DVBT Introduction

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DVB-T Introduction
By X-Micro
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About DVB-T

• Since its conception in 1993, the DVB Project has
  established beyond doubt the value and viability
  of pre-competitive cooperation in the development
  of open digital television standards. DVBs open
  standards guarantee fair, reasonable and
  non-discriminatory terms and conditions with
  regard to Intellectual Property Rights, allowing
  them to be freely adopted and utilized worldwide.
  At present a membership of more than 260
  companies and organizations contributes to
  on-going work in the various modules, refining
  and improving the existing standards and
  developing new ones that address the needs of an
  ever-changing broadcasting landscape.
• DVB-T allows service providers to match, and even
  improve on, analogue coverage - at a fraction of
  the power. It extends the scope of digital
  terrestrial television into the mobile field,
  which was simply not possible before, or with
  other digital systems. As such, it is future
  proof.

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Worldwide Adoption

• DVB-T is the most popular digital terrestrial
  television system in the world, adopted in more
  countries than any other. It has been
  successfully deployed in the UK, Germany, Sweden,
  Finland, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands,
  Switzerland, Singapore and Australia. DVB-T
  trials are on-going in China, Malaysia, Thailand,
  Vietnam, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Croatia, South
  Africa and others.
• More and more countries are finding that DVB
  standards offer the best solution for making the
  transition to digital terrestrial television.

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DVB-T Worldwide Coverage
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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• 920,000 free to view digital tv receivers sold to
  June 2005 in Australia
  
• As at 30 June 2005 the estimated number of
  digital television set top box receivers and
  integrated digital TV sets sold to retailers and
  installers was 920,000 - an increase of 143,000
  units for the quarter.
• The estimate is based on sales reported by DBA
  member companies supplying product to retailers
  and installers.
  
• SourceDBA

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• Mobile DVB-T on the Buses of Taiwan - 02/02/2005
  
  
• January 19th saw the launch of a digital
  television service on the public transport system
  in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. DIMO TV, standing for
  "Digital Mobile Television", uses DVB-T to
  broadcast to 165 buses and 6 harbour ferries.
  This service follows the success of similar
  services in Singapore (TVMobile) and Shanghai
  (Oriental Pearl Mobile TV).
• DIMO TV is unusual in that it has been set up on
  a non-commercial, public service broadcast basis
  the programming is free of advertising. Content
  consists of news and weather, traffic news,
  documentaries, language lessons, entertainment
  news and so on. To keep discomfort for passengers
  to a minimum, sound levels are low and all
  programmes are subtitled.
• Covering the whole metropolitan area
  of Kaohsiung is a main transmitter of 5kw with
  one filler site on the 85th floor of the Grand
  Formosa. Each bus is equipped with a DVB-T
  receiver and a 19" LCD screen. The project was
  initiated by the Taiwan Public Television
  Service.
• Source http//www.dvb.org/

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• Malaysia announces DVB-T for its digital
  terrestrial TV trial
  
• At the third Asean Digital Broadcasting (ADB)
  meeting, held on the 29th August in Brunei, Radio
  Television Malaysia announced that it had chosen
  DVB-T as the transmission standard for its
  forthcoming trial.
• The main thrust of the meeting was to share
  knowledge and experience and also plan the
  transition to a common digital terrestrial
  television standard in the Asean region. More
  than 50 delegates from seven Asean countries
  attended the meeting namely Brunei Darussalam,
  Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Singapore,
  Thailand, the Philippines.
• Source Borneo Bulletin

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• 500,000 DVB-T Receivers Sold in France
• -11/08/2005
• Just three months after the launch of digital
  terrestrial television services in France, the
  company managing the platform has announced, over
  half a million receivers have been sold, with
  that number expected to double by the end of
  December.
• According to www.tnt-gratuite.fr, a website aimed
  at informing the French public about the
  free-for-all service available, signals will be
  available to 50 of the population by September
  2005 with 65 to be reached in the first quarter
  of next year. By the end of 2007 the whole
  country should be covered. Further information
  regarding DTT in France and elsewhere is
  available in the DVB Worldwide section of this
  site.
• Source http//www.dvb.org/

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• DVB-T start date for the Middle of Germany
• DVB-T services are planned to start in the
  Halle/Leipzig and Erfurt/Weimar areas of Germany
  on December 5th 2005.This launch is in line with
  the plan to launch DVB-T services all over
  Germany.The first launch was in the
  Berlin/Brandenburg area during 2002 and further
  launches have taken place since in Northern
  Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, the Rhine Mainz
  area and most recently at the end of May 2005 in
  the Munich/Nurenburg area.Introduction in the
  Kassel and Schwerin areas should  be announced
  soon.The introduction in Mannheim and Stuttgart
  areas is at an earlier planning stage.Source
  http//www.ueberallfernsehen.de

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• Scarlet to offer DVB-T programs in Netherlands
• Telecom provider Scarlet is reported to be
  launching a digital TV subscription service. The
  DVB-T service uses the existing Digitenne network
  was planned to start on the 16th April 2005.
• Source http//www.telecompaper.comSee also
  http//www.digitenne.nl

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• Portuguese regulator approves DVB-T, DVB-H,
  MPEG-4 trials
  
• The National Communication Authority in Portugal
  (Anacom) has authorised Siemens, SGC Telecom and
  Group Media Capital to carry out technical trials
  of digital terrestrial television using DVB-T
  according to Digital Media Europe.
• The trial will test out reception of DVB-H on
  mobile terminals and will use MPEG-4 compression
  technology.
  
• Source Digital Media Europe

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• In Poland
• DVB-T field trials have been taking place in
  Warszawa since November 2001 and Lodz and Wroclaw
  since March and June 2003. Tests are also planned
  to begin in Rzeszów and Sucha Góra in early 2004
  made possible by recent frequency agreements with
  Slovakia and Bratislava. It is also reported that
  permission has been given to "Info" based in
  Zamosc to start DVB-T trials this year.
• Source http//www.dvb.org/

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• In Italy
• Italy officially launched DVB-T services on the
  1st January 2004, initially providing some
  services to 50 of the population. By the end of
  2004, 5 multiplexes should be in operation,
  2Mux's from RAI with 9-10 programmes, 1 Mux from
  Mediaset with 5 programmes, 1 Mux from Telecom/TV
  International with 2 programmes and 1 Mux
  operated by "Holland Co-ordinator and Services"
  on frequencies released by the former Tele.The
  coverage will be extended to 70 of provincial
  capitals during 2005.
• Source http//www.dvb.org/

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DVB-T Worldwide Information

• SRG starts digital TV in the Geneva Lake region/
  Switzerland
  
• On 1st June 2005 Schweizerische Radio-und
  Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG) will start digital
  terrestrial TV transmissions in the Geneva Lake
  Léman region.DVB-T services are already
  available in the Engadin and Tessin areas and
  should be available in the whole of Switzerland
  by 2009.
• Sourcehttp//www.werbewoche.ch/