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

Seven launches Australia's first new commercial TV network in four decades. And it's in digital high definition
Oct 16, 2007 – The Seven Network has launched a new channel. Seven - with the first broadcast last night (Monday) - is the first commercial network to move into digital multichannelling.
News categories: Seven Network, Australia, Digital TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Sogecable Consolidated results as of September 30th 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – As of September 30th 2007, the subscriber base of DIGITAL+ stood at 2,046,000 customers. At the end of the previous quarter, DIGITAL+ had 2,056,000 customers. DIGITAL+'s customer base decreased by 10,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2007.
News categories: Sogecable, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Whitehaven gets set to lead UK switchover
Oct 16, 2007 – The UK's television switchover starts tomorrow (Oct 17) when thousands of homes in Whitehaven, Cumbria, receive digital channels for the first time.
News categories: Digital UK, Freeview, Government Digital Television site, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

Sweden - Analogue switch-off completed
Oct 16, 2007 – On 15 October, Sweden completed the switch-off of its analogue terrestrial television platform, ahead of the government mandated switch-off date of February 2008.
News categories: Teracom, Digital TV, Sweden, Terrestrial

Shenzhen begins digital broadcasting based on national standard
Oct 15, 2007 – Shenzhen has launched a trial of digital broadcasting services based on China's national terrestrial digital television broadcasting standard.
News categories: Tsinghua Tongfang Legend Silicon Tech., National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China, Digital TV, DTMB, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Alticast Middleware Utilized for Korea Telecom
Oct 13, 2007 – Alticast's IPTV middleware has been ported to hybrid IPTV-terrestrial set-top boxes from Samsung and that the combo has now been commercially launched by Korea's largest telecommunications operator, KT.
News categories: Alticast, Korea Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Singapore - MediaCorp's HD channel - HD5 - lifts off
Oct 13, 2007 – MediaCorp has announced the official launch of its High Definition (HD) channel - HD5 - from Sunday, 11 November 2007.
News categories: MediaCorp, Digital TV, IPTV, Singapore, Terrestrial

Micronas: return to growth and profitability with a new strategy in the Consumer division; Automotive a strong second pillar
Oct 11, 2007 – Following a strategic review, the Micronas Group is to selectively streamline its product portfolio in the Consumer division, significantly reducing the complexity of the offering in the TV segment.
News categories: Micronas, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sungil Telecom Presents the Industry-First Digital-to-Analog TV Converter Box to US Market
Oct 10, 2007 – SUNGIL TELECOM has announced that their Digital-to-Analog (D2A) Converter Box will allow people to watch digital television on their analog TV sets in time for February 17, 2009 - the official US analog switch-off date.
News categories: Sungil Telecom, SYNET, Korea IT Research Institute (KITRI), Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA