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

Seven brings the TiVo HD DVR to Australia
Jul 1, 2008 – Seven Media (ASX: SEV) and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) are to launch TiVo in Australia. Under the agreement, Seven has created the digital platform to enable TiVo's digital video recorder and service, including the award-winning TiVo user interface.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Seven Media Group, Australia, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

UK - Set Top Box sales increasing
Jul 1, 2008 – Volume sales of Set Top Boxes grew to 4.9 million in the year ending April 2008 in the UK, increasing from 4.1 million the previous year. Value sales also grew from £169.1 million to £172.9 million over the same period, according to GfK.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

ACMA releases final report on survey of digital television in Australian homes
Jun 30, 2008 – The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released the full findings of its research into the uptake of digital television in Australian homes, which showed that 42 per cent of Australian homes have adopted digital TV.
News categories: ACMA, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DVB Steering Board ratifies DVB-T2 specification for second generation DTT Transmission
Jun 30, 2008 – At its 58th meeting, the DVB Steering Board has ratified and published the DVB-T2 specification. DVB-T2 is a second generation transmission system for digital terrestrial television.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

China Drafting Standard for Terrestrial Digital Televisions
Jun 30, 2008 – The China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) has revealed that a draft standard for terrestrial digital television sets is circulating among related enterprises and municipal broadcasting bureaus.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Widevine® Secures Viginta's One Way DTT Video Service
Jun 30, 2008 – Widevine has announced that leading Lithuanian multichannel television, telephone and internet service provider Viginta has selected Widevine Cypher to secure content delivered over DTT, hybrid QAM (cable) and IPTV deployments.
News categories: Widevine, Viginta, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Preliminary decision awards victory in Portugal DTT contest
Jun 30, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced that a preliminary decision of the Public Tender Committee has awarded PT the victory in the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) pay-TV (Muxes B to F) public tender.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, Portugal, Regulation, Terrestrial

More EU households are receiving digital terrestrial television
Jun 27, 2008 – An EU-wide survey has revealed the emergence of new consumption patterns in telecoms services in Europe. More households are receiving digital terrestrial television: an increase of 5 percentage points since winter 2007 to now 12% of EU27 households.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
Jun 27, 2008 – The BBC has begun DVB-T2 test transmissions from the Guildford transmitter southwest of London, in preparation for HD on Freeview.
News categories: BBC, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK