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ViXS Expands Hybrid OTT/OTA Systems

by Bob Raikes

We met last with Vixs at IBC and we caught up with the firm at CES. The main development being discussed was the firm’s chip for adding ‘Over the Air’ (OTA) broadcast content to …

Tags:CES 2017| FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| ViXS| Vol 24 - Issue 02

DMax & Eurosport Go FTA on DVB-T2

by Bob Raikes

Discovery Networks and Media Broadcast have agreed to distribute the Eurosport 1 HD and DMax HD channels free-to-air using the new DVB-T2 broadcast system which will go live at the end of March to …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Germany| HDTV| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Freeview Goes HD Only for New Sets

by Bob Raikes

Freeview in the UK has said that it will withdraw the Freeview logo from STBs and TVs from new devices from new devices that cannot support HD. The group said that Freeview is watched …

Tags:DTV| FTA (Free to Air)| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Inview Launches ‘Free TV’ Digital TV Service in Abuja, Nigeria

by Bob Raikes

Inview of the UK announced that Nigeria has launched a new digital TV service in Abuja. The service is called ‘Free TV’ and is being developed in partnership with Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission. The …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 23 - Issue 51

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 …

Freeview Play Adds Four Brands

by Bob Raikes

Freeview said that four new TV brands, Blaupunkt, Hisense, Sharp Aquos and Toshiba will introduce FreeView Play TVs in the next few months. The service is claimed to offer 6,000 hours of content per …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 47

YouView Shifts Hybrid Service to the Cloud

by Bob Raikes

The YouView UK DTT + OTT hybrid service, originally developed as ‘Project Canvas’, has redesigned its platform and has moved to the cloud. A new HTML5-based interface will be rolled out across the UK. …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Pay-TV Grows in Portugal

by Bob Raikes

A report from APIT in Portugal, detailed on Advanced Television.com said that pay TV is gaining in popularity and reaching 42% in 2015. The majority of viewers (56%) still rely on FTA DTT content. …

Freeview Play Coming to LG Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

LG said that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs in the UK will be able to take advantage of the Freeview PLay service, which extends the EPG for DTT content to allow the downloading …

Vixs Scales Back at IBC

by Bob Raikes

Vixs has scaled back its presence as the company has tightened its belt in the light of its financial status. At IBC, it talked about the FTA dongle that it told us about at …

Freesat Still Growing with DTH

by Milos Pavlovic

Freesat of the UK is still continuing to add viewers for its FTA DTH satellite service. The latest numbers suggest that there are 1.9 million households, after adding 25,000 viewers in the last quarter. …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 44