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Finland Finland - DNA's DVB-T2 network reaches 85% of population The DTT platform operator DNA has announced that its DTT network now reaches 85% of the population. DNA's DTT platform uses the DVB-T2 standard. It offers 19 pay television programme services, 9 HD services of which two, YLE HD and MTV3 HD, can be viewed free-of-charge. This autumn, DNA plans to launch additional pay and free-to-air services. Source: DNA1 July 2012 Digita switches from DVB-H to DVB-T2 Finland’s ministry of culture has given Digita permission to switch its DVB-H transmissions to the DVB-T2 standard. The change follows the launch of the new DVB-T2 Lite protocol which Digita says will allow it to run a unified service for fixed and mobile reception. “We are pleased with the decision to change Multiplex D to DVB-T2, a system suitable for mobile reception,” Digita’s James Harno said. Digita’s new online content is aimed at cell phones in addition to portable terminals such as laptops, tablet PCs and iPads. Harno went on to say that “the technology will allows it a new and modern way to bring mobile and high-definition content to the modern consumer’s mobile lifestyle”. Harno also said that Digita strongly believed in portable receivers that would lead to widespread wireless reception. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 13th September 2011 DNA launches Pay DTT offer DNA has made its Welho TV channel package available to customers across Finland’s DTT network. The initial line-up consists of Animal Planet HD, Discovery Channel, Eurosport, MTV LIVE HD, Nelonen Kino, Nelonen Maailma, Nelonen Perhe, Nelonen Pro 1 HD, Nelonen Pro 2 HD, Showtime, TNT7 HD and URHOtv. In September a collection of TV channels from Canal + will also be made available. DNA has three terrestrial multiplexes covering approximately 50% of the population. By the end of 2011 the network will be expanded to cover over 85% of all Finns. The package will be in competition with the established terrestrial operator Plus TV. DNA is also awaiting a decision from the Finish government on its application for licences to run multiplexes A and B on the countries VHF Band III channels. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 22nd August 2011 Spare DTT capacity on offer The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has begun a licensing round, utilising spare capacity in the existing DTT multiplexes. The supplementary application round covers multiplexes A, G, VHF A and VHF B. Issued licences will be valid until the end of 2016. Multiplex A has space for a single programme, whilst regional Multiplex G has space for up to 5 HD channels (or more SD channels) in the Uusimaa region. Multiplex VHF A has space for two HD channels, while Multiplex VHF B has spare capacity for one HD channel or several SD channels. The deadline for licence applications is noon on the 1st August. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 20th June 2011 DNA deploys DVB-T2 SFN Network The three multiplexes awarded to DNA earlier this year will deploy HDTV signals to 80% of all Finnish TV households using DVB-T2, MPEG-4 coding and Single Frequency Networks (SFN). The Renne based company TeamCast was awarded the contract to supply all the modulation and SFN synchronisation equipments. Kari Ruopsa, Head of Department, Television Networks at DNA Ltd said, ”With the cutting edge technology from TeamCast we are confident to meet all challenges in our DVB-T2 roll-out. Modern IP-connectivity in their equipment and advanced features like SFN help us to deliver excellent customer experience in terrestrial HDTV. Our target is to cover more than 80% of Finnish households, and TeamCast equipment has fulfilled our expectations from the technology piloting in early 2010 to the current commercial network roll-out”. Source: TeamCast Item added: 23rd May 2011 DNA gets a 3rd multiplex The Finnish authorities have awarded a third digital terrestrial television multiplex to DNA. The licence is for VHF multiplex C and will run until the 31st December 2016. This new licence complements its two previously multiplexes VHF A and VHF B which were awarded in 2009. DNA’s current multiplexes reach around 80% of the country and it is expected that VHF C will cover a similar area by the end of 2012. DNA launched its HDTV service using the DVB-T2 standard on the 1st January 2011. The capacity of DNA’s VHF terrestrial network allows the broadcast of up to 11 high-definition, and 15 standard-definition channels. