Digital Terrestrial TV News

Philips retails Pace set top boxes for CANAL+ Group

Digital TV News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:45 +0000

Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the retail launch of its new range of CANAL+ (Paris:VIV) set-top boxes. All the devices are 'CANAL READY', meaning consumers can access free-to-air digital broadcasts with the option to upgrade to pay-TV.

MinDig TV starts to take off in Hungary

Digital TV News — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:25 +0000

According to the latest sales figures from Antenna Hungária, in Hungary there was a 50% growth in the sales of DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible DTT receivers in September compared with the previous month.

ADB Group delivers a mid-period business update

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:58 +0000

Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has provided an update on the development of its business. The demand from cable and satellite segments remains strong, with the demand from terrestrial segment picking up and IPTV starting to follow.

Canal Digital DTH loses 8,000 subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:20:13 +0000

Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2009. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 8,000 in the quarter. Cable TV subscribers were up 1,000.

European Commission wants transition to digital TV to be accelerated

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:28:59 +0000

The European Commission has made digital dividend proposals that ask EU Member States to speed up the switch-off of analogue TV and to complete it by 1 January 2012.

Q2-09 was a Record-Setting Mobile TV Quarter

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:30:14 +0000

Issue No. 10 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service (TMTS) quantitatively substantiates the position taken back in Q3-08 that the worldwide Mobile TV adoption/sales would not be much upset by the financial crisis.

Digital Set Top Box Market Remains a Strong Opportunity for Vendors and Technology Providers

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:20:06 +0000

While the global recession has dampened growth in digital set top boxes (STB) in 2009, the market remains a tremendous opportunity for STB manufacturers and technology providers, reports In-Stat.

South Africa announces DTT STB subsidy plans

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:40:23 +0000

As part of its transition to digital TV, South Africa's Cabinet has allocated R400 million to subsidise the set-top boxes of up to 5 million poor households. The country's Bureau of Standards is finalising a South African DTT STB standard.

ISDB broadcasting in Argentina to begin in 2 months

Digital TV News — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:40:57 +0000

Argentina will begin the first tests of its ISDB-based Sistema de TV Digital Terrestre digital TV service in the next two months, with the goal of covering about 400 cities and towns by 2011.

Record sales of digital satellite receivers in Germany

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:08 +0000

According to the latest figures from GfK released by ASTRA Deutschland, in the first eight months of 2009, nearly 1.5 million digital satellite receiver were sold in Germany with a value of around 167 million euros.

Sky Italia to offer DVB-T USB stick for its HD STBs

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:10:15 +0000

Sky Italia (NASDAQ and ASX: NWS) is planning to launch a DVB-T USB stick which will allow Sky HD and My Sky HD users to receive the free RAI and Mediaset channels that, since the launch of TivùSat, are no longer being broadcast by Sky Italia.

SiTune Unveils Mobile DVB-T Demodulator Exceeding MBRAI Specification

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:36:50 +0000

SiTune has announced a state of the art and revolutionary mobile DVB-T demodulator IC. STN-10D3000 is a highly integrated mobile DVB-T demodulator that exceeds MBRAI performance specification with excellent Doppler performance.

Microtune Unveils Ultra-Small, Super-Integrated MicroCeiver™ IC Platform

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:39 +0000

Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced details of a new ultra-small, low-cost technology platform, named MicroCeiver™, that is the foundation for the Company’s new breed of highly integrated receiver products for the digital TV and cable TV.

ProSieben adds DVB-T to mobile broadband with Vodafone

Digital TV News — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:57:22 +0000

Germany's ProSieben, in co-operation with Vodafone (London:VOD), has launched a mobile broadband dongle with a built-in DVB-T receiver.

BBC and Arqiva agree UK terrestrial HD network roll out

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:30:24 +0000

The BBC and Arqiva have announced that the agreement to upgrade the relevant parts of the UK digital terrestrial television (DTT) transmission network to DVB-T2 has been confirmed.

TEO LT passes 90k TV subscriber mark

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:20:55 +0000

TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has released its third quarter 2009 results. During the last 12 months the number of TV service (IPTV and DTT) users almost doubled and at the end of September amounted to 91.7 thousand.

More than 700 on-demand audiovisual services available in Europe

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:10:39 +0000

The European Audiovisual Observatory and the Direction du développement des médias (France) have published a new study entitled Video on Demand and Catch-Up Television in Europe.

IPTV and DTT – The rise of Free-to-air and Customized TV Experiences

Digital TV News — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:20:48 +0000

The IMS Research study 'IPTV: A Global Market Analysis' reveals that nearly 13% of total worldwide IP set-top box (STB) shipments in 2008 were operator deployed IP+DTT STBs.

Mirics and Shanghai HDIC deliver HD broadcast TV capability to PC users in China

Digital TV News — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:32 +0000

Mirics Semiconductor and Shanghai HDIC have announced the availability of a digital TV reference design targeting the full range of portable and desktop PC devices. The USB dongle reference design is compliant with China's DTTB standard.

Spain – October DTT monthly update released

Digital TV News — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:00:29 +0000

According to Impulsa-TDT, 679,820 DTT receivers were sold in August, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 21.8 million units. Based on reporting from TNS Sofres, penetration of DTT in Spanish households passed 70% in September.

Romania approves analogue to digital TV transition strategy

Digital TV News — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:10:48 +0000

The strategy for transition of terrestrial television from analogue to digital, as proposed by Romania’s Ministerul Comunicaţiilor şi Societăţii Informaţionale (MCSI), has been approved by the government.

CSA reports on digital TV in France for 1H09

Digital TV News — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:40:51 +0000

France's Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. More than seven in ten households (70.3%) now have at least one TV with digital TV reception.

Israel to subsidise DTT converter boxes

Digital TV News — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:30:06 +0000

According to Globes Online, Israel's Ministries of Communications and Finance will subsidise half the retail cost of digital terrestrial television (DTT) set-top boxes i.e by around 50 USD, for 200,000 poor families in the south.

TEO offers PVR to Digital GALA TV customers

Digital TV News — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:20:27 +0000

Customers of the Digital GALA TV service provided by TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) in Lithuania will have the possibility to record all desired TV programs or films and watch them at convenient times. This will be enabled by the use of new 'smart' set-top boxes.

MaxLinear Introduces Hybrid Digital/Analog Tuner for TV Applications

Digital TV News — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:20:33 +0000

MaxLinear has announced the MxL301RF, a new low-power hybrid digital/analog silicon tuner for the next generation of small and large screen television applications.

Venezuela adopts ISDB digital TV standard

Digital TV News — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:00:10 +0000

The Venezuelan government has announced that it has adopted the Japanese-Brazilian ISDB-T system of digital TV.

DGTVi releases D-Book V.1.3.2

Digital TV News — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:10:59 +0000

Italy's DGTVi has published updated minimum requirements for integrated digital terrestrial TVs (IDTVs) and stand alone set-top boxes (STBs) for the Italian market.

ADB launches Mediaset Premium capable HD DTT STB in Italy

Digital TV News — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:50:56 +0000

ADB (SIX:ADBN) has announced the launch of its first high definition interactive digital terrestrial (DTT) set-top box for the Italian retail market that will also allow Italian football fans to watch Serie A in high definition.

Digital Terrestrial TV STB Shipments Plummet in Q2

Digital TV News — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:10:00 +0000

In-Stat has reported that worldwide DTT Set Top Box (STB) shipments fell by nearly 35% in Q2 compared to Q1. The shift was driven primarily by falling shipments in the North American market following the analog broadcast TV shut-off.

Western Europe: Pay TV revenues hit by triple-play growth

Digital TV News — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:45 +0000

New research by Informa Telecoms & Media shows digital TV penetration of Western European households will maintain its present strong growth going from 62% at the end of 2008 to 93% at the end of 2014.