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

Mozambique adopts DVB-T2 for digital terrestrial broadcasting
Jan 19, 2011 – The Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM) has announced that the country will adopt DVB-T2 for its migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting. Installation of infrastructure should begin this year.
News categories: INCM, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Mozambique, Terrestrial

Ofcom releases 3Q 2010 UK Digital Television Update
Jan 18, 2011 – Consumer survey results for the third quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.6%, up by 3.1 percentage points year on year. This figure was flat quarter on quarter.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

South Africa reaffirms commitment to DVB for DTT
Jan 14, 2011 – South Africa's Minister of Communications has said that RRC-06 adopted DVB-T as the DTT standard for Region 1 (Africa, Europe and the Middle East). All African countries are signatories to the agreement and are legally bound by its requirements.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-T2, South Africa, Terrestrial

PVR Global Unit Shipments to Surpass 50 Million in 2014
Jan 5, 2011 – Global unit shipments of PVR products set a new record in 2009, and are expected to eclipse that in 2010. Fueled by consumer demand to time-shift television programming, pay-TV service providers are deploying millions of new PVR products each year.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Mirics enables DigiBest to extend FlexiTV PCTV product range to USA
Jan 5, 2011 – Mirics has announced that its partner DigiBest Technology has begun shipping PCTV solutions based on FlexiTV for the reception of digital terrestrial ATSC broadcasts.
News categories: Mirics, DigiBest Technology, ATSC 3, CES2025, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, USA

Newport Media Begins Mass Production Shipments of Dual Mode Digital/Analog TV IC
Jan 5, 2011 – Newport Media has announced that its NMI625 dual mode ISDB-T / Analog TV IC has begun shipping in mass production and is currently available to consumers in Latin America powering the TV operation of Samsung's Galaxy Tab.
News categories: Newport Media, Samsung, Digital TV, Latin America, Mobile, Portable, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Tablet

3D TV Forecast to Reach 3.2 Million Global Shipments in 2010 and 91 Million in 2014
Jan 4, 2011 – The availability of 3D content will remain the greatest determinant of the value of 3D TVs to consumers. Global shipments in 2010 were expected to total 3.2 million worldwide, according to the DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Market Research, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

RCA is First to Launch New Line of Portable Television Products for Easy Reception of Both Standard and Mobile Digital TV Broadcasts
Jan 4, 2011 – With nearly 70 TV broadcasters now transmitting Mobile Digital TV signals in the U.S., RCA is launching a new line of portable digital television sets that have the capability of receiving both Mobile DTV and standard digital TV signals.
News categories: Digital Stream, ATSC 3, CES2025, Mobile, Portable, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Mirics and SAPPHIRE partner to deliver broadcast TV via PC Graphics Add-In Cards
Jan 4, 2011 – Mirics has announced a technology partnership with SAPPHIRE Technology which will enable users to turn their PC into a receiver and home hub for digital terrestrial TV. The two companies will be previewing the technology at CES 2011.
News categories: Mirics, SAPPHIRE Technology, CES2025, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial