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

TV Operators Looking for Foothold in Market Through Hybrid STBs
Apr 15, 2009 – An IMS Research study reveals that the continued growth in hybrid set-top box (STB) deployments is being driven by operators initiatives to increase ARPUs through additional services including push-VOD, progressive download and access to web portals.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Lattelecom Terrestrial to be Available Throughout Latvia by Year-End
Apr 15, 2009 – Lattelecom's Terrestrial TV services will be available throughout Latvia by the end of 2009, the company has announced. The system is being tested right now and, at the end of April, Lattelecom will begin to also test pay channels.
News categories: Lattelecom, Digital TV, Latvia, Terrestrial

14% of NZ Homes Now Have Freeview
Apr 15, 2009 – More than 14% of homes in New Zealand now have Freeview according to figures released today. This equates to nearly 10,000 new homes a month (or 72,000 new viewers over the quarter) now enjoying the benefits of free-to-air digital television.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Terrestrial

Terrestrial high-definition TV pilot launched in UK with Arqiva and Enensys
Apr 15, 2009 – Arqiva and Enensys are playing a leading role in the terrestrial high-definition TV (HDTV) pilot launched recently from the Crystal Palace transmitter in south London, utilising the new DVB-T2 standard.
News categories: Arqiva, Enensys, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, UK

EU matches Japan's Digital TV offer in Peru
Apr 14, 2009 – The European Commission has sent a letter to Peruvian President Alan García proposing to allocate $662,000 to a DVB pilot project. Japan had offered the same amount to carry out an ISDB test.
News categories: European Commission, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Terrestrial

Spain - April DTT monthly update and annual report released
Apr 13, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, February sales of DTV tuners in Spain exceeded 576,000. The total volume of DTT receivers sold since 2003 is now around 17 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Italy - February 2009 DTT decoder market
Apr 9, 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 February 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

50 Bidders for Digital TV Networks in Bulgaria
Apr 9, 2009 – Fifty companies have declared interest in bidding for the construction of national digital television networks in Bulgaria. The analogue television switch-off should be completed in December 2012.
News categories: Bulgaria, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

Spain begins pay-DTT licensing
Apr 8, 2009 – Private national television operators in Spain may now apply to the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio to alter their broadcasting licence to allow them to offer digital terrestrial pay-TV services.
News categories: Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Conditional Access, Spain, Terrestrial