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

Italy - January 2009 DTT decoder market
Mar 19, 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 January 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

First DVB-T2 Plug Fest completed successfully
Mar 18, 2009 – The DVB-T2 Validation and Verification (V&V) group, coordinated by the Technical Module TM-T2 working group, has completed a very successful Plug Fest at the RAI Research Centre in Turin.
News categories: DVB Project, RAI Research Centre, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

Tight Capital Complicates DTT Set Top Market
Mar 17, 2009 – The global credit crunch could endanger many large digital terrestrial TV deployment projects, reports In-Stat. This could cause delays in DTT conversion programs worldwide, with consumers purchasing fewer set top boxes (STBs) as a result.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

ASTRA Extends Digital Reach in Germany
Mar 12, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has confirmed its leading role in digitalisation and increased the number of digital TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.35 million (13.9 percent) to 11.1 million.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Osmosys Launches New Multi-Platform Open Standard Interactive TV Solution
Mar 12, 2009 – Osmosys has announced the launch of its MHP 1.2 software. MHP 1.2 provides new features including IPTV support, a provision for unbound applications such as caller ID and targeted messaging, Switched Digital Video and other Tru2way/OCAP features.
News categories: Osmosys, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Western European Digital TV Breaks Through 100 Million Mark in 2008
Mar 12, 2009 – In what was a record year for digital television subscriber growth, Western European digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to a new report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain - March DTT monthly update released
Mar 11, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, January sales of DTV tuners in Spain once again exceeded one million units (1,123,439). The total volume of DTT receivers sold since 2003 is now over 16.3 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

DTG to launch UK 3DTV Consultation
Mar 5, 2009 – The DTG is to conduct the UK's first industry consultation into 3DTV. The consultation will ask the DTG membership for their views on the technological feasibility and viability of 3DTV, and for their views on key interoperability issues.
News categories: DTG, Digital TV, Metaverse, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

UK's DTG publishes D-Book 6
Mar 5, 2009 – The DTG has published the 6th edition of the 'D-Book', the detailed interoperability specification for UK Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT).
News categories: DTG, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK