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Eurosport withdrawal casts doubt on future of French pay DTT
French media regulator the CSA is expected to respond in the next few days to…
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Possible reprieve for Spanish channels ahead of court ruling
The Spanish government has resumed contacts with media groups Mediaset and Atresmedia – owners of…
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Daystar Television launches full-time on Freeview
Religious channel Daystar Television has launched on the Freeview digital-terrestrial platform in the UK on…
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Russian digital-terrestrial platform expands reach
The first Russian digital-terrestrial multiplex now reaches over four in five of the country’s population,…
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French TV households decline and diversify audiovisual reception
The number of French households with TVs declined in the year to June, while the…
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ARCEP launches review of 700MHz band
French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a strategic review of spectrum requirements for high-speed mobile…
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Sony kids channel lands on Freeview
Sony Pictures Television-owned UK preschool net Tiny Pop is launching on the territory’s Freeview platform….
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France to auction 700MHz next year
France is to auction 700MHz spectrum frequencies currently used for DTT broadcasting in December next…
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Thomson demos five HD channels in one DTT mux
Thomson Video Networks is conducting what it says is France’s first demonstration of the video…
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Freeview begins Left Behinds campaign
UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV service Freeview has launched a new marketing campaign called Left Behinds….
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ITU hails new TV standards
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said that it is working on a set of…
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Ofcom to make 700MHz available for mobile
Ofcom has said it will make the 700MHz frequency band that currently forms the bedrock…
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VisionTV Freeview platform unveiled
Hybrid TV technology provider and channel aggregator VisionTV is to stream over 20 channels to…
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Beltelecom extends DTT service availability
Belarusian service provider Beltelecom has expanded the availability of its basic digital-terrestrial TV service to…
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Value of UHF for DTT “outweighs mobile by four to one”
Digital-terrestrial broadcasting would provide the most valuable use of UHF spectrum for the next 15…
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EBU and ABU call for global action to protect TV spectrum
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) have called for global…
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STV bids for Scottish local TV licences
Scottish broadcaster STV has submitted applications to UK regulator Ofcom to offer local TV in…
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Plus TV write-down hits DNA profit
Finnish service provider DNA’s profit for the quarter to September took a hit from the…
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Rebranded Hungarian music channel launches FTA promo period
Hungarian music channel Sláger TV is to be made available unencrypted on Antenna Hungária’s MinDig…
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Vision TV taps Synapse TV for Freeview relaunch
Connected TV specialist Vision TV has tapped integrator Synapse TV to relaunch its services on…
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Da Vinci Learning extends reach in Hungary
Educational channel Da Vinci Learning has struck a deal with Hungarian transmission services provider Da…
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SVT adds two channels to HD DTT offering
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has signed a six-year deal with transmission services provider Teracom to…
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Romania to award licences for two DTT muxes
Romania’s communications regulator ANCOM has kicked off the latest phase in the country’s tortuous path…
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TF1 unveils redundancy plan in wake of LCI ruling
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has said it will make 148 posts redundant as a result…
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Sheffield local TV station goes live
Local television network Sheffield Live! TV launched yesterday evening, broadcasting in the Yorkshire city on…
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GS Group launches new hybrid receiver for Russia
Russian technology provider GS Group has launched the first of a new hybrid set-top boxes,…
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Spain approves DTT reorganisation to make way for LTE
The Spanish government has approved a reorganisation of the country’s digital-terrestrial transmission infrastructure to enable…
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Senegal’s Excaf Telecom selects Spacecom, HTTV, Conax for national DTT
Excaf Telecom has selected Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite at 17° East to implement Senegal’s national DTT…
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Web video use in Germany sees growth
The split between cable, satellite and other transmission technologies has changed little in Germany over…
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Lamy report on 700MHz offers limited comfort for broadcasters
The 700MHz spectrum band currently used for digital-terrestrial broadcasting in Europe should be allocated to…