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

ATSC Converter Box Demand in US Drives Growth of Taiwan's Digital Terrestrial STB Industry in 2008
Aug 7, 2008 – According to Taiwan's Market Intelligence Center, owing to ATSC converter box demand in the United States, the Taiwanese digital terrestrial set top box industry's shipment volume is estimated at 1.27 million units in the first half of 2008.
News categories: Market Intelligence Center, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial, USA

Portugal Telecom - 2008 first half results
Aug 7, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for the second quarter and first half, ended 30 June 2008. Net adds for the 'meo' pay-TV service were 70 thousand in the quarter, more than doubling the subscriber base to 116 thousand.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

South Africa - Cabinet approves digital migration policy
Aug 7, 2008 – The Cabinet has approved the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy for South Africa. Cabinet approved the manufacturing of set-top boxes in South Africa and the subsidising of up to 5 million of the boxes as a tool for bridging the digital divide.
News categories: Broadcasting Digital Migration, Department of Communications, Digital TV, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial

HDTV Silicon Sub-Component Revenues Anticipated to Grow from $5.48 billion in 2008 to more than $6.71 billion by 2011
Aug 6, 2008 – Display Insights' recently introduced 2008 report 'The HDTV Silicon Ecosystem Revealed' has uncovered a powerful inflection point among the 4 competing HDTV silicon sub-architectures that could dramatically alter current leadership positions.
News categories: Display Insights, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ArcSoft TotalMedia 3.5 Supports DMB-TH, the New Digital TV Broadcast Standard in China
Aug 6, 2008 – ArcSoft has announced that its TotalMedia 3.5, a media hub which combines TV, video recording and editing, media conversion, and more, in one easy-to-use program, now supports Terrestrial Digital Multimedia TV/Handle Broadcasting (DMB-TH).
News categories: ArcSoft, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Media Player, Peripherals / Accessories

MPEG Video IC Market in Mobile Devices Outpaces Tethered Products
Aug 6, 2008 – The first MPEG video ICs were designed for tethered devices that were powered via a wall outlet. Today the market for mobile MPEG video ICs in battery powered devices is greater than that of the market for MPEG video ICs in tethered devices.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Western Europe smashes through 100 million digital homes barrier
Aug 5, 2008 – Research published by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households broke the 50% barrier in 2007. Informa forecasts that digital homes in the region will reach 104 million by the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

France - August 'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique'
Aug 4, 2008 – TDF, in conjunction with NPA Conseil, has published its quarterly status report on the French digital TV market. At end-June 2008, 56% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.3 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, NPA Conseil, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Integrated Digital TV Shipments to Grow to 143 million. Is the Set-top Box Under Threat?
Aug 4, 2008 – IMS Research is forecasting that shipments of integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will grow to 143 million in 2013, up from and estimated 52 million in 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Market Research, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial