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

DVB-T2 trial authorised in Slovakia
Sep 3, 2010 – Slovakia's Telecommunications Office (Telekomunikačný úrad SR - TÚ SR) has announced that it has given a licence to Towercom for DVB-H, DVB-T and DVB-T2 broadcasting on an experimental basis.
News categories: TÚ SR, Towercom, DVB-T2, Mobile, Regulation, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Viaccess and Orca Interactive Power Boxer TV Service with Pace and SoftAtHome
Sep 2, 2010 – Viaccess (Paris and NYSE: FTE) and its subsidiary Orca Interactive have announced that their integrated solution will power Swedish broadcaster Boxer's hybrid services with live premium content and video on-demand (VOD).
News categories: Viaccess, Orca Interactive, Boxer, SoftAtHome, Pace plc, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVB-T2, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Vestel Selects Broadcom's European Digital TV Solution
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Vestel has selected Broadcom® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for a new line of DVB-T/S-based high definition televisions (HDTVs) that will be demonstrated at this week's IFA 2010 show in Berlin.
News categories: Broadcom, Vestel, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Trident Announces HiDTV Pro-SXL SoC for Low-Cost, Internet-Ready Digital Televisions
Sep 1, 2010 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced its HiDTV Pro-SXL™ digital TV SoC featuring connected-TV, worldwide DTV standards support, and spectacular picture quality through Trident's enhanced Super Resolution (ESR) technology.
News categories: Trident Micro, Digital TV, ICs, IFABerlin, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

MRI Progress Licenses Virage Logic ARC® Video 401V Subsystem for Digital TV Applications
Sep 1, 2010 – Virage Logic (NASDAQ:VIRL) has announced that MRI (Microelectronics Research Institute) Progress has licensed Virage Logic's ARC Video 401V subsystem. MRI Progress will integrate the subsystem into a SoC targeting digital TV applications.
News categories: Virage Logic, MRI Progress, ICs, Russia, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Romania cancels tender for DTT multiplexes
Aug 31, 2010 – Following the official announcement that the switch to digital terrestrial broadcasting will be delayed by three years to 2015, Romania's Communications Authority (ANCOM) has cancelled the auction of the country's first two DTT multiplexes.
News categories: ANCOM, Content Distribution, Regulation, Romania, Terrestrial

Uzbekistan opens set-top box factory
Aug 28, 2010 – Telecom Innovations Ltd, a company jointly owned by Servetechno of Singapore and local companies Uzbektelecom and Telmax Elektroniks, has begun production of set-top boxes in the Navoi free trade zone of Uzbekistan.
News categories: Uzbektelecom, Telmax, UzACI, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Uzbekistan

Venezuela develops prototype DTT set-top box
Aug 24, 2010 – Venezuela's Centro Nacional de Desarrollo e Investigación en Telecomunicaciones (CENDIT) has developed an ISDB-Tb set-top box prototype for the country's move to digital terrestrial television broadcasting.
News categories: CENDIT, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Antenna Hungária MinDig TV DTT users reach 100,000
Aug 24, 2010 – There are now more than 100,000 households with a MinDig TV DTT receiver after a more than fivefold increase in the number of MinDig TV receivers sold during the first half of 2010 compared with the same period of 2009.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Hungary, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial