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

Zoran Demonstrates New Family of Highly Integrated 1080P HDTV Processors for ATSC Market at IBC
Sep 5, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its SupraHD® 780 and SupraHD® 770 HDTV multimedia processors are shipping to qualified manufacturers delivering high definition ATSC digital television products to the U.S. market.
News categories: ATSC 3, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

Microsoft Shatters the PC-to-Television Barrier, Releases First Details on Extenders for Windows Media Center
Sep 5, 2007 – Watching a live TV broadcast in the living room, pausing it, and then effortlessly resuming it at the same moment from the bedroom or kitchen will soon become even easier, as Microsoft Corp. provides a first look at the new Extenders for Windows® Media Center platform, which will power a variety of devices to be released this holiday season.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, Media Player, Smart Home, Software, Streaming

Japan - Establishment of General Headquarters for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting
Sep 5, 2007 – MIC has established the General Headquarters for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting, with the Minister for International Affairs and Communications at its head, in order to advance general and deliberate promotion of digital terrestrial broadcasting.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Digital TV, Japan, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Spain - September DTT monthly update released
Sep 5, 2007 – Digital terrestrial TV receiver sales in Spain have passed the 5.78 million unit mark, with 371,694 sold during the month of July, a new monthly record.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

DVB-T2 to enable HDTV post-switchover
Sep 4, 2007 – DVB-T2 is the name for a new digital terrestrial TV standard which is an upgrade of the current DVB-T system that is used for Freeview...
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, UK

Germany - Digitalisation Breakthrough in TV Households
Sep 4, 2007 – The digitalisation of TV-households is gathering momentum in Germany: 77 per cent of TV-households will be digitalised at primary reception by the end of 2012. This is the forecast of Goldmedia published in its latest study "The Future of TV-transmission", which analyses the development of broadcasting infrastructures in Germany.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services

Multi Carrier Mauritius selects Net Insight platform for Digital Terrestrial TV
Sep 4, 2007 – Net Insight has received an order from MCML for the supply of multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) equipment for building the national Digital Terrestrial TV network (DTT) in Mauritius.
News categories: Digital TV, Mauritius, Terrestrial, TV Services

45 percent of Germans watch TV digitally
Sep 4, 2007 – In total there are approximately 17.9 million German households, i.e. about 45 percent, watching TV digitally. 21.8 million households still receive analogue TV signals.
News categories: BITKOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

ADB to Supply T-COM Innovation GmbH for Pilot of New Internet-Based Interactive TV Concept
Sep 3, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it had been selected by T-Com Innovation GmbH to supply its ADB-3810TW series set-top boxes for a new innovation project and consumer pilot of an Internet TV service.
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial