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

Malaysian TV To Be All-Digital By 2015
Jan 20, 2009 – Malaysia expects to have 19 free digital terrestrial TV (DTT) channels by 2012 when digital transmission is launched nationwide, with full switch-over by 2015.
News categories: Digital TV, Malaysia, Terrestrial

Telegent brings live, free-to-air hybrid TV to PCs, laptops and netbooks
Jan 16, 2009 – Telegent Systems has announced the TLG2300, a single-chip DVB-T and analog TV receiver IC that solves the technical and integration challenges of adding live TV to personal computers (PCs) and portable devices.
News categories: Telegent Systems, Digital TV, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial

Brazil's digital TV to go interactive in 2010
Jan 16, 2009 – Sales of Set-Top-Boxes fitted with the Brazilian interactive middleware 'Ginga' will start in December this year. The system will be interactive by 2010 instead of this year as originally planned.
News categories: Ginga, Brazil, Digital TV, Middleware, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Poland's DTT launch set for September
Jan 15, 2009 – According to the National Broadcasting Council (Krajowej Rady Radiofonii i Telewizji - KRRiT), Poland's first DTT multiplex will launch in September 2009 covering Warsaw, Zielona Góra, Poznan and Zagan.
News categories: KRRiT, Digital TV, Poland, Terrestrial

Israel DTT launch set for July 2009
Jan 15, 2009 – The launch of DTT services in Israel is due to take place in July 2009 using MPEG-4 AVC compression. Analogue switch-off is planned to be completed by the end of 2010.
News categories: Digital TV, Israel, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Bosnia and Herzegovina issues draft DTT strategy
Jan 14, 2009 – Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ministry of Transport and Communications, Regulatory Agency for Communications and DTT Forum have released a draft strategy for the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting in the country.
News categories: Communications Regulatory Agency, DTT Forum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Regulation, Terrestrial

Boxer subscriptions fall slightly due to tough competition in the mature Swedish digital TV market
Jan 14, 2009 – On 31 December 2008, Boxer had 689,000 digital TV subscriptions. The number of subscriptions fell by just under three percent during the year, from 709,000 at the beginning of the year.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Ireland, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Portugal Telecom announces creation of DTT Forum
Jan 13, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (PT) [Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT] has announced the constitution of the DTT Forum. The new DTT Forum ensures access by the Portuguese to all information related to the transition from analogue television to DTT.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, Portugal, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Technology Alliance to launch pay DTT in Spain
Jan 13, 2009 – The digital technology companies SIDSA and Secuenzia have entered into an alliance to launch pay Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), possibly in 2009, with new, attractive and high quality content.
News categories: SIDSA, Secuenzia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Spain, Terrestrial