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Digital TV Rises Despite World Economy

by Tom Allen

Worldwide digital TV (DTV) homes will rise by 185% between 2010 and 2021, or almost 1.1 billion, according to Digital TV Research. In 2016 alone, the total will climb by 120 million, and by …

ATSC 3.0: Is US Broadcasting Doomed?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Were you aware broadcasters still exist? I’m not talking about networks like CBS, ABC, NBC or Fox in the US. I’m talking about companies like WCBS-TV in New York that own transmitting antennas and …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| DTV| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 03

DTT Receiver Makers Under Spotlight in SA

by Milos Pavlovic

Digitag reports that the Department of Communication in South Africa is to formally investigate the procurement of adaptors for the digital switchover. Twenty six companies were authorised to make the receivers, but there have …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Mexico and Argentina Lead DTT

by Tom Allen

DTT services are now available to 85% of the population of Argentina and Mexico – the two LATAM countries with the highest DTT coverage. Mexico intends to complete ASO this year, and Argentina next …

Exset Brings DTV Services to Turkey

by Tom Allen

Netherlands-based Exset will deploy its DMS 2.0 digital TV system on Atmaca Elektronik’s (owner of the Sunny brand) products in Turkey. Operators can leverage DMS 2.0 to provide value-added services via broadcast networks in …

Tags:Back Panel| DTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 28

APAC Will Dominate DTV Rise to 2020

by Tom Allen

More than 1 billion digital TV homes will be added globally between 2010 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. The total will rise by 180% to 1.65 billion at the end of the forecast …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 21| Worldwide

The End of an Era (Final Chapter)

by Aldo Cugnini

Philips Research will close its Briarcliff labs and move the operation to a technology hub in Massachusetts, the company quietly announced last October. According to a letter to staff from Philips Research head Hans-Aloys …

Tags:DTV| Philips| R&D (Research & Development)| Video Encoders & Decoders| Vol 22 - Issue 12

The Digital Transition – Not Quite There, Yet

by Aldo Cugnini

Some of our readers may be surprised to hear that the US has not yet fully converted to digital broadcast. While full-power analog television station transmissions in the US ended in 2009, the statutory …

IPTV Continues to Lead in Montenegro

by Tom Allen

At the end of 2014 digital TV subscribers in Montenegro, across all platforms, fell 0.8% (1,242) QoQ, but were up 3.8% (5,692) YoY. The total subscriber base was 154,393, representing 79.26% of households. IPTV …

KPN Blames Government for Digital Failure

by Bob Raikes

Belgium’s KPN will turn off its digital TV service, Snow, in June. The company has blamed the Belgian government, which it said set the wholesale pricing for access over incumbent networks (Belgacom, Telenet and …

Tags:Belgium| DTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Vectra Grows TV Subscribers

by Raverstead

Vectra, the Polish cable operator, ended Q3 with 911,300 subscribers; a 4.5% increase on last year. The majority of these (839,613) received TV services, of which 603,021 were taking digital programming.

Ivory Coast Bans Analogue TVs

by Raverstead

The Ivory Coast has banned analogue TV imports, sales and marketing. The move has come as the country attempts to meet the ITU’s 17th June 2015 deadline to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting.

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 45