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 4th April 2011 DNA offers free to view HD DTT channels for December DNA is to offer HD channels MTVNHD and Animal Planet free of charge on its digital-terrestrial TV platform during the month of December reports Digital TV Europe. The channels will broadcast using the current DVB-T standard and can be reached by over one million people in the VHF transmitters’ coverage area. From January, the HD broadcasts will switch to the new DVB-T2 standard and will be encrypted. Viewers will then require compatible equipment including a DVB-T2 tuner and a DNA smartcard or CI Plus module. DNA also said its DTT network would be extended to cover municipalities in the Helsinki metropolitan area, eastern Uusimaa and the Turku district in December. Source: Digital TV Europe.net Item added: 6th December 2010 More on HDTV in Finland DNA’s HDTV network powered by DVB-T2 will cover the Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Lahti, Hämeenlinna and Tampere regions by the end of 2010 and then extended to Pori, Kotka, Lappeenranta, Kouvola, Kokkola, Vaasa, Seinäjoki, Jyväskylä, Mikkeli and Savonlinna during 2011. By then the service will cover 1.5 million TV homes which is 60% of all those in Finland. The antenna network, supplied by Ericsson, will be built on DNA's mobile networks base stations. In September, the Finnish government amended DNA’s DTT licence to enable it to offer standard-definition content as well as HDTV. Main source: Digital TV Europe.net Item added: 18th October 2010 Four new DTT licences Spare DTT capacity in DTT multiplexes B, C and E have been allocated by the Finish government with licences valid until 2016. URHOtv has been awarded space for its sports channel within Multiplex B, which is available nationwide. Previously the sports channel had only been available on cable and over the internet. MTV Oy, the Finnish network has been granted space within Multiplex C for Canal+ Sport 2. The two slots in Multiplex E have been awarded to SBS Finland and Sanoma Television. SBS will screen its Voice TV music channel, while Sanoma will launch a new pay basic channel Nelonen Maailma (Channel Four World). Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 11th October 2010 HDTV using DVB-T2 by 2011 Finland's largest cable TV operator DNA has revealed plans to bring HDTV to 1.5 million Finnish homes by 2011. This amounts to 60% of TV households. Services will start becoming available in the largest Finnish cities by the end of the year. Vice president, Consumer Business at DNA, Pekka Väisänen noted survey findings that indicated that a majority of the Finnish population, 69%, wanted to watch movies in high definition and in the age group 15 to 19, the number was even higher: 89%. "There's no doubt that HDTV is the future," he concluded. Source: advanced-television.com Item added: 20th September 2010 Solaris wins more EU-licences for DVB-SH service Solaris Mobile now has licences for their DVB-SH (Satellite to Handheld) service in several countries including France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Finland. Solaris is a joint venture owned by SES Astra and Eutelsat, set up to deliver mobile TV, satellite digital radio and mobile broadband to much of Europe. An 18 year licence to operate Mobile Services in France, Sweden and Germany was awarded in May 2010, which, together with those already awarded for Finland, Luxembourg, Italy and Slovenia brings the total to seven. These licences allow Solaris Mobile’s hybrid network to be deployed within the EU and will pave the way for a range of broadcast and broadband services including TV, radio, voice, data and other broadband services to mobile devices. Steve Maine, CEO of Solaris is reported as saying that “In the coming months, Solaris Mobile will be engaged in setting up additional demonstration trial platforms for TV broadcasting, radio and data services in certain other markets. These activities will demonstrate the benefits of the solution offered by Solaris which include immediate satellite coverage of the area opening up new opportunities to deliver next generation broadband and broadcast services to mobile devices”. Source: Rapid TV News 2010 Item added: 21st June 2010 HD interest high in Finland Tauno Äijälä, counsellor of communications, senior advisor DTT Helpdesk, is reported by Broadband TV News as saying that there have been a total of 17 applications for the eight channels, occupying 10 Mbps each, on the two multiplexes which are to be operated by DNA Oy. The comments were made during the recent Digital Switchover Strategies conference held in London. He went on to say that in four years time it is likely that there will be 16 HD channels broadcasting in Finland and all but one or two will be paid for services. The two multiplexes operated by DNA are expected to launch in the autumn and will initially reach 40% of the population, rising to 60% in 2011. Main source: Broadband TV