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

Afa Launches 6-in-1 Demodulator for Mobile Digital TV
May 18, 2007 – Afa Technologies, a leading fabless design house specializing in digital TV solution, announced the launch of its new '6-in-1' demodulator, AF9100 series for multi-standard mobile digital TV (MDTV).
News categories: Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

France reserves three HD channels on DTT
May 18, 2007 – French media regulator the Conseil Superieur De l’audiovisuel (CSA) is inviting tenders for two new high-definition television (HDTV) slots on the country’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

Canada - CRTC announces analogue switch-off date
May 17, 2007 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has decided to establish August 31, 2011, as the date by which television licensees will only broadcast digital signals.
News categories: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Backgrounder on Canadian conventional television, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Sharp tuner with Super Compact housing for slim-line AV equipment
May 17, 2007 – At the Anga Cable, Sharp is presenting new DVB-S and DVB-T tuners with the slimmest housings currently available on the market. More …
News categories: ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

VIACCESS security chosen by Canal+ for its TNTSAT offer
May 15, 2007 – The Canal Plus Group has announced free access via satellite to the 18 (DTT) digital, terrestrial television channels as of June 15. The Canal Plus Group has retained the latest generation of Viaccess Technology to secure this French "TNTSAT" offer
News categories: Viaccess, TNTSAT, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Terrestrial

Annual Set Top Box shipments reach 120m units by 2011
May 13, 2007 – The demand for set top boxes continues to rise, with more than 65m cable, satellite and IPTV digital STBs shipped globally last year, and the market on track to grow at 13% CAAGR to 120m annual shipments by 2011. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Samsung Announces 65nm ATSC Digital TV Receiver IC
May 10, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has announced an improved digital TV receiver chip, the S5H1411, that boasts a 30 percent higher reception success rate than the company's previous generation digital TV receiver chip released in 2005.
News categories: ATSC 3, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Spain - May digital TV monthly update released
May 9, 2007 – Digital terrestrial TV receiver sales in Spain have passed the 4.4 million unit mark, with 310,757 sold during the month of March.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

KPN Results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2007
May 9, 2007 – In the first quarter, the number of TV subscribers reached nearly 0.3 million (296k) an increase of 31k this quarter and 43% y-on-y. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial