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

Spain to Help Bulgaria Move to Digital TV
Jan 16, 2008 – The Communications regulation commission (CRC) and the State secretariat on telecommunications and information society at the Spanish Ministry of industry will work on a new joint project.
News categories: Bulgaria, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

Tivax Approved by NTIA for Coupon Eligible Converter Box (CECB)
Jan 15, 2008 – Tivax's Digital TV Converter STB-T9 has obtained National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Coupon Eligible Converter Box (CECB) approval. The boxes will be available to the retailers in mid February.
News categories: Tivax, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

KPN has half a million TV viewers
Jan 15, 2008 – KPN has 500,000 digital television viewers for its two television services. In the first quarter of 2007 the total stood at 296,000 TV customers. By the end of the third quarter this had risen to 414,000.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Sweden - Continued growth for Boxer in 2007
Jan 10, 2008 – By 31st December 2007 Boxer had 709,000 digital pay TV subscribers, representing an increase of 55,000 in 2007 - equivalent to growth of nearly nine per cent. During the fourth quarter of 2007 the number of customers increased by 16,000.
News categories: Boxer, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Auvitek's AU8522 Demodulator IC Drives Hauppauge's HVR-950q PC-TV Solution
Jan 10, 2008 – Auvitek International has announced that Hauppauge (NASDAQ: HAUP) has selected Auvitek's AU8522 ATSC/QAM/NTSC demodulator for use in its WinTV HVR-950q PC-TV USB stick.
News categories: Auvitek, Hauppauge, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, USA

CyberLink Features Full Range of Digital TV Solutions at CES 2008
Jan 10, 2008 – CyberLink (5203.TW) has announced that it will demonstrate its latest offerings for premium TV-on-PCs, TV-on-the Go, and placeshifting TV solutions during CES at the Las Vegas Hilton, Suite 2365.
News categories: CyberLink, Cable TV, CES2025, IPTV, Media Player, Mobile, Placeshifting, Satellite, Streaming, Terrestrial

ViXS and Legend Silicon Collaborate on GB20600-2006 DTTV Tuner Card for Growing Chinese Market
Jan 10, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced a low-cost, feature-rich digital terrestrial TV tuner card reference design for the rapidly growing GB20600-2006 market in China.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Legend Silicon, CES2025, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Spain - January DTT monthly update released
Jan 10, 2008 – From June to November 2007 2.3 million DTT receivers were sold to give a total of 7.4 million units, a number expected to have exceeded 8 million by the end of December.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Sunplus and Ocean Blue Collaborate to Develop Interactive, Mobile TV Platform
Jan 9, 2008 – Sunplus Technology (TAIEX: 2401, LSE: SUPD) and Ocean Blue Software have collaborated to develop a portable Freeview DVB-T platform with full interactive features.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Sunplus, CES2025, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Tablet, Terrestrial, UK