News Item modified: 9th February 2010 DNA to operate two DTT multiplexes with DVB-T2 Finnish operator DNA Oy has announced that it will launch two DTT HDTV multiplexes in VHF band III using the DVB-T2 standard and MPEG-4, H.264 AVC coding. The announcement comes after its selection by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications Finland to operate two VHF DTT multiplexes. DNA did not waste any time and launched a technical test trial service in Lahti on the 8th December. DNA plan to make DTT HDTV services commercially available to 40% of households by the end of 2010. Coverage will be extended to 60% of households in 2011. Viewer in the Lahti and Helsinki region will be able to receive DNA’s HD test transmissions for the first time during the winter Olympics held in Vancouver, if they have suitable receiving equipment for DVB-T HD. Owing to the predicted lack of deployed DVB-T2 receivers during this special winter Olympic period the DVB-T2 transmissions are to be suspended and replaced by HDTV ones using DVB-T temporarily. Main source: DNA Item added: 14th December 2009 Nine apply for a Finnish HD licence Eight broadcasters have applied for terrestrial HD capacity in Finland with a ninth channel proposed by the public broadcaster YLE according to Broadband TV News. The commercial broadcasters are Sanoma Television and the commercial broadcaster MTV3, MTV Networks, Urhotv, Family Channel, Discovery Communications Europe Limited, Viasat Finland and Turner Entertainment Networks International Limited. Two multiplexes have already been set-aside for HD DTT and YLE’s Administrative Council has also decided to reserve capacity for a new HD channel but it remains unclear when it will be launched. As a public broadcaster the YLE does not need to file a formal application. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 14th December 2009 Digita DTT licence to be extended Digita’s licences for Digital Terrestrial Television broadcasting are to continue. The Finish Council of state has granted it renewed licences for the period starting on the 1st September 2010 and ending on the 31st December 2016. The licences are for the Multiplexes, A, B and C which cover the mainland of Finland. Digita also offers DVB-H as part of its service and estimates that more than 2 million Finns can already watch mobile TV. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 2nd November 2009 DNA Oy launches DVB-H service The mobile telecom service provider, DNA Oy, is making mobile television services available to its subscribers, using Digita’s DVB-H network, from the 8th October. Digita’s network is also open to other service providers. After the free trial period, DNA's mobile phone customers will be able to subscribe to the service and get access to television and radio channels, including YLE, MTV3 and SBS. The DVB-H network covers 2 million people in the Helsinki metropolitan area and the cities and surroundings of Tampere, Oulu, Turku and Salo. Several major shopping malls have optimised their interiors for the reception of mobile broadcasts, among them Jumbo in Vantaa, Sello in Espoo and Ideapark near Tampere. Watching mobile TV requires a DVB-H compatible device such as the Nokia models N77 and N96. Using the SU-33W adapter, the service is also available on the following Nokia mobile phones: N73, N79, N85, N97, E75 and 5800 XpressMusic Source: DNA Oy press announcement Item added: 12th October 2009 NorDig releases DVB-T2 specification NorDig has published a specification for the minimum requirements for receivers able to receive NorDig compliant signals based on the DVB-T2 specification. At present the terrestrial broadcast networks in the Nordic region, which includes, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are all served by DVB-T based broadcasts. NorDig said that in some of the Nordic countries, introduction of HDTV and MPEG-4 H.264, AVC might be combined with the introduction of transmissions based on DVB-T2. A migration from DVB-T to DVB-T2 is being planned in countries such as the UK and in other countries just starting DTT networks. Analogue broadcasts have already been shut off in most of the region (all of Finland and Sweden, as well as most of Norway). Source: www.nordig.org Item added: 20th July 2009 HD/DTT network awarded to DNA DNA Oy have been awarded a contract to build a terrestrial transmission network for HDTV across Finland, reports Broadband TV News. The Ministry of Transport and Communications has said that signals will be expected to reach 60% of the population by the end of 2011. Construction is expected to get underway by December 31, 2009 and the licence will run until December 31, 2016. Two licences will be awarded for DVB-T2 networks using MPEG-4 (H.264, AVC) compression and transmitted on VHF Band III. