By philsandberg on Apr 19, 2013 in Australia, DTV | Comments Off
Western Australian’s capital city, Perth, has officially switched over to digital-only free-to-air TV.At 9am today on April 16, over 722,000 households across Perth switched to digital-only free-to-air TV, as analog signals were switched off.The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, said “I would like to thank the local broadcasters [...]
By philsandberg on Apr 11, 2013 in DTV, Korea | Comments Off
Korea Telecom (KT) SkyLife, one of South Korea’s leading satellite Pay-TV providers, has been a pioneer in the TV and media industry by implementing new technologies such as multichannel High Definition (HD), 3DTV and IP Hybrid set-top boxes. As consumer demand for higher quality continues to increase, KT SkyLife is working with Ericsson on different [...]
By philsandberg on Feb 28, 2013 in Australia, DTV | Comments Off
The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has announced that there is less than four months remaining before regional and remote Western Australia switches to digital-only free-to-air TV.“On 25 June 2013 analog TV signals will be switched off across regional and remote Western Australia and free-to-air TV will be [...]
By philsandberg on Feb 8, 2013 in DTV, Vietnam | Comments Off
Vietnam’s Prime Minister has signed off on a nationwide analogue to digital migration plan which will see the country’s television stations broadcasting completely in digital by 2020. Speaking at a press conference in late January, Mr. Le Nam Thang, Deputy Minister of Information and Communication said the digitalisation scheme also aims to gradually expand digital [...]
By philsandberg on Feb 7, 2013 in Australia, DTV | Comments Off
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has reminded people in Adelaide that less than two months remain before analogue TV signals are switched off. “On 2 April 2013 analogue TV signals will be switched off across Adelaide and free-to-air TV will be broadcast in digital only,” Senator Conroy said. [...]
By philsandberg on Jan 20, 2013 in Australia, DTV | Comments Off
Acting Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Kim Carr, has reminded Tasmanians that there are less than three months to go before analogue TV signals are switched off. “On 9 April 2013 analogue TV signals will be switched off across areas of Tasmania and free-to-air TV will be broadcast in digital only,” [...]
By philsandberg on Nov 28, 2012 in Australia, DTV, Spectrum | Comments Off
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, announced that northern NSW has officially switched over to digital-only TV. “At 9am, over 550,000 households switched to digital-only TV, as analogue signals across the Northern NSW switchover region were switched off,” Senator Conroy said. “Today’s switch-off means that over 2.1 million households [...]
By philsandberg on Nov 7, 2012 in DTV, India | Comments Off
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), a leader in video delivery infrastructure, is now offering a cable headend solution designed to help Indian cable operators cost-effectively meet the 2014 government-mandated transition to digital TV services. Tailored to the specific requirements of the Indian cable television market, Harmonic’s cable solution features industry-leading Electra, ProStream with ACE, and Ion video [...]
By philsandberg on Oct 17, 2012 in Australia, DTV | Comments Off
The Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that it is only six months before people in Perth switchover to digital television. “We don’t want anyone to get left behind. With only six months left until analog TV signals are permanently switched off in Perth, it is time [...]
By philsandberg on Oct 17, 2012 in DTV, Uzbekistan | Comments Off
Satellite equipment manufacturer and system integrator, Hiltron GmbH, has commenced three new digital video broadcast terrestrial head-end installations in Uzbekistan.“Each head-end consists of a 2.4 metre satellite antenna feeding several receiver/decoders,” explains Hiltron Managing Director Michael Schiestl. “Also being integrated are network adapters to receive national television programmes arriving from the Tashkent headquarters of Uzbek [...]
