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SARFT Reveals Plans for Digital Terrestrial TV
Aug 21, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has outlined plans for urban deployment of digital terrestrial TV. SARFT expects that by the end of 2009 over 100 cities will have the service.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial

Boxer Denmark pay-DTT from November 1st
Aug 17, 2009 – Boxer has announced November 1st, 2009 as the launch date for its DTT pay TV service in Denmark. The service includes Flex8, where the customer chooses any 8 channels from a choice of 22 with the same price regardless of which channels are chosen.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Towercom wins Slovakia DVB-T infrastructure tender
Aug 14, 2009 – Telekomunikačný úrad SR (TÚ SR), the Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic, has announced that Towercom is the winner of its re-tender for the award of operating licences for digital terrestrial television (DTT).
News categories: TÚ SR, Towercom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Abilis Acquires Two Product Lines From Freescale
Aug 14, 2009 – Abilis Systems (SWX:KUD) has announced the acquisition of Freescale's CMOS Modulators and Silicon Tuner product lines, allowing Abilis to expand its portfolio silicon-based digital TV solutions, particularly for DTT and cable platforms.
News categories: Abilis Systems, Freescale, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Informa Announces Digital TV World Summit 2009
Aug 14, 2009 – This November 2009 Informa Telecoms and Media continues its strong tradition of delivering high-quality speakers, topical debate and unrivalled networking opportunities at the Digital TV World Summit, 17th-18th November, London.
News categories: Digital TV World Summit, Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Show, Streaming, Terrestrial

Lattelecom Introduces Terrestrial TV
Aug 13, 2009 – Lattelecom has introduced Terrestrial TV, thus beginning the transfer from analogue to digital television broadcasts. European Union law states that Latvia must complete this transition by 2012.
News categories: Lattelecom, Digital TV, Latvia, Terrestrial

Boxer pay TV subscribers down 7k in Sweden & Denmark in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – At the end of the second quarter 2009, DTT operator Boxer had 673,000 subscribers in Sweden and Denmark, down from 701,000 at the same time in 2008. The acquisition of Finland's PlusTV added 276,000 subscribers, to give a total of 949,000.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Finland, Results, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Spanish Government approves pay DTT
Aug 13, 2009 – Spain's government has agreed to allow television channels to charge viewers for digital terrestrial programming.
News categories: Digital TV, Regulation, Spain, Terrestrial

New Demodulator Core for the China DTV Market from Iberium Communications
Aug 10, 2009 – Iberium Communications has announced the availability of its Paco digital demodulator core for the China DTV market. Paco is fully compliant with the DTMB standard (GB20600-2006), supporting all single-carrier and multi-carrier transmission modes.
News categories: Iberium Communications, China, DTMB, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Terrestrial