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

Huawei and DiBcom Partner to Offer Mobile TV on an HSPA Datacard
Jun 17, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its state-of-the-art chipset, the DIB9080-H which includes a tuner and demodulator, is being used by Huawei for its new HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) card called E510.
News categories: DiBcom, Huawei, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Digital Terrestrial Television to Be Primary TV Service in 44% of Western European Households by 2012, Says ABI Research
Jun 11, 2008 – Faced with the imminent closure of analog TV services, a growing number of Western Europeans are opting for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) as a replacement.
News categories: ABI Research, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Japan plans to offer digital TV tuners to households on welfare
Jun 11, 2008 – The government plans to distribute free digital TV tuners to about 1.07 million households on welfare before Japan's terrestrial TV broadcasting services switch to digital format in July 2011, sources said.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Morocco - 100k DTT receivers sold
Jun 10, 2008 – Since Morocco's launch of DTT services in March last year, only 100,000 receivers have been sold.
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Morocco, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ofcom: Delivering the digital dividend
Jun 6, 2008 – Ofcom has set out detailed proposals for how it will release the valuable spectrum that will be freed up as a result of the switchover to digital television.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, Terrestrial, UK

Imagination Technologies Extends Low-Power Receiver IP Platform
Jun 5, 2008 – Imagination Technologies (FTSE:IMG) has announced that it has added NorDig-Unified 1.0.3.compliant DVB-T to its licensable receiver IP platform family.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Terrestrial

Spain - June DTT monthly update released
Jun 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the first quarter of 2008 cumulative sales of receivers in Spain exceeded the threshold of 10 million units and penetration reached 33% of households.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Deloitte Digital Index: tracking the pace of digitisation in the UK for the first time
Jun 4, 2008 – Deloitte has launched the Deloitte Digital Index, measuring, tracking and anticipating changes in the consumer take-up of digital products and services in the UK.
News categories: Deloitte, Broadband, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

485 Million to Receive Mobile TV by 2013
Jun 4, 2008 – The number of people receiving Mobile TV will reach 485 million by 2013, with subscriber growth anticipated to be strongest in Asia at first, especially in Korea and Japan, according to predictions made by Cantab Wireless.
News categories: Cantab Wireless, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Smart TV, Subscribers