DVB-T2 News

Pace demonstrates High Definition over DVB-T2
Sep 10, 2008 – Pace (LSE:PIC) will be demonstrating the first set-top box capable of receiving and displaying DVB-T2 HD content at IBC 2008. Pace's prototype uses the world's first DVB-T2 front-end (TDA18211 tuner and TDA10055 prototype demodulator) from NXP.
News categories: Pace plc, NXP, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

BBC Research: world's first reception of HD pictures over DTT using DVB-T2
Sep 1, 2008 – On the 60th birthday of BBC Kingswood Warren, engineers from BBC Research & Innovation succeeded in demonstrating a working real-time demodulator capable of receiving signals compliant to the DVB-T2 standard for the very first time.
News categories: BBC Research, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK

Digital TV Labs Delivers DVB-T2 Receiver Testing
Aug 25, 2008 – Digital terrestrial receiver and chip manufacturers can now test RF front-end performance against the new DVB-T2 specification with the launch of Digital TV labs DVB-T2 Virtual RF Test Suite.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

DekTec to Launch DVB-T2 Modulator at IBC
Jul 25, 2008 – At IBC 2008, DekTec will showcase the DTC 376-T2, a fully featured DVB-T2 modulator option for DekTec's expanding range of modulator cards.
News categories: DekTec, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics working on DVB-T2 set-top box
Jul 24, 2008 – Acording to an Electronics Weekly article, STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is developing a high-end DVB-T2 box for high definition terrestrial TV.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

DVB Steering Board ratifies DVB-T2 specification for second generation DTT Transmission
Jun 30, 2008 – At its 58th meeting, the DVB Steering Board has ratified and published the DVB-T2 specification. DVB-T2 is a second generation transmission system for digital terrestrial television.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
Jun 27, 2008 – The BBC has begun DVB-T2 test transmissions from the Guildford transmitter southwest of London, in preparation for HD on Freeview.
News categories: BBC, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK

České Radiokomunikace plans DVB-T2 for 2013
May 29, 2008 – The broadcast network operator Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) has announced plans to switch to the DVB-T2 specification in 2013.
News categories: České Radiokomunikace, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

High-definition services to be available free-to-air on UK DTT
Apr 3, 2008 – Viewers across the UK will have the opportunity to access more TV channels, including programmes broadcast in high-definition (HD), as a result of a major technology upgrade of digital terrestrial television (DTT) to be facilitated by Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, UK