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

PTS Selects Harmonic for Taiwan's First Terrestrial H.264 HD and SD Broadcast Service
Jun 15, 2009 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) has selected Harmonic's MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) digital video technologies for the rollout of Taiwan's first HD and SD H.264 terrestrial broadcast service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Public Television Service, BroadcastAsia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Taiwan, Terrestrial

VTC Selects TANDBERG Television for HD and SD Playout to DTT and Satellite
Jun 15, 2009 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that Vietnam Multimedia (VTC) has selected TANDBERG to provide the encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 HD and 32 SD channels that are simultaneously played out over DTH and DTT networks.
News categories: TANDBERG, Vietnam Multimedia, Content Distribution, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam

U.S. Full-Power TV Broadcasters Go All-Digital
Jun 13, 2009 – The historic switch to digital television in the U.S. prompted hundreds of thousands of consumers to call for assistance but caused no widespread disruption of free, over-the-air television broadcasts.
News categories: FCC, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

One Day Until U.S. DTV Transition
Jun 11, 2009 – On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the FCC and NTIA, the two agencies managing the switch, is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.
News categories: FCC, NTIA, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Leading-edge Digital Technologies at BroadcastAsia 2009
Jun 11, 2009 – BroadcastAsia returns to the Singapore Expo on 16 19 June 2009. MediaCorp, Skycom Satellite Systems and Zentek Technology Singapore will demonstrate an open standard, end-to-end MHP-based interactive television system.
News categories: BroadcastAsia, Skycom, Zentek, MediaCorp, BroadcastAsia, DVB-MHP, DVB-T2, Set Top Box

Italy - April 2009 DTT decoder market
Jun 10, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of April 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Finland's Digita to launch DVB-T2 broadcasting
Jun 10, 2009 – Digita Oy, the Finnish distributor of radio and television services, is to start DVB-T2 transmissions in early 2010, in time to show the Vancouver Winter Olympics in high definition (HD).
News categories: Digita Oy, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Finland, Terrestrial

PC TV Tuner Market Faces Myriad of New Challenges
Jun 9, 2009 – Demand for PC-TV Tuners has fallen off from 2008's level due to the worldwide economic recession, reports In-Stat. One hopeful development is that Microsoft's Windows 7 and new Media Center will include better connectivity for PC-TV tuners.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Bulgaria's CRC announces DTT tender winner
Jun 5, 2009 – Bulgaria's Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has announced that Towerkom has won the competition for authorization to use spectrum for digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the country.
News categories: Communications Regulation Commission, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial