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The numerous technical details of the various digital television standards have now been discussed. The only thing that is still missing is a report about the current development and spread of theses technologies, and a look at the future. Digital satellite television (DVB-S) is available in Europe over numerous transponders of the Astra and Eutelsat satellites. Many streams can be received unencrypted. Complete receiving systems for DVB-S are available in many department stores for around 200 Euros. In Germany, about 13 data streams can be received as DVB-C channels in the broadband cable network. Since most of these are only occupied by pay TV channels, however, acceptance and familiarity is correspondingly low. Due to the numerous free-to-air TV channels with relatively highquality content, above all from the public service broadcast stations, Germany is not the country for pay TV.
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Fischer, W. (2004). Digital Television throughout the World — an Overview. In: Digital Television. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05429-1_24
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