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NEWS<br />
E U R O P E<br />
FINLAND<br />
Digital Terrestrial Television<br />
Edited by<br />
Branislav Pekic<br />
DNA SELECTS ENENSYS FOR DVB-T2 TRIAL<br />
DNA Oy, who has been awarded for the 2 Finish<br />
VHF DVB-T2 licenses in June 2009, has selected<br />
<br />
In this project, Enensys provides the DVB-T2<br />
<br />
Enensys partner's Mediatrade compiled the<br />
necessary consortium of experts and vendors,<br />
<br />
allows terrestrial transmission of Finnish channels<br />
<br />
FRANCE<br />
TF1 ACQUISITION OF DTT<br />
CHANNELS CLEARED<br />
French broadcaster TF1 said competition<br />
authorities cleared its €192 million purchase of<br />
<br />
The deal, in which TF1 will buy all of NT1 and<br />
double its stake in TMC to 80%, was approved<br />
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IRELAND<br />
RTE TO TEST RECEIVERS FOR DTT SERVICE<br />
Public broadcaster RTÉ has appointed TV services<br />
company Teracom to test receivers for its DTT<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
backed OneVision consortium was awarded<br />
<br />
LATVIA<br />
LNT AND TV5 TO SWITCH TO<br />
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY<br />
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POLAND<br />
COMMERCIAL BROADCASTERS<br />
WANT SECOND MULTIPLEX<br />
Commercial broadcasters, TVN, Polsat, TV4<br />
<br />
<br />
of frequencies reserved for them for the purpose<br />
<br />
<br />
share it with public broadcaster TVP, but an<br />
<br />
<br />
the public broadcaster, to transmit three of its<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
the UKE and the KRRiTV, the process of switch-<br />
<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
OVER 247.000 DTT TV SETS SOLD<br />
IN PORTUGAL IN 2009<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
DTT broadcasts, which initiated transmissions in<br />
<br />
acquisition of such equipment, since the aver-<br />
<br />
SPAIN<br />
MORE THAN 6.5 MILLION<br />
SPANISH WATCH DTT<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
merce and Tourism, the audience share of DTT is<br />
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<br />
UNITED KINGDOM<br />
BBC, ARQIYA RECEIVE GO-AHEAD<br />
TO SELL MULTIPLEX CAPACITY<br />
<br />
to the BBC and platform infrastructure company<br />
<br />
two new additional national TV channels to be<br />
<br />
unused capacity on the BBC's multiplex B used to<br />
broadcast HDTV services becomes free, while certain<br />
new capacity on Arqiva's multiplexes C and D<br />
<br />
L A T I N A M E R I C A<br />
BRAZIL<br />
RULES EASED FOR MOBILE<br />
PHONES WITH DIGITAL TV<br />
<br />
ible the requirement, by the national electronics<br />
<br />
<br />
ministerial decree 224, published on 29 December<br />
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<br />
COLOMBIA<br />
COLOMBIA LAUNCHES DTT BROADCASTS<br />
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MEXICO<br />
AZTECA RECEIVES APPROVAL<br />
FOR HI-TV DTT PLATFORM<br />
TV Azteca has received approval from national<br />
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<br />
air channels in each market, as well as Azteca's<br />
<br />
PERU<br />
SALES OF DIGITAL TV SETS START IN PERU<br />
<br />
ible TV sets in February, equipped with technol-<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
operator América Móviles (Claro) has started<br />
<br />
<br />
A S I A & P A C I F I C<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
AUSTRALIA TO BOOST DIGITAL<br />
TV FOR RURAL AREAS<br />
The Australian Federal Government has announced<br />
<br />
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<br />
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<br />
AZERBAIJAN<br />
AZERBAIJAN TO COMPLETE<br />
ANALOGUE SWITCH-OFF IN 2012<br />
Azerbaijan will switch to DTT three years ahead of<br />
<br />
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<br />
BRUNEI<br />
ICAREUS DELIVERS ITV SOLUTIONS TO RTB<br />
<br />
TV solutions to Bruneian national broadcaster,<br />
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<br />
CHINA<br />
DIGITAL TV PENETRATION<br />
RATE INCREASES BY 40%<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
tic free TV channels, Asia Television (ATV) and<br />
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INDIA<br />
DD, AIR TO COMPLETE DIGITAL<br />
TRANSITION IN 2007<br />
<br />
of Doordarshan, All India Radio and cable services