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

Zoran Introduces SupraHD® 787 HDTV Processors for 1080P DTV
May 27, 2009 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its advanced SupraHD® 787 HDTV processors are now available to qualified DTV manufacturers supplying the premium ATSC digital TV market in the U.S.
News categories: Zoran, ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, USA

KPN's Digitenne DTT succeeds with Conax content security
May 26, 2009 – Digitenne, the DTT service from KPN (Amsterdam:KPN), is a Netherlands success story with over 800,000 broadcast subscribers. Launched in 2003, the DTT platform protects its digital revenues with content protection from security provider Conax.
News categories: Conax, KPN, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Netherlands, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SiS 217H HDTV Processor Targets Taiwan HiHD DVB-T Market
May 25, 2009 – Silicon Integrated Systems has unveiled a new high integrated HDTV processor, SiS217H, for the new HiHD digital broadcasting system in Taiwan. The processor incorporates a high-definition H.264/AVC and MPEG-2 compliant decoder.
News categories: Silicon Integrated Systems, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Serbia to use DVB-T2 and MPEG-4 for DTT
May 22, 2009 – Serbia's Minister for Telecommunications and Information, Jasna Matić, has said that Serbia will use the MPEG-4 and DVB-T2 standards in its transition to digital broadcasting.
News categories: Ministry for Telecommunications and Information, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Serbia, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Australia releases Digital Tracker survey report
May 22, 2009 – The Digital Tracker Survey measures the national uptake of digital television and Australians' awareness and attitudes towards the switchover to digital TV.
News categories: Digital Switchover Taskforce, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ViXS Enables New Hitachi HD Flat Panel TVs with built-in HDD
May 21, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that the XCode® 3290 has been selected by Hitachi (Tokyo:6501; NYSE:HIT) to enable their latest generation of HD Flat Panel TVs featuring a built-in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for Personal Video Recording (PVR).
News categories: ViXS Systems, Hitachi, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV, Terrestrial

GfK UK Digital Home update
May 20, 2009 – GfK's ConsumerScope panel has found that between a third and one half of UK households owning more than one TV still have at least one analogue TV, and Digital Video Recorders have replaced VCRs in only four and a half million households.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Cosmos TV launches DVB-T in Minsk
May 14, 2009 – Belarussian broadcaster Cosmos TV has completed preparations for the launch of a DVB-T terrestrial TV service in Minsk. The service consists of a basic package of 32 standard definition channels and a set-top box.
News categories: Cosmos TV, Belarus, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ecuador to also test ISDB-TB and DTMB
May 14, 2009 – In addition to ISDB and DVB, Ecuador's SUPERTEL is testing the Chinese standard (DTMB) and the Brazilian variant of the Japanese standard (ISDB-TB or SBTVD) with a decision to be taken on the broadcasting choice in June this year.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Digital TV, DTMB, Ecuador, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial