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

Spain - November DTT monthly update released
Nov 12, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the month of September, 546,000 DTT receivers were sold in Spain which places the cumulative sales figure at 13 million tuners.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Mediaset: approval for the results of the first 9 months of 2008
Nov 11, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Mediaset (Italy: MS) has approved the company's quarterly report. On 30 September, active Mediaset Premium cards totalled around 2.5 million, compared with around 1.6 million in the first nine months of 2007.
News categories: Mediaset, CAM, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Dominican Republic to begin DTT testing this month
Nov 11, 2008 – Digital terrestrial television tests will start in the Dominican Republic later this month. The tests are part of the selection process to choose the DTT specifications for the country. DVB, ATSC and ISDB standards are on trial.
News categories: Indotel, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, ISDB-T, Terrestrial

DISH Network® Introduces First Digital-to-Analog Converter Box With DVR: DTVPal™ DVR
Nov 11, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced its much anticipated DTVPal™ DVR. The DTVPal™ DVR is the only digital-to-analog converter box sold in the U.S. that offers digital video recording functionality.
News categories: DTVPal, DISH Network, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Commerce's NTIA Releases TV Converter Box Coupon Program Request Rate by TV Market with 100 Days Until Digital TV Transition Concludes
Nov 10, 2008 – The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that 62 percent of all over-the-air households have requested coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Coupon Program, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Stage one of UK switchover completed
Nov 7, 2008 – The first stage of UK digital TV switchover has been completed in the Scottish Borders and the technical process ran smoothly, Digital UK has confirmed.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

NXP Semiconductors and Pegatron introduce the world's first Hybrid DVB-T TV tuner card in half-minicard form factor
Nov 6, 2008 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that Pegatron has achieved the world's first Hybrid DVB-T TV tuner card in half the size of a minicard with the help of NXP's latest generation multistandard TDA18271 silicon tuner.
News categories: NXP, Pegatron, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

IPTV to Capture 14% of Pay TV Subscribers by 2013 at the Expense of Cable TV, Pyramid Research Finds
Nov 5, 2008 – IPTV's share of the overall pay TV subscriber base will grow from 3 percent in 2008 to 14 percent in 2013 at the expense of cable TV's share, which will decline from 76 percent to 61 percent over the same period, according to Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Slovenia announces DVB-T receiver specifications
Nov 4, 2008 – APEK has released a requirements specification for DVB-T receivers for use in the Republic of Slovenia. The document is applicable for stand-alone SD and HD set-top boxes (STB) and also for integrated receivers (IDTVs).
News categories: APEK, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Slovenia, Smart TV, Terrestrial