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

Italy - May 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Jul 7, 2008 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of May 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Hong Kong - OFTA prepares for launch of DTT second phase
Jul 6, 2008 – The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) is preparing for the launch of the second phase of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in early August involving six additional transmission stations.
News categories: Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Digital TV, DTMB, Hong Kong, Terrestrial

Poland - Second multiplex competition
Jul 4, 2008 – UKE and KRRiT have commenced preparation of the documentation for a second multiplex competition. Market expectations toward HD MPEG-4 will be taken into consideration in the competition, which will be held in the second half of 2008.
News categories: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej, KRRiT, Digital TV, Poland, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Digital television now in 40% of Dutch households
Jul 4, 2008 – According to Stichting KijkOnderzoek (SKO) the rising penetration of LCD/plasma displays (28%) and hard drive recorders (13%) in Dutch households has been accompanied by a growth in digital television (from 35% to 40%) in the first half of 2008.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Streaming, Terrestrial

Freeview re-brands its subscription-free recorders Freeview+
Jul 3, 2008 – Freeview has announced the re-branding of its Freeview Playback digital TV recorders (DTRs) as Freeview+. With the re-brand, Freeview plans to further accelerate the growth of the DTR market which is currently growing 76% year on year.
News categories: Freeview, DVR, Terrestrial, UK

Slovakia - MPEG-4 AVC for DTT platform
Jul 3, 2008 – The Slovak Telecom Office (TU SR) has recommended the use of the MPEG-4 AVC compression format for the DTT platform.
News categories: TÚ SR, Digital TV, Regulation, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Samsung and SmarDTV bring pay-TV services to Italian televisions
Jul 3, 2008 – SmarDTV (SWX:KUD) has announced that Samsung will offer SmarCAM Italia together with its TV sets in Italy. SmarCAM Italia allows TV viewers who have purchased credit to watch programs directly on their TV sets without the use of an external set-top box.
News categories: SmarDTV, Samsung, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sweden - Slight fall for Boxer in Q2
Jul 3, 2008 – On 30 June, Boxer had 701,000 digital TV subscribers, a fall of 8,000 during the second quarter this year, but still 23,000 more than on the same date last year.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Spain ends 2007 with 295,000 mobile TV subscribers
Jul 1, 2008 – According to the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), the number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain at the end of 2007 was 3.98 million, while mobile TV, in its first year of introduction, acquired 295,246 subscribers.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial