US pay-TV operator DirecTV is raising its subscription price despite still being in dispute with Disney over carriage of certain channels. The price rises will be effective on or after October 6th. The broadcaster says customers will notice adjusted rates on their next billing cycle. The company is updating prices for both its satellite and […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina has entrusted Croatian company Odašiljači i veze (OiV) to finally complete the long-delayed rollout of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). The project has been stalled for nearly a decade, leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only European country still using analogue broadcasting technology. It is estimated that at least 60 per cent of […]
Media Broadcast has officially launched the distribution of television programmes via 5G broadcast as part of a pilot project in Halle, Germany. The pilot project is based on a tender from the Media Authority of Saxony-Anhalt, in which DTT capacities were awarded to Media Broadcast for testing the distribution of programmes in the 5G broadcast […]
Arcom, the French media regulator, has pre-selected the channels that applied for national broadcasting authorisation on terrestrial hertzian (TNT) frequencies. Digital terrestrial television (DTT), the exclusive reception mode for nearly 20 per cent of households in France, remains an essential means of broadcasting for the public. Taken together, DTT channels constitute the most structuring offering […]
The Spanish government is reportedly set to call a public auction to award a new DTT channel. The Government is holding talks with the different Spanish TV groups about it. Prisa, former owner of Canal Plus, could be one of the most likely candidates to bid for the new channel. Other groups like Unidad Editorial, […]
The number of TV channels broadcasting in Italy has been steadily decreasing over the past decade, dropping from 389 in 2012 to 343 in 2022 and 316 in 2023, according to a report published by Confindustria Radio Televisioni. At the end of 2023, there were 268 nationally-produced channels, a drop of 18 per cent compared […]
Italian public broadcaster Rai has brought forward the launch date for the first multiplex to broadcast in DVB-T2, targeting August 28th. Specific channels haven’t been finalised, but are likely to include flagships Rai 1 HD, Rai 2 HD, and Rai 3 HD in simulcast. This aims to improve reception in areas struggling with the current […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has provided the Government with a report on the future of TV distribution. This is in response to a request from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2022 for Ofcom to carry out an early review of market changes that may affect the way content reaches audiences on Digital […]
Western Europe will lose nearly 9 million pay-TV subscribers between 2023 and 2029 to reach 93 million – down by 8 per cent, according to the Western Europe Pay-TV Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. This is nowhere near as bad as the US as pay-TV penetration will still be 53 per cent […]
French broadcast regulator Arcom is set to launch a new FTA and pay DTT call for bids on February 28th in order to renew, or not, the frequencies of the fifteen active broadcasters, including half of the national broadcasters. The current authorisations of TF1, M6, Gulli, C8, W9, TMC, TFX, NRJ 12, LCI, BFMTV, CNews, […]