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

TEO revenues grew by 4.1 per cent up to LTL 826 million over the year 2008
Feb 10, 2009 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has announced results for the twelve months of 2008. The number of IPTV users increased by 2.3 times and reached almost 40.4 thousand. The number of customers using the DVB-T service was 26.3 thousand at the end of the year.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SIDSA and Telefunken to sell DVB-H/T mobile TV enabled mobile phones
Feb 9, 2009 – SIDSA and Telefunken have reached an agreement for the commercialization of a brand new line of DVB-H/T mobile TV enabled mobile phones.
News categories: SIDSA, Telefunken, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Terrestrial

Spain - February DTT monthly update released
Feb 9, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, at the start of 2009, Spain's technical coverage of the digital signal reaches over 92% of the population which means that in terms of equipment, well over 15 million tuners have been sold since the re-launch of DTT.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Italy - December 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Feb 5, 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 December 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Ofcom awards spectrum licence in Manchester to Channel M Television Limited
Feb 5, 2009 – Channel M Television, which provides the local television service for Greater Manchester, has been awarded a licence which will allow it to broadcast digitally over the airwaves.
News categories: Ofcom, Channel M Television, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Macedonia Opens Bids Received for DVB-T
Feb 4, 2009 – The President of the Commission for performing the public tender for DVB-T performed the public opening of the bids and it was found that only one Bid had been submitted, by the interested company Telekom-Slovenia dd.
News categories: Telekom Slovenije, AEK, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Slovenia, Terrestrial

DiBcom Launches a Revolutionary Solution for Mobile TV
Feb 4, 2009 – DiBcom has announced the launch of its new platform that offers device manufacturers a solution to the problem of multiple standards worldwide for fixed and mobile TV. Referred to as 'Octopus', the chip is based on a programmable architecture.
News categories: DiBcom, Automotive, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, MWC24, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial

IMPALA welcomes inclusion of MHEG-5 in South Africa DTT trial
Feb 2, 2009 – The International MHEG Promotion Alliance (IMPALA) has confirmed that MHEG-5 is included as part of the recently started DTT trial in South Africa. The DTT trial, which began in November, is designed to test a variety of technical factors.
News categories: IMPALA, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

Australia announces digital TV transition package
Jan 29, 2009 – The Australian Government has announced a pilot package to drive the availability of improved television services as Australia makes the transition to digital. The package includes a new satellite service to extend access to digital TV.
News categories: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Satellite, Terrestrial