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 6th July 2009 Boxer acquires majority stake in PlusTV The pay-DTT service provider Boxer has acquired a majority stake in the leading Finnish pay DTT operator PlusTV. Boxer already provides pay-DTT services in Sweden and Denmark. Boxer will use its experience in neighbouring markets to enable PlusTV to continue its successful development. As part of the agreement, Baker Capital and IT Provider will retain minority stakes in PlusTV. Source: Digitag attributed to a Boxer announcement Item added: 8th June 2009 Baltic frequency usage conference in Finland Helsinki is hosting a conference to discuss the usage of the 790-862 MHz frequency band in Baltic region. Half the band is currently empty in some regions due to its current use by the Russian Military. It is hoped that Russia will move out of the band to free it for the use of mobile and Internet services as allocated for Europe by the ITU World Radio Regulations Conference in 2007. A total of 10 countries are attending the June conference, which seeks to find a resolution to the problem. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 8th June 2009 Over 500 channels available on DTT platforms in Europe Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed for the DG Communication of the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows the continued expansion of television channels in the European (EU 27 + Croatia and Turkey) television market. More than 200 new TV channels were launched in 2008. There are now a total of 5587 channels (plus 412 non-European channels) available in the 29 countries. Digital terrestrial television (DTT) has experienced significant developments in the last year. Six of the 29 countries included in the MAVISE database have already ceased analogue terrestrial transmission. France, Italy, Spain and the UK (four markets with large use of terrestrial television) have reached very high levels of DTT penetration in households and two of these have started regional switch-off of the analogue signals The market will see more rapid development this year with the expected launch of new services in Slovenia, Denmark, Portugal, Ireland, Poland, Greece, and Slovakia. Full article at: EAO press release Item added: 7th April 2009 Finland number one in digital switchover Finland is listed as the most advanced country in Europe when it comes to the switch off of analogue services according to the new edition of Television International Key facts from mediahouse IP, reports Broadband TV News. Finland now has a digital penetration of 88%, followed by the UK with 83.2%. The study also indicates that at the end of 2007, 40.8% of all EU households were able to receive digital television. Breaking down the figures, Satellite DTH accounted for 42% of all digital homes, followed by 38% with DTT, 16% with cable and 4% with IPTV. Source: Broadband TV News Item added: 1st December 2008
Finland explores YLE smart card Analogue Switch Off Complete
YLE told to back mobile TV
Finnish regulator to issue DVB-H programme licences Eight DTT licenses awarded by the Finish government New Pay-TV services to be launched
DVB-H launch in Finland comes a step closer Digital homes steadily increase New candidate for "World's First" with DVB-H?
Finland's latest round of bidding for capacity on the countrys digital network has resulted in expressions of interest from 29 broadcasters/companies. Capacity will be made available in existing multiplexes as well as on the new 5th multiplex.
Fifth Finish multiplex to be licenced Finland first to license commercial mobile TV services using DVB-H
Consumers also want to watch TV programs on their mobile Finnish Mobile TV Project at IAAF World championships Third stage of Digitisation Completed Mobile TV pilot in Finland Selected from Sonera and Elisa mobile phone customers, the test users are able to view real-time TV and radio programs on a Nokia 7710 smartphone equipped with a special accessory to receive mobile TV broadcasts. The Nokia smartphone also enables direct links to the Internet for access to background information on TV programs or sports results. Test users have access to MTV, YLE and Nelonen programs as well as international theme channels such as CNN, BBC World, Euronews, Eurosport, ViVa Plus and Fashion TV. The pilot continues until 20 June 2005.
There are extensive MHP services on offer in Finland. For more details go to www.mhp.org The information provided comes from several sources and whilst DVB believe it to be correct we cannot guarantee its accuracy. If you have more up to date information or corrections please send them to dvb@dvb.org |
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