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

Net Insight receives order for Digital Terrestrial TV network in Poland
Jul 16, 2010 – Net Insight (STO: NETI B) has received a significant order to build the new nationwide media network for Emitel in Poland. Net Insight won this order in partnership with Ericsson Poland (NASDAQ:ERIC).
News categories: Net Insight, Ericsson, Emitel, Telewizja Polska, Content Distribution, Poland, Terrestrial

Renesas Electronics Introduces Two New DTV and Set-Top Box SoCs
Jul 15, 2010 – Renesas (TSE: 6723) has announced the availability of two system-on-chips (SoCs) for digital TVs, set top boxes, and digital broadcast receiver modules. The EMMA™3TJ and the EMMA3TS specifically target the DTT markets of Japan and South America.
News categories: Renesas, Argentina, Brazil, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Venezuela

RTÉ proposes DTT with satellite in-fill for Ireland
Jul 15, 2010 – RTÉ has proposed to Ireland's Minister for Communications that the company should offer a free-to-air TV service via terrestrial covering 98% of the population, with the remaining 2% in remote areas being covered by satellite.
News categories: RTÉ, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial

Kenya and Tanzania favouring ISDB-T for DTT
Jul 14, 2010 – Ministers of Communications from Kenya and Tanzania have told Brazilian Presidential adviser André Barbosa that they are working in favour of the adoption of ISDB-T for digital terrestrial television (DTT) in their countries.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Kenya, Tanzania, Terrestrial

Netgem Selects MaxLinear Silicon Tuner for Use in Set-Top Box Designs
Jul 13, 2010 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Netgem (Paris: NTG FP 7537; ETGM) has selected the MxL201RF ultra-low power silicon tuner to be used in several of its key hybrid set-top box (STB) designs.
News categories: MaxLinear, Netgem, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Bolivia adopts ISDB-T as its standard for DTT
Jul 5, 2010 – The government of Bolivia, through Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, has announced that it has adopted ISDB-T as its standard for digital terrestrial TV.
News categories: Bolivia, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

DTG consults on innovation and interoperability in UK DTT
Jul 5, 2010 – The Digital TV Group (DTG), the independent industry body responsible for the technical development of UK digital terrestrial television (DTT), has launched a consultation on interoperability and innovation on the DTT platform.
News categories: Digital TV Group, Regulation, Terrestrial, UK

Argentina to deploy Ginga STB middleware
Jul 5, 2010 – A group of researchers in Argentina is working on a local version of Brazil's Ginga DTT middleware. The software is due for deployment in set-top boxes to be distributed by the Argentinian government from August/September this year.
News categories: Ginga, UNLP, Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Freeview Australia MHEG EPG goes live with S&T and Magna Systems
Jul 1, 2010 – S&T and Magna Systems have announced that the Freeview Australia EPG is a customised version of S&T's MHEG Guide product and will be available on all 'Freeview EPG' branded receivers that go on sale in Australia from July 2010.
News categories: S&T, Magna Systems, Freeview Australia, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial