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

FCC Announces Final Assignment of Digital Television Channels
Aug 6, 2007 – The FCC has released a new DTV Table which provides television stations across the country with their final channel assignments for broadcasting following the DTV transition on February 17, 2009.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Digital TV, Terrestrial, USA

New Features, IP Hybrids and Retail STB Will Drive Set-top Box Markets Past 2010
Aug 3, 2007 – According to a new study from ABI Research, three main drivers will propel the set-top box market in the coming years: advanced features, new interactivity offered by "hybrid STBs", and the possible development of a retail set-top box market.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ukraine could have 850,000 new DTH subscribers in the next three years
Aug 3, 2007 – EEBC, which organises an annual telecom/broadcasting conference and exhibition in Kiev, was commenting on major developments in the digital TV sector in the country this year.
News categories: Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, Ukraine

Results of the tender for DVB-T development in Ukraine
Aug 3, 2007 – The tender committee announced the winner of the contest for the implementation of DVB-T technology with TV programs packaging based on the standard H.264 | MPEG-4 AVC.
News categories: Digital TV, Terrestrial, Ukraine

China Standard Digital Terrestrial Television Transmission Begins
Aug 3, 2007 – August 1 saw the formal implementation of China's first digital television ground transmission standard, which the domestic color television manufacturers say is good for cleansing the color TV market and the development of television technology.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DVB-T Tuner planned for Sony's PS3
Aug 2, 2007 – "We're hoping next year - about the same time that [New Zealand] Freeview launches its terrestrial broadcasting service (expected to be in March) - to release a digital tuner for the PS3, turning it into a programmable TV recorder."
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, New Zealand, Terrestrial

Zinwell Licenses Highgate MHEG-5 Solution
Jul 31, 2007 – Highgate has announced that Zinwell has licensed its MHEG-5 (v1.06) solution for deployment across its range of MPEG-2 SD STB and iDTV module solutions
News categories: Highgate, Zinwell, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

GCT Semiconductor commercializes S-DMB and T-DMB single-chip
Jul 31, 2007 – GCT Semiconductor has announced the commercialization of its first monolithic single chip, GDM7003, capable of receiving media broadcast from both S-DMB and T-DMB. A major Korean handset maker recently began production with the GDM7003.
News categories: GCT Semiconductor, Digital TV, ICs, Korea, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

KPN - Solid Q2 performance driven by Mobile
Jul 30, 2007 – The number of TV subscriptions accelerated in the second quarter with 41k net additions, an increase of 47% compared to Q2 2006, to 337k. KPN's market share of the digital TV market at the end of Q2 was 14%, equivalent to 5% of the total TV market.
News categories: KPN, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial