A month ago (on September 13) it emerged that Zambia’s government had cancelled a 2011 digital terrestrial TV tender awarded to China-backed StarTimes Group . StarGroup subsidiary Star Software Technology won the tender which covered the design, supply and commissioning of the country’s national DTT system. Local reports cited irregularities in the way the tender […]
Slovenia’s second DTT multiplex officially started operating on October 14th , according to a statement issued by RTV Slovenija to the country’s Agency for Post and Electronic Communications (APEK). In the statement, the public broadcaster also says that Multiplex C covers 96 per cent of the Slovenian population. It will distribute commercial TV channels (Pop […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI has won approval from the country’s Ministry for Economic Development to launch four new HDTV channels, using the terrestrial Multiplex 5, which up until now has been used for testing new HD broadcasts. Three channels will be simulcasts of RAI’s core channels (RAI 1, RAI 2, RAI 3) while an all-new […]
The Portuguese government is supporting the addition of two new free-to-air TV channels on the DTT platform from 2014. One of the channels should be dedicated to information with a focus on regional events, while the second should be composed mainly of content for children and younger viewers, according to Portugal’s Minister of State and […]
Telecom Italia Media and Italian multimedia group L’Espresso have signed a non-binding term sheet for the possible merger between Telecom Italia Media Broadcasting (TIMB) and the operations of the network operator Rete A (controlled by L’Espresso). This merger, which would integrate five multiplexes with national coverage (three from TIMB and two from Rete A) on […]
Vodafone has unveiled New Zealand’s first – and only – full TV service using the new ultra-fast broadband network, giving Kiwis a real incentive to move to fibre. In partnership with New Zealand’s national television networks – SKY, TVNZ, MediaWorks and Maori TV– Vodafone TV gives customers a choice of Freeview|HD or SKY channels and […]
Zambia has been forced to alter its plans for its analogue to digital TV switchover. Zambia’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Services had issued a tender in 2011 and had awarded the complete task earlier this year to StarTimes Group (via its Star Software Technology Company subsidiary). At the time Pang Xin Xing, StarTimes chairman […]
Following the July award by UK regulator Ofcom to communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva of the two new HD Digital Terrestrial TV multiplexes in the 600MHz band in July 2013, the company has confirmed that international news and current affairs channel Al Jazeera English HD will be available to over 50 per cent […]
Ofcom is inviting applications for licences to run local TV channels in 11 further locations across the UK. They are: Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Derry/Londonderry, Gloucester, Guildford, Limavady, Luton, Maidstone, Plymouth, Reading and Salisbury. The closing date for applications is January 7th 2014. This new invitation to apply follows the advertisement earlier this year of licences for […]
Portuguese media group Cofina, owner of TV channel CMTV and dailies “Correio da Manhã” and “Jornal de Negócios” among other titles, has formally expressed interest in taking part in a future DTT tender. In a letter to the Regulatory Authority for the Media (ERC), the group “manifests and formalises the desire to compete for the […]