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networks for the processing and transmission<br />
of TV signals provided by Telekom Srbija, which<br />
are fully digital and based on IP/MPLS architecture.<br />
During the public trials, a total of 13 digital<br />
TV channels were transmitted simultaneously or<br />
one HDTV channel and eight SDTV channels.<br />
SPAIN<br />
BARCELONA AREA TO SWITCH TO DTT<br />
Some 161 municipalities in the province of<br />
Barcelona are to end analogue TV broadcasts by<br />
January 2010. From then on, more than 600,000<br />
citizens of the counties of Osona, Garraf, Anoia,<br />
Alt Penedès, Bages and Berguedà will only able<br />
to watch TV via DTT. According to the National<br />
Transition to DTT, 90% of Catalan households now<br />
have <strong>satellite</strong> adapted to receive digital signals,<br />
and 81.2% have access to DTT through a decoder.<br />
GOL <strong>TELE</strong>VISION WITH<br />
850.000 SUBSCRIBERS<br />
The digital terrestrial pay-TV platform Gol TV has<br />
reached the figure of 850.000 subscribers to its<br />
service in November 2009, according to the director<br />
general of Spanish operator Mediapro. Jaume<br />
Roures said that the latest subscriber figure makes<br />
closer the achievement of the original goal of one<br />
million subscribers by the end of the season.<br />
UNITED KINGDOM<br />
BBC AND ARQIVA TO UPGRADE<br />
NETWORK TO DVB-T2<br />
The BBC and Arqiva have agreed to upgrade<br />
the relevant parts of the DTT transmission<br />
network to DVB-T2. The new technology will<br />
deliver an increase in capacity of 67% to the<br />
BBC’s Multiplex B, efficiently creating the space<br />
needed for UK public service broadcasters’ HD<br />
transmissions. The BBC and Arqiva will be the<br />
first organisations in the world to deploy the<br />
DVB-T2 technology into full operational service<br />
across an entire transmission network. NEC<br />
Corporation will be supplying the transmitters.<br />
FREEVIEW MAIN DIGITAL TV PROVIDER<br />
Freeview is now the provider of digital TV on the<br />
main set in 10 million UK homes, with a growing<br />
numbers of viewers taking up the service as the<br />
switchover from analogue gathers pace around<br />
the country. The vast majority of viewers switching<br />
from the old five-channel analogue set-up were<br />
choosing Freeview’s digital terrestrial TV service<br />
over BSkyB’s <strong>satellite</strong> and Virgin Media’s cable<br />
subscription services, the company claims. More<br />
than 18 million UK homes used Freeview on at<br />
least one of their TV sets, the company added.<br />
BT VISION TO LAUNCH HYBRID DIGITAL BOX<br />
BT has confirmed that the next set-top box to be<br />
issued for its hybrid DTT/IPTV service “BT Vision”<br />
will be capable of receiving Freeview HD terrestrial<br />
channels. Michael Barry, Head of Programming<br />
at BT, said that work is in progress but has not<br />
yet decided on a firm launch date. Freeview HD<br />
broadcasts started in the Granada region and<br />
London, with other regions to follow in 2010.<br />
N O R T H A M E R I C A<br />
CANADA<br />
CANADIAN BROADCASTERS<br />
TEST DIGITAL SFN<br />
Rohde & Schwarz is collaborating with Moseley<br />
Broadcast and the Communications Research<br />
Centre Canada to create one of the first singlefrequency<br />
network test beds for ATSC fixed<br />
and mobile digital television. The research<br />
and development agreement is being conducted<br />
under the auspices of the CRC. The<br />
mobile test area will cover about 250 square<br />
kilometres in the Ottawa, Ontario area.<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
ATSC RATIFIES MOBILE TV STANDARD<br />
The Advanced Television Systems Committee<br />
in October 2009 approved a new mobile<br />
digital TV standard that will allow digital TV<br />
broadcasters to deliver content to a broad<br />
variety of mobile devices. Targeted devices<br />
include not only mobile phones, but also other<br />
handheld devices and in-vehicle entertainment<br />
systems. The A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV<br />
standard is the culmination of a development<br />
process that took about two and a half years.<br />
AMERICANS WANT MOBILE TV<br />
U.S. consumers want mobile TV, according to<br />
the Open Mobile Video Coalition. The study’s<br />
optimistic findings are contrary to the state of the<br />
mobile television market in the United States,<br />
which has been hampered by slow uptake among<br />
consumers. The service, offered by Verizon Wireless,<br />
AT&T and FLO TV, has not made an impact<br />
due to limited content and market availability.<br />
L A T I N A M E R I C A<br />
BRAZIL<br />
ARIMA AWARDED ISDB-T<br />
MOBILE TV CONTRACT<br />
Arima Communications has landed orders for<br />
ISDB-T enabled mobile TV handsets from Sony<br />
Ericsson, according to industry sources. The<br />
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