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

Global DVR homes to quadruple over the next five years
Oct 21, 2008 – The long-anticipated DVR/PVR sales boom is finally happening. Equipment prices have fallen rapidly - so much so that many platforms feel comfortable about offering subsidized or even free boxes, according to a report from Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Broadcast Service Danmark Selects Cisco Technology to Launch Digital TV Services Across Denmark
Oct 20, 2008 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that Broadcast Service Danmark (BSD) has selected a Cisco® MPEG encoding and Internet Protocol (IP) video system to help meet the upcoming requirements of new MPEG-4 nationwide DTT multiplexes in Denmark.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Broadcast Service Danmark, Content Distribution, Denmark, Terrestrial

Australia - Conroy sets Digital TV switchover timetable
Oct 19, 2008 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has released the timetable for the switchover to digital television.
News categories: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

Malta - GO Plus TV hits 30,000 subscriber mark
Oct 17, 2008 – GO Plus TV has hit the 30,000 subscriber mark in just eighteen months of commencing commercial operations on its digital TV service. GO has scored success in keeping its promise to provide Malta and Gozo with a state-of-the-art digital TV service.
News categories: GO p.l.c., Digital TV, Malta, Subscribers, Terrestrial

UK - Freeview set for HD channels
Oct 17, 2008 – Ofcom has decided to reserve a Freeview slot for ITV and another slot for Channel 4 with S4C to broadcast HD programmes, joining the BBC in being able to broadcast HD services on Freeview, starting with the UK's Granada region from late 2009.
News categories: Ofcom, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Regulation, Terrestrial, UK

TEO revenues grew by 5.3 per cent for the nine months of 2008
Oct 16, 2008 – The total consolidated revenue of TEO LT, AB Group (Vilnius:TEO1L) for the nine months of 2008 was LTL 613 million. The total number of main telephone lines in service was 772.1 thousand, while the number of TV users (IPTV and DVB-T) - 47.5 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

MegaChips and Silicon Motion Co-Develop World's Smallest and Lowest Power ISDB-T Mobile TV Tuner-Demodulator SoC
Oct 15, 2008 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) and MegaChips (Tokyo: 6875) have jointly developed the world's smallest and lowest power consumption ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator system-on-chip.
News categories: Silicon Motion, MegaChips, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor

Set-Top Box Market to Remain in Flux, iSuppli Predicts
Oct 14, 2008 – Although Set-Top Boxes (STBs) have been around for more than 30 years, the industry is far from settled. STBs should remain one of the most dynamic areas of the electronics industry for at least the next decade, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

HDIC Cooperates with SMIC for Successful Debut of High Definition TV Transmission Chips during Beijing Olympic Games
Oct 14, 2008 – Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) [NYSE:SMI; Hong Kong:0981] and Shanghai High-Definition IC (HDIC) have co-operated to manufacture HDIC's HD2812 and HD2910 demodulator chips based on China's terrestrial digital TV standard.
News categories: HDIC, SMIC, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial