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Australian Government releases talking set-top box
Sep 22, 2011 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has announced the commercial release of talking set-top boxes to help people who are vision impaired make the switch to digital-only television.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Digital TV in 36.3% of TV households in Lithuania
Sep 14, 2011 – According to market research firm TNS, at the end of the first half of 2011, multi-channel TV was being received in 69.4% of Lithuanian TV households up 7 percentage points since the beginning of the year.
News categories: TNS, Cable TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Croatia issues DTT receiver minimum specification
Sep 14, 2011 – The Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM) has issued minimum technical requirements for DVB-T and DVB-T2 receivers in the Republic of Croatia.
News categories: HAKOM, Croatia, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SmarDTV delivers SmarCAM-3 CI Plus modules to Top Up TV
Sep 9, 2011 – SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that Top Up TV, the Sports, Entertainment and Movie subscription TV service in the UK on the digital terrestrial platform Freeview, has selected SmarDTV to supply CI Plus modules for its network in the UK.
News categories: SmarDTV, Top Up TV, CAM, Content Protection, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK

Protecting TV services from harmful interference from mobile telecoms terminals
Sep 9, 2011 – DigiTAG, the EBU, BNE and ACT have jointly issued a further set of formal recommendations aimed at ensuring the adoption of technical safeguards to protect from harmful interference television services delivered by digital terrestrial.
News categories: DigiTAG, European Broadcasting Union, Broadcast Networks Europe, Association of Commercial Television in Europe, IBCShow, Mobile, Terrestrial

MaxLinear Debuts MxL600 'Super Radio' Family of 65nm CMOS Tuners
Sep 8, 2011 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced its MxL600 tuner family. The family is currently composed of three devices. The MxL601 for hybrid analog and digital TV tuner applications. The MxL602 for set top boxes, and the MxL605 for automotive applications.
News categories: MaxLinear, Automotive, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Digita to abandon DVB-H for DVB-T2 in Finland
Sep 8, 2011 – Digita Oy has welcomed the government of Finland's decision to change the licensing for the country's terrestrial broadcasting Multiplex D so that DVB-T2 can be used instead of the DVB-H format currently operated by Digita.
News categories: Digita Oy, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Finland, Mobile, Terrestrial

MultiChoice and Pace bring new digital TV options to Africa
Sep 7, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced that it has been selected by MultiChoice Africa to support MultiChoice's launch of its GOtv offering, which is bringing digital TV services to terrestrial subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: Pace plc, MultiChoice, GOtv, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Uganda, Zambia

ATSC 3.0 Technology Group To Explore Next-Generation Broadcasting
Sep 6, 2011 – The ATSC has formed a new technology group to develop 'ATSC 3.0,' a series of voluntary standards and recommended practices for a next-generation digital terrestrial TV broadcast system that would serve viewers and TV stations for decades to come.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Metaverse, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA