Digital TV News: Media Broadcast

IPTV remains in a nascent state in the Arab World
Jun 8, 2009 – According to the Arab Advisors Group, seven service providers in six countries in the Arab World were offering commercial IPTV services as of May 2009. FTA channels and piracy remain the main obstacles facing IPTV uptake in the region.
News categories: Arab Advisors, Algeria, Bahrain, Digital TV, Egypt, Fibre, IPTV, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Market Research, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

MEDIA BROADCAST completes Germany upgrade to digital terrestrial television
Dec 10, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST has upgraded its terrestrial TV transmitter networks in Germany to DVB-T in les than 5 years between 2003 and 2008. The company thereby completed the digitization process two years earlier than determined by the German government.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Terrestrial

DVB-H now available in all Austrian regional capitals
Aug 8, 2008 – DVB-H has expanded its coverage in Austria to include the greater areas of Bregenz, Eisenstadt, Graz, Linz and St. Pölten. MEDIA BROADCAST has supplied the regions Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Klagenfurt with DVB-H since early June 2008.
News categories: MEDIA&BROADCAST, Hutchison 3G, ONE, mobilkom, Austria, Digital TV, Mobile

Austria - Starting Signal for Completion of A1 Mobile TV Service
Jun 6, 2008 – To continue to provide best quality television on the mobile phone to the growing number of users, Mobilkom's A1 will in future also offer mobile TV via DVB-H technology. A cooperation agreement with MEDIA BROADCAST was signed today.
News categories: Mobilkom, MEDIA BROADCAST, Austria, Digital TV, Mobile

Mobile 3.0 starts DVB-H broadcasting
Jun 1, 2008 – On 1 June, the platform operator Mobile 3.0 began its DVB-H mobile TV trial in the four German cities of Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Hanover.
News categories: Mobile 3.0, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile

MEDIA BROADCAST brings Mobile TV to Austria together with ORS
Apr 7, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST, holder of the Austrian DVB-H license, and Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH (ORS) have concluded an important agreement in Vienna for the prompt implementation of mobile TV.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH, ORS, Austria, Digital TV, Mobile

Envivio Enables First Trials of AVS Video Encoding For Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting in China
Mar 20, 2008 – Envivio has announced that its 4Caster C4™ encoders are being used in extensive broadcast trials in Shanghai that, for the first time, combine AVS video encoding with China's standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting.
News categories: Envivio, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DTMB, Terrestrial

China - DAB-based Mobile Phone TV Gains Traction
Mar 12, 2008 – Beijing Jolon Digital Media Broadcasting has revealed that there are currently already more than 10 different handsets (and many consumer electronics products) supporting DAB-format mobile television on sale in more than 400 mobile phone retail outlets.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers, Tablet

KommAustria Awards Mobile TV Network Contract to MEDIA BROADCAST
Mar 6, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST has received approval from the Austrian regulatory authority KommAustria to establish and operate a national multiplex platform for mobile, terrestrial broadcasting in Austria.
News categories: MEDIA&BROADCAST, KommAustria, Austria, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation