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

Alcatel-Lucent Paves the Way for Planning ISDB-T Digital Terrestrial Networks Using Technologies Developed by DiBcom
Nov 21, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, NYSE: ALU) and DiBcom have entered into a new partnership, this time for radio planning for ISDB-T networks in South America, promoting their technologies and working methods through the Argentinean broadcasting network study project.
News categories: DiBcom, Alcatel-Lucent, Argentina, Content Distribution, ISDB-T, Latin America, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Vestel Deploys Entropic Communications' Multi-Mode Hybrid Silicon Tuner
Nov 21, 2011 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its EN4020 multi-mode hybrid RF CMOS silicon tuner has been selected by Vestel. Vestel will incorporate the tuner into a variety of DVB-T and DVB-T2 set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Entropic Communications, Vestel, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, Norway, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

AltoBeam Supplies ATBM8845 DTMB/DVB-C Demodulators to Sharp
Nov 16, 2011 – AltoBeam has announced that Sharp (Tokyo:6753) has selected AltoBeam's ATBM8845 DTMB/DVB-C demodulator for its China-bound TV tuners. The ATBM8845 is in full compliance with GB20600-2006 and GY/T 170-2001, China's terrestrial and cable TV standards.
News categories: AltoBeam, Sharp Corp, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

East African Community Ministers Want Digital Broadcast Migration Expedited
Nov 14, 2011 – At the EAC's 9th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Transport, Communications and Meteorology (TCM), ministers directed Partner States to expedite the process of putting in place legislation for the implementation of digital TV broadcasting.
News categories: East African Community, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Set Top Box, Tanzania, Terrestrial, Uganda

Toshiba adopts MStar HbbTV solution
Nov 14, 2011 – MStar Semiconductor has announced that their solution has been adopted by Toshiba for their TL & RL TV series, being released across Europe. The TL & RL series enable users to merge broadcast TV and broadband content through HbbTV technology.
News categories: MStar Semi, Toshiba, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Europe, HbbTV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Future of Broadcast Television Summit Declares Global Goals for Future of Broadcasting
Nov 11, 2011 – Television broadcasting executives, technologists and engineers gathering this week in China agreed that a global approach to the future of terrestrial TV broadcasting is the ideal method to avoid competing standards, overlap, and inefficient deployment of new services.
News categories: FoBTV, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Hybrid/OTT Expands Opportunities for Pay-TV Operators
Nov 8, 2011 – With the introduction of integrated Hybrid OTT and live TV services using the advantages of ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) encoding and digital video broadcast, Pay-TV Operators can now add or expand video services less expensively than before.
News categories: MRG, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Terrestrial

Freeview HD Sales Surpass 3 Million in UK
Oct 27, 2011 – Freeview, the UK's largest digital TV service, has revealed that it has sold more than three million Freeview HD devices. The vast majority - 90 per cent - of Freeview HD devices sold are televisions.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Hybrid Set-Top Boxes Empower Satellite Vendors to Compete in an On-Demand World
Oct 19, 2011 – Hybrid box penetration will rise above 60% by 2016 as operators look at IP-based video on demand (VOD) and advertising solutions, as well as interactive content, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial