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The success story of the DVB’s digital terrestrial standard is being blotted by defections at the center of its zone in Germany as broadcasters there are deterred by lack of commitment from the authorities. The latest planning to cease transmissions, later this year, are the Bavarian regional broadcasters Euronews, home shopping Channel 21 and Regionalfernsehen Oberbayern and 21 and Bibel TV....More

The MPTV-8000 medium-power solid-state DTV transmitter features air- or liquid-cooled Doherty amplifiers....More

Rysavy wrote: "The only problem is that it’s not super for multiple reasons, and it’s definitely not 'Wi-Fi.'"...More

The withdrawal by private German free-to-air commercial broadcaster RTL from digital terrestrial could be followed by more widespread rejection of DTT across the country....More

Congressional representatives from the state of Ohio have appealed to the FCC to protect Ohio television stations in frequency coordination negotiations with Canada and Mexico....More

Harris Broadcast is supporting the ATSC A/110: 2011 specification, which provides a standards-based solution for ATSC broadcasters to enable single-frequency networks....More

The NAB has told the FCC that its way of calculating TV station coverage areas and interference might negatively affect the upcoming spectrum auction and parts of it might be illegal....More

Installed at one transmitter site, the probe monitors transmitter synchronization parameters and can send a warning before the transmission is corrupted by a synchronization problem....More

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has stepped up its campaign to preserve radio spectrum for future digital terrestrial services rather than 4G mobile networks by lobbying European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes. EBU president Jean-Paul Philippot and director general Ingrid Deltenre told Kroes that the DTT platform is essential for efficient media delivery, and must be preserved for future generations....More

The project will spread services into more sparsely populated rural areas and represents the completion of Bulgaria's TV digitization strategy....More

Rep. Greg Walden urged the FCC commissioners to review whether they can get by with smaller guard bands to avoid what he estimated would be at least a $7 billion loss in potential revenue from “fat” guard bands....More

All of the people that worked for Thomson Broadcast U.S. now work for the new COMARK....More