Osvaldo Nemirovsci, the general coordinator of the Advisory Council of the Argentine Digital Television System, has confirmed that Argentina will meet the original schedule for the implementation of DTT and complete the analogue switch-off in 2019. Argentina has already installed about 50 transmitters adapted to DTT and the government has distributed nearly 1 million sets […]
Ed Vaizey, the UK’s Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has refuted suggestions that as many as 2.3 million homes risk losing their digital terrestrial TV service as a result of interference from 4G mobile phone signals. Speaking at the Future of Broadcasting Conference in London, Vaizey suggested that the real number was as […]
Richard Lindsay-Davies, Director General, of the UK’s Digital TV Group (DTG) the not-for-profit trade body formed to ensure the successful delivery and evolution of digital TV and associated technologies, has confirmed that the organisation will continue to safeguard the consumer experience of digital terrestrial television and connected TV. Addressing delegates at the Westminster eForum seminar […]
Ilse Howling, Managing Director of UK digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview, has suggested that the future of the service is at risk should unfavourable decisions be made in terms of the reuse of UHF spectrum. Advising delegates at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on ‘The future of free-to-air TV’ that the platform had reached 2.6 […]
The intended digitalisation of cable TV services in four Indian ‘metros’ will now be extended four months beyond the scheduled July 1 introduction, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has confirmed. The decision to defer the plan for switchover from analogue to digitalised signals follows the realisation that the metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and […]
Spanish households will have to pay the bill for the second digital migration to be started this autumn and completed before January 2014 , one year earlier than expected, within the so-called digital dividend allocation plan. Contrary to initial expectations, there will be hardly any public funds to finance the migration as the Administration will […]
Cablevision is migrating its analogue subscribers to digital at an impressive rate. Two years ago (March 2010) the South American MSO had 742,000 digital subscribers in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Today (March 2012) the number is topping 1.1 million digital subs, out of a total 3.48 million. Cablevision passes 7.59 million homes so there’s plenty […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has unveiled a major industry report, “The Bloodless Revolution: A Guide to Smoother Digital Workflows in Television.” The report is the first published guidance on digital workflows to be issued on behalf of ITV, Channel Four and the BBC. It seeks to help producers and suppliers achieve a smoother transition […]
According to the latest estimates by Eres from March 2012, the number of Italian DTT households (at least one receiver in the primary residence) rose to about 22.8 million. This figure represents an increase of just under 500,000 units compared to the survey in December 2011/January 2012, taking the DTT penetration rate to 91.5 per […]
New Zealand starts switching off its analogue transmissions on September 30. The country’s national ‘switch off’ campaign is being handled by Going Digital, which says the area around Hawke’s Bay (East Coast of North Island) and the West Coast of South Island is first on the list. The options for viewers in those regions are […]