Digital TV was formally launched in Taiwan on July 1, 2004. Fourteen channels are now available from five different TV stations. A ChinaPost.com article, Digital TV telecasts formally launched in Taiwan noted that Government Information Office Director General Lin Chia-long "said for a period it looked as if the te

The reports that Multiplus--a company planning to being digital terrestrial TV service in Malta--has received an "overwhelming" public response to its request for participation in the trials, with more than 4,000 expressions of interest in the first week. For more information, see the Times of Malta article Big inte

An interesting article, German Television Enters the Digital Age on the Deutsche Welle Web site asks the question "Do you think digital can save terrestrial TV?" The question is not rhetorical; you can answer it using a feedback link on the article. The article takes an upbeat view of DTV, even thought it starts ou

Here are some recent news items regarding the DTV transition around the world. DVB has an article on a study, "Digital Terrestrial TV: Prospects in the Enlarged EU' by Juniper Research. The article, EU Digital Terrestrial TV Households to hit 55 million by 2009 , says this 55 million represents 55 percent of all dig

Ten months after the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) signed a digital TV carriage deal with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), public broadcasters announced the launch of four digital TV programming services. The "Public Television Digital Cable Carriage Agreement" ai

Japan Today said that trial terrestrial DTV transmissions from both NHK and private broadcasters would begin Wednesday, Aug. 6. The article, Trial terrestrial digital TV broadcasts to begin Wed. said the broadcasts would be in the Kanto and Kinki regions and would be receivable at up to 14 million households in Tok

While U.S. consumer electronics manufacturers have focused on large HDTV sets for terrestrial DTV, elsewhere in the world broadcasters and cellphone operators are working together to bring broadcast TV to the small screen. As reported in the Dec. 15 RF Report , Twinhan Technology Co. in Taiwan is selling a cigarette-p

Japan Times said Terrestrial DTV Debuts in Japan December 1 . According to the article, the first transmissions will begin in some areas of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya on Dec. 1. All major cities should have DTV by the end of 2006 and analog broadcasting is due to end in July 2011. Reading the article, the transition to