic manufacturers to include an integrated HD decoder in all TV sets […]
Belgian cable network operator Telenet has signed an agreement with Norkring Belgie to use capacity on the latter’s broadcasting infrastructure network. This will enable Telenet to offer DTT services in Flanders and Brussels beyond its cable footprint to secluded homes, caravans, holiday homes and cars.