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Telecom Italia Media Preliminary Results as of June 30, 2007
Jul 23, 2007 – The Board of Directors of Telecom Italia Media (BIT:TME.MI) examined and approved the preliminary results as of June 30, 2007. Digital terrestrial TV revenues for the first half of 2007 more than doubled.
News categories: Telecom Italia Media, Press Release, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, Results, Terrestrial

Zoran Reports Second Quarter 2007 Revenues of $129.9 Million
Jul 23, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Revenues by product line for the second quarter of 2007 were 30 percent DVD, 13 percent DTV, and 57 percent other.
News categories: Zoran, Earnings Release, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVD, Results, Semiconductor

Poland considers 2008 digital start
Jul 19, 2007 – Poland's Ministry of Transport has prepared a working document that says the transition to digital broadcasting could begin at the beginning of June next year.
News categories: Digital TV, Poland, Terrestrial

Ofcom plan for 4 HD channels
Jul 19, 2007 – Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has said the regulator has drawn up a plan that would allow up to four high definition channels to be broadcast on the DTT system.
News categories: Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

CompleteTV and Simply Global TV deliver ISP-independent hybrid IPTV and Freeview service
Jul 18, 2007 – CompleteTV has partnered with Simply Global TV to provide a unique hybrid IPTV and Freeview service independent of the customer's ISP. CompleteTV will supply its Set Top Media Center (STMC) for the service, which launches this month.
News categories: CompleteTV, Simply Global TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Belgium - Digital switchover plan approved
Jul 18, 2007 – The government for the French-speaking community in Belgium has approved the proposed Strategic Plan for Digital Switchover presented by the Minister of Culture. This plan calls for the end of analogue television services by November 2011.
News categories: Belgium, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Zoran's ATSC Digital Television Receiver Is First to Exceed A/74 Requirement For Digital Broadcast Transition
Jul 16, 2007 – Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has announced that its VSB receiver technology, is the first to exceed A/74 requirements and to comply with the Advanced Television Systems Committee's "ATSC Recommended Practice: Receiver Performance Guidelines."
News categories: Zoran, Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Communication Research Centre Canada (CRC), ATSC 3, Digital TV, Semiconductor, USA

China mobile TV spec gains strong backers
Jul 16, 2007 – Key support from two pioneering chip design houses may help a fledgling mobile TV spec pull ahead of the field of competitors vying to become China's national standard.
News categories: China, Digital TV, DTMB, Mobile, Semiconductor

Minister Eamon Ryan launches first High-Definition terrestrial broadcast of an Irish sporting event at Leinster GAA Final
Jul 15, 2007 – Ireland's Minister for Communications has launched the first High-Definition terrestrial broadcast of an Irish sporting event - the first of its kind under the Digital Terrestrial Television Pilot, currently underway.
News categories: Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial