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

Massillon Goes All-Digital With 'DTAs'
May 9, 2008 – Massillon Cable TV will kick off the final leg of its initiative to phase out analog service using some 100,000 Homecast-manufactured digital-to-analog converters supplied through Evolution Digital.
News categories: Homecast, Evolution Digital, Massillon Cable TV, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Portugal Telecom First quarter 2008 results
May 8, 2008 – At the end of 1Q08, Portugal Telecom (EuroNext Lisbon: PTC) (NYSE: PT) had a total base of 47 thousand pay-TV customers, having added 26 thousand subscribers during the quarter, more than doubling its customer base as at the end of 4Q07.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Mobile, Portugal, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Russia will drive growth in the Eastern European pay TV market over the next five years
May 8, 2008 – The latest report from media analyst Screen Digest examines the market for pay TV in 12 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, and Russia. A total of 63m homes are forecasted to be subscribing to pay TV services by 2012.
News categories: Screen Digest, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

DTV Transition Premiers in Wilmington, North Carolina
May 8, 2008 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that Wilmington, North Carolina, will be the first market to test the transition to digital television (DTV) in advance of the nationwide transition to DTV on February 17, 2009.
News categories: FCC, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Italy - March 2008 DTT decoder market report update
May 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 March 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Digital Switchover Strategy of Montenegro
May 7, 2008 – The Montenegro Broadcasting Agency Council has published Montenegro's Digital Switchover Strategy. The Strategy sets a target date for analogue switch-off not later than December 31, 2012.
News categories: Broadcasting Agency Council, Digital TV, Montenegro, Regulation, Terrestrial

IPTV Set-Top Boxes - $3 Billion Business in 2012
May 6, 2008 – The IMS Research study 'IPTV: A Global Market Analysis - 2008 Edition' forecasts that, on a worldwide basis, shipments of IP set-top boxes will grow at a CAGR of 37.1% through the end of 2012, with HD DVR boxes nearing 35%.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Gutierrez Announces One Million Coupons Used for TV Converter Box Coupon Program
May 6, 2008 – U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez has issued a statement announcing one million coupons have been used as part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

DiBcom Has Shipped Ten Million Mobile TV Components
May 6, 2008 – DiBcom has reached a decisive milestone in the emerging Digital Mobile TV market having delivered over 10 million components to different segments of the market.
News categories: DiBcom, Automotive, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Tablet, Terrestrial