Digital TV News: Ministry of Communications

IDTV production reaches 6 million units in Brazil
Dec 29, 2010 – According to the Ministry of Communications, Brazil will close the year with six million integrated digital televisions (IDTVs) having been produced.
News categories: Ministério das Comunicações, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Market Research, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

NGB Collaborates With Local Ghanaian Channels On DTT Platform
Mar 31, 2010 – Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) Ghana Ltd is planning to launch a Digital Terrestrial Pay TV service in Ghana branded SMART TV. SMART TV will provide customer with both free to air and pay TV channels.
News categories: Next Generation Broadcasting AB, Digital TV, Ghana, Regulation, Terrestrial

DTT to begin in Cyprus in 2010
Dec 7, 2009 – The government of Cyprus has announced the auction of the second digital terrestrial TV broadcasting licence to go alongside that which has been given to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, with a plan that services should begin in May 2010.
News categories: Cyprus, Digital TV, Terrestrial

AXTEL awarded licence to provide pay TV in Mexico
Sep 15, 2009 – AXTEL (BMV: AXTELCPO; OTC: AXTLY) has announced that it has been issued with a concession to provide satellite pay TV services in Mexico. AXTEL plans to offer bundled services of voice, data and video in early 2010.
News categories: AXTEL, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Digital TV, Mexico, Regulation, Satellite

Indonesia issues IPTV regulations
Aug 25, 2009 – Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Information (Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika) has issued a decree covering the regulation of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in the country.
News categories: Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika, Indonesia, IPTV, Regulation

Brazil ISDB set-top box sales still slow
Jul 21, 2009 – According to Brazil's Minister of Communications, digital TV set top boxes are still selling slowly. It has been estimated that only 250,000 units have been sold since the introduction of the ISDB service at the end of 2007.
News categories: Ministério das Comunicações, Brazil, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Market Research, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Botswana creates Digital Migration Task Force
May 3, 2009 – Botswana's Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology (MCST) has launched a Digital Migration Task Force, aimed at paving the way for the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the country.
News categories: MCST, Botswana, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Digital television available to 80% of Belarusians by 2011
Nov 21, 2008 – By the end of 2010 digital television will become available to 80% of the Belarusians. It will be made available in line with a plan of measures developed by the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus.
News categories: Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, Belarus, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

ZTE Wins National IPTV Project in Belarus
Apr 28, 2008 – ZTE Corporation has recently sealed an IPTV project contract with the Republican Unitary Telecommunication Enterprise (RUE) Beltelecom, a National Telecommunications Operator of the Republic of Belarus.
News categories: ZTE, Beltelecom, Belarus, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV