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