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Free TV and Broadcast Australia Partner for DVB-T2 Trials

by Andrew Fenn

Free TV and Broadcast Australia have announced an agreement to conduct trials of next-generation broadcast technology in Sydney. The SBS and the ABC will also be active participants in the trials, which will assess …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 11

NPO Will Switch DTT Transmissions to DVB-T2/HEVC

by Andrew Fenn

Dutch telco KPN has announced that public broadcaster NPO will switch its free-to-air DTT transmission to DVB-T2/HEVC. KPN has begun sending out new receivers to its customers, supplied by ZTE, which are also capable …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Dataxis: DVB-T2 to Reach Nearly 75% of Europe Households by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Dataxis’ latest research sheds light on the importance that DVB-T2, the extension of the television standard DVB-T, will acquire in the next four years. This system was devised to enable more efficient signal transmission …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Italy Preparing for DVB-T2 HEVC Switchover

by Andrew Fenn

Italy is the first South European country to begin putting plans into motion to switch over its DTT signals to the DVB-T2 HEVC standard, freeing up to 700Mhz frequency band for high-speed 5G internet …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

DVB-T2 Reaches 2.2 million Households in Germany

by Alan Spencer

Since its launch on 29th March, the German DVB-T2/HEVC platform has reached 2.2 million households. Some 1.7 million households have opted for Freenet TV, an encrypted commercial TV channel package, and a further 500,000 …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 18

German DTT Households Start Move to DVB-T2

by Alan Spencer

A survey by market research institute TNS Infratest, found that 51.2% of former DVB-T users in Germany have made the move to DVB-T2/HEVC and continue to receive their TV channels terrestrially. TNS Infratest contacted …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Freenet TV Expects Over 1 Million Customers For DVB-T2

by Alan Spencer

Freenet, the German media company, is expecting its DVB-T2 platform to reach more than one million paying customers by the end of 2018. This was announced at the Freenet Capital Market Day 2017 on …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Mediaset Suggests UHD Interim Solution in Italy

by Bob Raikes

Advanced Television reports that Marco Pellegrinato, head of R&D and Innovation at the RTI Mediaset group in Italy said in a panel session at the MIPTV event in Cannes that there might be an …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Media Broadcast ‘Magic Night’ Goes to Plan

by Bob Raikes

Media Broadcast of Germany said that it was ready for ‘Magic Night’, the switchover of the German DVB-T system to DVB-T2 overnight on the 29th of March. The company said that there were 327 …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

FreeNet Warns of DVB-T Shutdown

by Bob Raikes

A DOOH campaign has started in Germany to inform consumers that DTT transmissions using DVB-T technology will stop at the end of March in 2017. The country is switching to DVB-T2 and started transmissions …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| FTA (Free to Air)| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Towercom Seeking to Bring UltraHD/4KTV in Slovakia

by Milos Pavlovic

Towercom, Slovak national transmission company, has begun testing SPI’s FunBox 4K channel on its DVB-T network. The testing will go on until 20th September.

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Slovakia| UltraHD (4KTV)

Germany Announces T2 Launch Plans

by Tom Allen

Germany’s DVB-TV Project Office has said that the country will launch a new DVB-T2 platform on the 29th March 2017, carrying 40 ‘mostly HD’ channels. DVB-T transmission will end at the same time as …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22