Terrestrial Digital TV (DTT, DTTV, DTV, DVB-T, DVB-T2, …) News

Thailand's DTT broadcasters may be required to provide free set-top boxes
Nov 4, 2012 – Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has proposed that the companies that win DTT licences coming up for auction next year be required to offer 20 million set-top boxes free of charge to customers.
News categories: NBTC, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Thailand

DVB approves Next Generation Handheld Specification
Oct 31, 2012 – DVB has announced that at its 72nd Steering Board meeting, approval was given to a new specification - DVB-NGH (Next Generation Handheld). Based on DVB-T2, there are many improvements and extensions in NGH to aid mobile and portable reception.
News categories: DVB Project, DVB-T2, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet

700 million households still with analogue TV
Oct 25, 2012 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the 'Digital TV World Databook 2012' has been added to its Market Research store. According to the report, the world still had 714 million analogue TV households at the end of 2011.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

End of analogue TV era as switchover completes in the UK
Oct 24, 2012 – The UK has ended analogue broadcasting with the completion of digital television switchover. Switchover has boosted digital terrestrial TV coverage for 10 million viewers in reception blackspots and cleared airwaves for new uses.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

ALi Partners with MNITI to Propose Reference DVB-T2 STB for Russia
Oct 22, 2012 – ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) has announced that ALi and MNITI have agreed to join forces on introducing a reference set-top-box solution to assist Russian STB manufacturers in the deployment of digital terrestrial television adopting the DVB-T2 standard.
News categories: ALi Corp, MNITI, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Russia, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Boxee launches Boxee TV with Cloud-DVR
Oct 16, 2012 – Boxee has announced a new device, Boxee TV, that will be available in the US this November. It brings together Live TV, Internet Apps and a Cloud DVR. The device is based on a chipset from Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM).
News categories: Boxee, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA

Sure chooses Netgem for its Hybrid TV services
Oct 16, 2012 – Netgem (Paris: NTG FP 7537; ETGM) has announced that Sure, part of Cable & Wireless Communications, has partnered with Netgem to launch a new hybrid IPTV service for its customers in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
News categories: Netgem, Sure, Channel Islands, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, UK

ANTIK announces IP STB with integrated DVB+ISDB-T multi-tuner
Oct 16, 2012 – ANTIK Technology has announced a new member of its Juice line of IPTV set-top boxes, Juice MultiHybrid with integrated multi tuner, that can receive DVB-T/DVB-C plus ISDB-T signals along side OTT content over the public internet.
News categories: ANTIK, Cable TV, Latin America, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

ALi begins mass production of its AVS+DTMB STB SoC
Oct 16, 2012 – ALi Corporation (TPE:3041) has announced that its new AVS+DTMB standard definition STB solution, M3381T, will be shipped to an MSO in mass production quantity in October, 2012.
News categories: ALi Corp, China, DTMB, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial