Broadcast network operator Media Broadcast entered into a new agreement for terrestrial TV distribution with RTL Deutschland. Media Broadcast plans to develop a digital terrestrial TV platform using the DVB-T2 standard, allowing broadcasters to distribute more channels and to broadcast in HD quality.
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is seeking to distribute its HD programmes via this platform using the DVB-T2 standard. Mediengruppe RTL will continue un-encrypted DVB-T broadcasting of its programmes during the transition period until the new platform goes live, initially for two years. Thus the attractiveness of digital terrestrial TV reception for viewers is ensured.
This agreement is a key milestone for the conversion to the more efficient DVB-T2 standard, which will enable wireless digital television in the future. Public broadcasters already…
