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Italy Likely to Miss 2020 Deadline

by Tom Allen

Italy’s communications regulator, Agcom, has said that the country is unlikely to meet the 2020 deadline for turning the 700MHz spectrum over to the telecoms sector. Agcom’s Vincenzo Lobianco said that a switch to …

Tags:Italy| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 26

EU Sees Benefit of Co-ordinated Approach to Spectrum

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has published the results of a public consultation on the Lamy Report (EBU Continues to Hold 700MHz Concerns). The results suggest that a co-ordinated EU approach; a common roadmap; and a …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 25

UK Moves Towards On-Demand

by Tom Allen

The second session of the day closed with two speakers and a panel discussion, although the information that came from them was minor. First was Carl Hibbert, associate director at Futuresource. His data shows …

France: 700MHz Allocation Will Begin in July

by Tom Allen

French regulator ARCEP has confirmed that the process to allocate licences in the 700MHz band to mobile telcos will begin in July. Legislation has still not been approved to migrate DTT services out of …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 20

NAB Says Congress Funds Insufficient for Spectrum Switch

by Tom Allen

The National Association of Broadcasters has said that there may be insufficient funds to switch US broadcasters to new frequencies. Congress allocated $1.75 billion for the change, but the NAB estimates that the move …

Tags:Broadcasters| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 14

DTG Updates UK’s D-Book for 2015

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included …

France Extends Use of 700MHz Spectrum

by Tom Allen

French regulator the CSA has approved the continued use of certain frequencies in the 700MHz spectrum, for a further six months. The frequencies will be in use at three transmission sites by rail operator …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 13

NAB Files Petition to Correct Television White Space Database Design Flaws

by Vanessa Browning

The National Association of Broadcasters filed a petition today with the Federal Communications Commission requesting a rulemaking to correct serious design flaws in the television white spaces (TVWS) database system. NAB also filed an …

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EBU Discusses DTT Spectrum Protection

by Tom Allen

The EBU has released a factsheet about the effect that 700MHz mobile services could have on the DTT platform. The sheet also contains information on the protection of DTT services in the sub-694MHz range. …

Tags:EBU| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 10

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 …

Spain Delays 700MHz Switch

by Tom Allen

Spain has again delayed the switch of its 700MHz frequency band to 4G services, this time until April. According to El Economista, the decision was taken so as not to inconvenience the estimated 2.5 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| Spectrum Allocation| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Germany Makes Way for 2017 DVB-T2

by Tom Allen

A helicopter installs a DVB-T antenna in MunichGermany’s federal cabinet has agreed to re-allocate frequencies in the 700MHz band, setting a time period for the introduction of DVB-T2. The new platform will be rolled …