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

Austria to begin DVB-T2 broadcasting
Feb 15, 2011 – The Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) has announced plans to add three additional multiplexes for DVB-T2 broadcasting.
News categories: Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs, Austria, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

Azerbaijan plans analogue TV switch off
Feb 15, 2011 – Azerbaijan's government has approved plans for the conversion of its free-to-air television infrastructure from analogue to digital. The introduction of DVB-T broadcasting is to take place in two stages.
News categories: Ministry of Communications & Information Technologies, Azerbaijan, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Newport Media Introduces Family of Digital Television ICs with Integrated Audio-Video Decoder Functionality
Feb 15, 2011 – Newport Media has announced customer sampling of its NMI5625 dual-mode ISDB-T/analog TV and NMI5325 single-mode ISDB-T television ICs. Both ICs feature integrated H.264/AAC audio/video (A/V) decoding.
News categories: Newport Media, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Latin America, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Almost 9 out of 10 TV households in France have digital
Feb 14, 2011 – According to GfK and Médiamétrie, at the end of 2010 almost 9 out of 10 TV households in France owned at least one digital television receiver (satellite, DSL, terrestrial or cable) - 8 million more than at the end of 2008.
News categories: Médiamétrie, GfK, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Freeview NZ Records Biggest Sales Month Since Launch
Feb 14, 2011 – The popularity of New Zealand's free-to-air digital television and radio service, Freeview, continues to increase following the biggest month of Freeview sales since the company began in 2007.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ACCESS Announces NetFront™ Browser Ginga Edition for Growing Brazilian Mobile TV Market
Feb 14, 2011 – ACCESS CO. has announced NetFront™ Browser DTV Profile Ginga Edition. The new browser supports the Brazilian standard for digital mobile broadcast TV (ISDB-Tb), which includes Ginga-NCL, the Brazil-specific interactive middleware layer.
News categories: ACCESS CO, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, MWC24, SBTVD

S&T delivers connected content for Freeview HD and Freesat
Feb 11, 2011 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) technology is helping to deliver on demand video content over broadband to Freeview HD and Freesat set-top boxes and IDTVs as part of the new MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC).
News categories: S&T, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK, Video Exchange

The Asia-Pacific Region to Lead Set-Top Box Market Growth for the Next Five Years, Says ABI Research
Feb 9, 2011 – The Asia-Pacific region will lead worldwide set-top box market growth for the next five years, according to new data from ABI Research. Asia-Pacific's share of the market will approach 50% of all set-top boxes sold worldwide in 2013-2015.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

YouView updates launch schedule
Feb 9, 2011 – YouView, the subscription-free internet-connected TV service for the UK, has announced that it will have a product in trial by the end of this year, with a full consumer launch planned in early 2012.
News categories: YouView, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK