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

BBC and Arqiva agree UK terrestrial HD network roll out
Oct 16, 2009 – The BBC and Arqiva have announced that the agreement to upgrade the relevant parts of the UK digital terrestrial television (DTT) transmission network to DVB-T2 has been confirmed.
News categories: Arqiva, BBC, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, UK

TEO LT passes 90k TV subscriber mark
Oct 16, 2009 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has released its third quarter 2009 results. During the last 12 months the number of TV service (IPTV and DTT) users almost doubled and at the end of September amounted to 91.7 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

More than 700 on-demand audiovisual services available in Europe
Oct 16, 2009 – The European Audiovisual Observatory and the Direction du développement des médias (France) have published a new study entitled Video on Demand and Catch-Up Television in Europe.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, DDM, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

IPTV and DTT - The rise of Free-to-air and Customized TV Experiences
Oct 13, 2009 – The IMS Research study 'IPTV: A Global Market Analysis' reveals that nearly 13% of total worldwide IP set-top box (STB) shipments in 2008 were operator deployed IP+DTT STBs.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Mirics and Shanghai HDIC deliver HD broadcast TV capability to PC users in China
Oct 12, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor and Shanghai HDIC have announced the availability of a digital TV reference design targeting the full range of portable and desktop PC devices. The USB dongle reference design is compliant with China's DTTB standard.
News categories: Mirics, HDIC, China, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Spain - October DTT monthly update released
Oct 12, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 679,820 DTT receivers were sold in August, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 21.8 million units. Based on reporting from TNS Sofres, penetration of DTT in Spanish households passed 70% in September.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Romania approves analogue to digital TV transition strategy
Oct 9, 2009 – The strategy for transition of terrestrial television from analogue to digital, as proposed by Romania's Ministerul Comunicaţiilor şi Societăţii Informaţionale (MCSI), has been approved by the government.
News categories: MCSI, Digital TV, Romania, Terrestrial

CSA reports on digital TV in France for 1H09
Oct 8, 2009 – France's Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. More than seven in ten households (70.3%) now have at least one TV with digital TV reception.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Israel to subsidise DTT converter boxes
Oct 8, 2009 – According to Globes Online, Israel's Ministries of Communications and Finance will subsidise half the retail cost of digital terrestrial television (DTT) set-top boxes i.e by around 50 USD, for 200,000 poor families in the south.
News categories: Ministry of Communications, Digital TV, Israel, Set Top Box, Terrestrial