Germany - DVB

Digital TV on the west coast

26 Oct 2006

Schleswig-Holestein on the west coast of Germany has become the latest region to get Digital Terrestrial TV. The service began on the 24th October

DTT starts in Oberpalz and Niederbayern during December 2006

10 Oct 2006

On the 6th December digital terrestrial television will officially start in the Oberpalz and Niederbayern regions of Bavaria. At present three

DVB-T penetration increases

04 Oct 2006

Recent reports put the number of DVB-T receivers sold in Germany at 5 million up to August 2006. 3.5 million of these were set top boxes and

Staufenberg becomes the latest for analogue switch-off

26 Sep 2006

NDR has announced that analogue switch-off will take place in the region of Staufenberg on 10 October. Other regions affected include Münden,

German Mobile TV Tests Successful

29 Aug 2006

Mobile TV tests using DVB-H in Hanover, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, started back in May have proved to be a great success. Users were impressed

DVB-T deployed in the Southwest

16 May 2006

DVB-T services are continuing to be deployed in the Southwest of Germany and will start on the May 17th in the Ludwigshafen and Vorderpfalz areas

DTT launches expected in Bavaria

30 Mar 2006

More parts of Bavaria will be covered by DTT services on the 29th May. These areas include Wurzburg and Regensburg as well as parts of Upper

"Handy-TV" project in Hamburg generates lots of DVB-H proposals

07 Feb 2006

A request for interest in the pilot project "Handy-TV" from the Hamburgischen Anstalt fuer neue Medien (HAM), brought in applications and

Premiere shifts HDTV start date

08 Nov 2005

Premiere has delayed the launch of its new HDTV satellite service by two weeks to allow for the late delivery of its MPEG-4 capable set-top boxes

More DTT launches in Germany

01 Nov 2005

DVB-T services in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region will begin on the 6th of December 2005, further expanding the coverage of Digital Terrestrial

Germany to expand DTT coverage

29 Sep 2005

Germany’s public broadcasters have committed to bring digital terrestrial television to 90% of the population. The move will take DTT out of the

DVB-H trial in Berlin

13 Sep 2005

Germany's Bundesliga premier soccer league will start broadcasting games live to mobile phones at the end of September 2005 according to Reuters

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