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

Entone Unveils Europe's First Multi-Stream IP Video Gateway at IBC 2008
Sep 3, 2008 – Entone will unveil its multi-stream Janus™ IP Video Gateway at the IBC show. Derived from Entone's Hydra IP Video Gateway, Janus supports simultaneous decoding of multiple video streams, both in high-definition (HD) and standard definition (SD).
News categories: Entone, DVR, Gateway, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

Interactive GALA TV customers will have the possibility to watch their favourite TV programs at desired times
Sep 3, 2008 – Customers using the Interactive GALA TV service provided by TEO LT (VSE: TEO1L) now have the possibility to use a new service - My TV Recordings - which allows watching desired TV programs at convenient times without using any extra equipment.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Russia delays digital TV switch plans
Sep 3, 2008 – The adoption of Russia's state-funded program for the switch to digital TV, scheduled for completion in 2015, will have to be postponed, it was announced Wednesday.
News categories: Digital TV, Russia, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Taiwan - MP4 player vendors plan to launch DVB-T handsets
Sep 3, 2008 – Vendors of MP4 players, having seen the success of mobile phones equipped with mobile TV functionality in China, plan to introduce DVB-T-enabled handsets for sale in Taiwan in the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Germany - Digital cable TV in more households than DTT
Sep 2, 2008 – According to ANGA, taking results from a survey report by Gemeinsamen Stelle Digitaler Zugang (GSDZ) released at IFA in Berlin, more households in Germany now recieve digital television via cable than via DTT.
News categories: Association of German Cable Operators, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Leading-Edge Decoder Technology Powers Proview Set-Top Box in Brazil
Sep 2, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that Proview (Hong Kong: 0334) is to use ST's STi7101 HDTV MPEG-2/H.264 single chip video decoder in its new XPS-1000 digital terrestrial set-top box (SBTVD) for Brazil.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Proview, Brazil, Digital TV, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

BBC Research: world's first reception of HD pictures over DTT using DVB-T2
Sep 1, 2008 – On the 60th birthday of BBC Kingswood Warren, engineers from BBC Research & Innovation succeeded in demonstrating a working real-time demodulator capable of receiving signals compliant to the DVB-T2 standard for the very first time.
News categories: BBC Research, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK

Customs Agents Raid IFA Trade Fair
Aug 29, 2008 – German customs agents raided the IFA show shortly after it opened on Friday looking for companies who have avoided royalty payments for TV sets, DVB-T receivers and MP3 players.
News categories: Digital TV, IFABerlin, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

DVB-T licensing transferred from MPEG LA to SISVEL
Aug 29, 2008 – MPEG LA and SISVEL have announced that the administration of the DVB-T licensing program, including the administration of all DVB-T Patent Portfolio Licenses previously executed by MPEG LA and licensees, has been transferred from MPEG LA to SISVEL.
News categories: SISVEL, MPEG LA, Digital TV, Licensing, Patent, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial