Digital TV News: RTR

Austria TV measurement to integrate data from HbbTV devices
Jul 25, 2024 – The TELETEST working group (AGTT) has enhanced audience measurement in Austria by combining its existing Teletest panel with return path data from over 1.1 million connected HbbTV devices.
News categories: TELETEST, Thomas Gruber, Susanne Koll, Advertising, Austria, Big Data, Digital TV, HbbTV

ORS trials live 5G broadcast transmission at Donauinselfest in Vienna
Jun 21, 2023 – As part of an RTR-funded 5G Broadcast trial in Vienna, ORS tested 5G Broadcast distribution for large live events regarding latency and hybrid distribution at the Donauinselfest.
News categories: ORS, RTR, ORF, Kronehit, Martin Holovlasky, 5G, Austria, Content Distribution, Digital TV

TV markets growing in Central Asia driven by OTT and mobile
Jan 22, 2021 – Looking at the evolution of TV markets in the Central Asia region over the past three years, Dataxis has observed growing opportunities for operators and broadcasters.
News categories: Dataxis, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Tajikistan, Terrestrial, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

SRG SSR launches Swiss multilingual streaming app with You.i TV
Nov 10, 2020 – You.i TV has announced that their engine is being utilized by the SRG SSR as the underlying technology behind recently launched Play Suisse. Leveraging You.i Engine One, a small team of developers was ready for launch within just 9 months.
News categories: You.i TV, SRG SSR, Jason Flick, Michaël De Lucia, Apps, Digital TV, Streaming, Switzerland

HbbTV places contracts for HbbTV 2.0 test suite
Jul 31, 2015 – The HbbTV Association has announced its selection of suppliers for the HbbTV 2.0 specification test suite. HbbTV has placed contracts with Digital TV Labs and RTRK for 500 test cases to be included in the test suite.
News categories: HbbTV Association, Digital TV Labs, RTRK, Digital TV, Europe, HbbTV, QoE, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide

Austria to begin DVB-T2 broadcasting
Feb 15, 2011 – The Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) has announced plans to add three additional multiplexes for DVB-T2 broadcasting.
News categories: Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs, Austria, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

Austria subsidises HD cable receivers
Aug 31, 2009 – The majority of homes in Austria have already converted to digital TV. However, cable TV, used by 43% of Austrian households, is only 16% digital. For this reason, RTR has set up a €2 million fund to subsidise the purchase of cable TV receivers.
News categories: Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

PT Multimédia First Nine Months 2007 Results
Oct 5, 2007 – Pay-TV customers reached 1,521 thousand at the end of September 2007, with net additions of 26 thousand in 3Q07, as compared to net additions of 7 thousand in the same period last year.
News categories: PT Multimédia, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Austria's RTR to subsidise set-top boxes
Mar 22, 2007 – The Austrian media regulator RTR is to spend 5 million Euros on subsidising 66,666 boxes at 60 Euros each to encourage the transition to digital broadcasting. More …
News categories: Austria, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial