Roadmap of the German TV-Platform

News

Active support of the digital change at satellite and cable

Through an „Roadmap“ of the Working Group AG Digitalization which coordinates the interests of all essential involved and by first step toward the purposeful information of the households concerned in Germany the German TV Platform promotes actively the forthcoming digital change at satellite and cable.
The completion of the analogous satellite transmission of german TV until April 30th, 2012, requires „foresighted behavior of all involved“, Jörg-Peter Jost, member of the executive board of the TV Platform explained in a press release: For the circumspect planning the coordination of the interests of all protagonists is necessary. The German TV Platform offers the suitable forum for this as an intersectoral organisation".

Report about interferences

Events

Avoid TV-disturbances

German TV-Plattform warns about too fast auction of broadcast frequencies of the so called digital dividend in favour of mobile operators. All DVB-T and cable households could be affected by picture and sound interferences which arise from irradiations of base stations and mobile telephones in the frequency domain of the television channels 61 - 69 to be auctioned, shows an corresponding report.

More digital antenna TV

Public relations

DVB-T very popular

The digital antenna television DVB-T enjoys increasing popularity, MEDIA BROADCAST, the task Force DVB-T (ARD/ZDF) and the German TV Platform stated in a common press release. As the first broadcast transmission path digitizes completely already since the end of 2008, better reception and more program variety were in the foreground in 2009.