United Kingdom

DTT take up at 92.7%

11 Oct 2010

Consumer survey results from Ofcom for the second quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households has reached 92.7%. In

BBC and Arqiva to sell off spare DTT capacity

04 Oct 2010

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has given consent to the BBC and Arqiva to sell off unused DTT spectrum to BT who plan to make use of the paired

Ofcom looks at local TV options

27 Sep 2010

Ofcom the UK’s TV regulator has released a technical report on the possible platform options for the start of regular local TV in Britain. The

Freeview HD watched in 160,000 homes

10 Sep 2010

Isle Howling, MD of Freeview said at the Westminster Forum on the Future of DTT that Freeview HD is now watched in 160,000 homes. What is more,

UK to auction Digital Dividend soon

02 Aug 2010

The UK government has issued instructions to Ofcom to arrange a combined auction of the countries 2.6GHz and 800MHz (digital dividend) spectrum as

Analogue TV’s out

12 Jul 2010

The vast majority of television sets sold in the UK are now equipped for digital reception, according to new figures from GfK released by

“Digital dividend” less valuable in the UK

12 Jul 2010

Following reports that the new UK government will announce the £5 billion-rated auction of the UK’s 800MHz airwaves spectrum, Simon Harris,

UK Digital Switch Over on track

28 Jun 2010

Executives from two of the bodies responsible for overseeing and implementing the UK’s digital switchover have confirmed that the mammoth project

Arqiva to trial 3D TV on DTT

28 Jun 2010

The UK Broadcast network operator Arqiva is planning a trial of 3D TV broadcast over the countries terrestrial network. Mike Brooks, Arqiva’s

BBC okay to use Huffman codes

21 Jun 2010

Ofcom, the UK regulator, has granted the BBC to permission to restrict access to electronic programme guide data to HD DTT receivers that include

1 in 4 homes to have 3D TV by 2015

07 Jun 2010

Kelko, the web based shopping comparison site, predicts that almost 1 in 4 UK TV households (23%) will own a 3D enabled television set by 2015. The

BBC One to broadcast in HD