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

Digital TV Labs provides test suite for South Africa's DTT trial
May 6, 2009 – Digital TV Labs is providing its Evora iSuite test technology to support the current DTT trial in South Africa. Evora has been successfully used to test set-top boxes against the South African DVB-T with MPEG-4 specification.
News categories: SABC, Digital TV Labs, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial

Pay-TV Subscribers Worldwide Will Continue to Grow in 2009
May 6, 2009 – Pay-TV subscribers are expected to grow by 8 percent in 2009 to reach nearly 733 million worldwide despite the challenging economic environment, according to the first quarter update of the Media Forecast from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telenor (Canal Digital) subscribers fall in Q1
May 5, 2009 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2009. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 17,000 and the number of Telenor cable subscribers fell by 7,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Venezuela may have chosen China's DTMB for DTT
May 4, 2009 – According to the portal Inside Telecom, Venezuela has chosen China's DTMB for its digital TV services. The decision is expected to be made official on May 18.
News categories: Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Botswana creates Digital Migration Task Force
May 3, 2009 – Botswana's Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology (MCST) has launched a Digital Migration Task Force, aimed at paving the way for the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the country.
News categories: MCST, Botswana, Digital TV, Terrestrial

CYFRA+ adds DTT reception to Philips set-tops
Apr 30, 2009 – Poland's CYFRA+ has released new software to enable the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) tuner in its Philips HD set-top boxes. As a result, subscribers will be able to receive DTT free of charge and without the need to purchase separate equipment.
News categories: CYFRA+, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Brazil to mandate ISDB in TVs next year
Apr 30, 2009 – The Brazilian Government plans to force manufacturers of TV sets of 32" or above to incorporate ISDB-T digital TV reception capability in new models released next year.
News categories: Ministério das Comunicações, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Bell proposes Freesat service for Canada
Apr 29, 2009 – Bell has made a proposal to provide Canadians who currently rely on analog over-the-air television with a package of local and regional over-the-air TV channels free of charge via satellite as part of the transition to digital broadcasting.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Satellite, Terrestrial

DTT launches in Portugal
Apr 29, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced the start of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) transmission in Portugal. From today, around 40% of the population of the country have access to the service.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, Portugal, Terrestrial