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South Africa - Digital switch on in 2008
Mar 1, 2007 – South Africa will switch from analogue to digital broadcasting from 1 November 2008, government communications head Themba Maseko revealed last week.
News categories: Digital TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

France Leaps Ahead In European HDTV
Feb 21, 2007 – France's new 'TV of the Future' law has taken an important step towards high definition television (HDTV) on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform by allocating capacity for HD channels and mandating HD tuners in HD-Ready TV sets.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial

TEO Chooses Scientific Atlanta Platforms for Rapid Launch of IPTV and DVB-T Services in Lithuania
Feb 19, 2007 – Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has announced that TEO LT has launched both IPTV and DVB-T video services from a newly created Scientific Atlanta® digital headend.
News categories: Scientific Atlanta, TEO LT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Brazil announces program to stimulate digital TV
Feb 16, 2007 – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday launched an ambitious program to stimulate the development of digital TV in the country.
News categories: ATSC 3, Brazil, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Ocean Blue Releases Freeview DVB-IP for IPTV Market
Feb 16, 2007 – Ocean Blue Software has released Sunrise DVB-IP, a DVB & MHEG-5 software suite for IPTV set-top boxes, incorporating the latest Freeview standard.
News categories: Ocean Blue, Digital TV, IPTV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Japan Revs Up Digital Television
Feb 15, 2007 – A new organization - The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (DPA) - hopes to achieve the goal of selling 30 million digital TVs in Japan by March 2008, or about 63 percent of its 48 million households.
News categories: Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite

Consumer Demand for Advanced Functionalities Drives STB Semiconductor Market
Feb 14, 2007 – The global set top box market has been experiencing significant growth, largely due to the emergence of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) and the growing popularity of high definition television (HDTV).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

1 in 4 of Australian homes estimated to have Free to view digital TV
Feb 13, 2007 – The estimated number of free to view digital television receivers sold to retailers and installers in the Australian market during the period 1 October to 31 December 2006 reached 302,000 units.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Infineon Digital Mobile TV Energy-Efficient Tuner ICs
Feb 12, 2007 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), a leading provider of communication ICs, today announced two new highly integrated, power-efficient DVB-H/T chip solutions: OmniVia™ TUS9090 and OmniTun™ TUA9000.
News categories: Infineon, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor, Terrestrial