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Mexico to Acquire 4 Million More DTT Receivers

by Tom Allen

Four million more DTT receivers must be acquired by Mexico’s Secretary of Communications, to achieve its target of 10 million receivers distributed to eligible households this year. 2.8 million were sent out in April …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 25

French Regulator Opens DTT Consultation

by Vanessa Browning

ARCEP, the French regulator, is updating its rules regulating the DTT transmission market, for the 2015 – 2018 period. The proposed new rules reflect ARCEP’s belief that the DTT broadcast market is shrinking. They …

Tags:Broadcast Market| France| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Digital TV Hits 1 Billion

by Tom Allen

The digital TV market grew by about 455 million homes between 2010 and 2014, according to Digital TV Research. The increase means that there are now more than 1 billion digital TV households across …

IPTV Rises Quickly in Spain

by Tom Allen

The Spanish pay-TV regulator, CNMC, says that the market in Spain reached 5.1 million subscribers at the end of last year – with 345,000 new customers in Q4. 325,000 of these were IPTV subscribers. …

Satellite Passes Cable This Year

by Tom Allen

Global satellite TV revenues will pass cable this year, says Digital TV Research. Satellite revenues represented about 44% of the total in 2014, and are forecast to grow to 46% by 2020. Cable (analogue …

The Industry Must ‘CollaborVate’

by Tom Allen

The final panel of the day had the much-mocked title ‘CollaborVation’ – even the panelists didn’t seem to know what it was really about! The chair was Nigel Walley (MD of Decipher), and the …

Freeview Simplifies the Connected Experience

by Tom Allen

Freeview is the UK’s free DTT platform. For several years Ilse Howing – MD of connected TV at Digital UK, which looks after Freeview – has wanted to talk about a connected proposition for …

European IPTV to Pass Satellite in 2015

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Research says that the impact of cord-cutting will be ‘minimal’ in Western Europe. Despite market maturity, pay-TV penetration is expected to grow from 56.7% at end-2014 to 60.4% in 2020. Subscribers will …

Update on 8K Status and Roadmap

by Chris Chinnock

Development of the 8K ecosystem continues with Japan leading efforts of course. However, with the focus squarely on adding more pixels, the initiative is looking increasing out of step with other efforts focused on …

Researchers Explore High Dynamic Range for Broadcast TV

by Aldo Cugnini

Speaking at NAB, Ericsson researcher Lukasz Litwic discussed the Implications of High Dynamic Range on the Broadcast Chain for HD and Ultra-HD Content. The talk described the need and impact of new Electro-Optical and …

Korea Broadcasters Gear Up For UHDTV

by Aldo Cugnini

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) has carried out a number of live 4k terrestrial broadcasts of three major sports events in 2014, based on earlier terrestrial UHD experimental broadcasts. Transmissions covered the KBL (Korean Basketball …

NHK Discusses UHD Roadmap

by Aldo Cugnini

At the annual NAB Conference in Las Vegas last week, NHK described its plans for rolling out a UHD over-the-air infrastructure and content services. NHK Executive Research Engineer Masayuki Sugawara gave the talk, originally …