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

Mirics develops global solution for TV on a PC utilizing software demodulation
May 28, 2008 – Mirics Semiconductor has announced the Mirics FlexiTV™ broadcast receiver, a complete RF, host interface and software demodulation solution enabling the reception of analog and digital TV to become a standard feature on all notebook PCs.
News categories: Mirics, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique N°7' Published
May 26, 2008 – As of 31 March 2008, 51.7% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.2 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Head of Vodafone's German unit says pay TV for mobile phones has no future
May 26, 2008 – The head of Vodafone Group's German business does not see a viable business in offering pay television via mobile phones after the emergence of new handhelds that receive regular terrestrial TV signals, he told Financial Times Deutschland.
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Terrestrial

France - Call for Proposals for a pay channel in HD: Canal+ declared eligible
May 19, 2008 – In response to the call for applications launched by the CSA on January 29, 2008 for broadcasting a pay TV channel in high definition, the submission of Canal+ SA (Euronext Paris: VIV), the only candidate to have replied, has been declared eligible.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

Spain - May DTT monthly update released
May 14, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in March, 427,000 DTT receivers (209,000 IDTVs) were sold, with cumulative receiver sales over the past 12 months of around 5.2 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Hungary - Four bidders are competing for the operating rights of digital broadcasting networks
May 13, 2008 – All applicants that have submitted bids to the invitation to tender for the operating rights of the terrestrial digital television and terrestrial digital radio networks have met the formal requirements of the tender.
News categories: National Communications Authority of Hungary, Digital TV, Hungary, Regulation, Terrestrial

BT awards set-top box contract to Pace
May 13, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has been awarded a new contract by BT (LSE: BT.A)(NYSE: BT) for its next-generation V-box. This contract follows BT's previous contract with the set-top box division of Royal Philips Electronics, recently acquired by Pace.
News categories: Pace plc, BT Vision, Neil Gaydon, Dan Marks, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Ofcom announces update on its Pay TV market investigation and its assessment of Sky's pay DTT proposal
May 13, 2008 – Ofcom has published all of the non-confidential responses to its consultation on its market investigation into pay TV in the UK, following receipt of a number of late responses.
News categories: Ofcom, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial, UK

Qualcomm Demonstrates MediaFLO and International ISDB-T Mobile TV Standards on Multi-mode Handset
May 12, 2008 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the capability to support the MediaFLO™ and International ISDB-T mobile TV standards on a multi-mode handset.
News categories: Qualcomm, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Mobile, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Smart TV