India’s Information & Broadcasting minister, Manish Tewari has told cable operators that any delay to the fast-approaching March 31st digital deadline for India’s largest cities will be harmful. Tewari, who was appointed to the job just hours ahead of India’s phase-1 D-Day (a process which did not go wholly to plan) says any relaxing of […]
India’s government has dismissed critics of its TV digitalisation plan, including those who say that a new set-top box tax will damage the process. India’s powerful Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry says that the nation’s MSOs have more than 2.2 million set-top boxes in stock, with a similar amount already procured, mostly from China and […]
Kenya was due to switch off its analogue TV transmission in Nairobi, the nation’s capital, on December 31st 2012. The rest of the country was then expected to speedily follow. That date was missed because of the shortage of set-top boxes, and lack of public awareness about the adoption of digital TV. A new date […]
Simon Beresford-Wylie has been appointed chief executive officer of Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL). DMSL is responsible for ensuring people continue to receive Freeview TV when new 4G (LTE 800) mobile services are launched. The not-for-profit organisation was formed on an initial basis in October 2012 by EE, Telefónica O2, Three and Vodafone. DMSL’s ultimate […]
The Spanish Administration will not finance the migration to new digital frequencies or the adaptation of antennas, but will fund a public campaign to announce the advantages of releasing the so-called digital dividend. A €7.5 million budget has been approved to explain the “second analogue switch-off” following the digital migration that all nationwide TV channels […]
DigiTAG, the broadcast industry body that promotes digital terrestrial television (DTT) and protecting broadcast spectrum for broadcasters has published a new guide on digital switchover. The guide provides a comprehensive overview of the key regulatory, business, and technical issues that must be addressed for a successful digital switchover process. It also explores strategies for analogue […]
Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has announced that, instead of one, it will now organise two frequency auctions, with the first offering 20-year licences for the use of three multiplexes for TV broadcasting, and the second reserved for telecommunications operators with frequencies earmarked for LTE/4G (mobile broadband) services. In a statement, the president of the Italian […]
India’s government says that by the end of this week one of its four giant cities, Kolkata, “could” be fully digitised as far as cable TV is concerned. India’s West Bengal government reported to the country’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) that despite continually missing previous deadlines this time around the February 1st target date […]
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) in India is confident of meeting the March 2013 deadline for cable TV digitisation in 38 more cities across the country. The second phase of digitisation covers the one million plus cities across the country, including Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad and Thane, among others. The four metros – […]
The bill for switching off Mexico’s digital switchover is going to cost more than $1 billion, according to its Federal Telecoms Commission (Cofetel). However, this sum is less than initially anticipated when Cofetel said the overall; bill could be as high as $1.34 billion. Cofetel’s president Mny de Swaan said the bill had come down […]