Jul 28 2017
French media regulator the CSA has opened a public consultation on the future of the country’s digital-terrestrial TV platform, introducing the idea of launching a new multi-city multiplex that could be used to launch UHD services. To improve quality and make space for new services including UHD, the consultation will also consider the possibility of […]
Apr 6 2017
Hong Kong-based Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is in trouble with India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) over alleged “unauthorised” Direct-To-Home (DTH) transmissions into India. Local reports say that the MIB has asked India’s space authority to block the incoming signals which they state are being transmitted with licenses. Each of the major Indian DT […]
Nov 3 2016
Hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) references for the UK Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Improved picture quality with High Dynamic Range (HDR) – including the two key technologies Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) & Perceptual Quantizer (PQ10) More efficient encoding (HEVC) introduced to products to help pave the way for future UHD (Ultra High Definition) services The […]
Oct 18 2016
Freeview channels will begin changing frequencies in July 2017, ahead of a full-scale clearance of services from the 700MHz frequency band by 1st May 2020. Regulator Ofcom has confirmed that following a consultation earlier this year, it will press ahead with plans to accelerate clearance of the 700MHz frequency band, to enable mobile network operators […]
Nov 17 2015
The Dutch government is planning to introduce DVB-T2 when the current licences run out at the end of January, 2017. The 700 MHz frequency spectrum will become available for mobile use from 2020. The government will auction both the 694-790 MHz spectrum as well as the DVB-T2 licence. There will be a period of simulcasting […]
May 8 2015
The Spanish Administrations’s TV policy is under fire. The private TV Association, UTECA, which represents the largest FTA TV groups in Spain, has accused the government of “causing serious harm” to the Audio Visual industry which represents a business of €10,300 million (1 per cent of GDP) and employs 77,000 people. UTECA has urged the […]
May 1 2015
The DTG has received a request from Ofcom that R-Books 2 and 5 be updated to provide guidance to installers to promote the use of ‘wideband’ aerials that would not need replacing should a change of use of 700MHz occur. The old R-Books were long out of date and included references to analogue services. Also, […]
Nov 10 2014
The UK government’s head of spectrum planning wants digital terrestrial TV and mobile platforms to reach a deal on sharing sub-700MHz frequencies without regulators getting involved. Jane Humphreys, head of spectrum at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, said there’s no evidence that demand for terrestrial TV services will be the same as today […]
Aug 27 2014
Arqiva are inviting interested parties to submit an expression of interest for the auction of national DTT standard definition television slots – suitable for linear TV service. The slots will be for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The slots will be available from mid-November 2014 and are suitable for television services only […]
Aug 13 2014
Without even having the chance to broadcast any programming, City TV, the local TV channel for Birmingham, has had to go into administration. One of a number of channels around the UK to be awarded a licence to provide local-centric digital TV programmes, the channel, also known as BLTV would have served 1.2 million households […]
Aug 7 2014
DTG members are about to begin work on the evolution of the technical specification for digital terrestrial television (D-Book 8) to introduce support for Freeview Connected and much more, with Working Group meetings due to begin after the summer break. Simon Gauntlett, the DTG’s Chief Technology Officer, has circulated a plan of activity to the […]
Jul 31 2017
Freeview Play Sales Surge
Freeview has announced that Freeview Play TVs account for more than half of all Smart HD TV* sales in the UK. In June, 55% of Smart HD TVs sold were Freeview Play enabled**, a rise of 20 percentage points since January 2017. Launched less than two years ago, Freeview Play brings UK consumers a seamless […]
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By Expat • Freeview, United Kingdom • • Tags: DTT, Freeview Play, HD