It has long been considered that a common European standard for Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T) would be impossible, but thanks to a new chip technology it is becoming reality. Siemens Semiconductors and Nokia Multimedia Network Terminals signed a letter of intent for their joint development of a new, integrated receiver chip to be designed for the use in terrestrial digital TV reception equipment. Terrestrial digital services will be launched in a trial starting before end of 1997. The chip supports both the 8k and the 2k Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (COFDM) standards, enabling one type of receiver unit to be used in continental Europe, in Scandinavia and in the UK. 

Det har länge sagts att en gemensam DVB-T1 standard i Europa skulle vara en omöjlighet. Men med hjälp av ny mikrochipteknologi ser det nu ut att bli verklighet. Ett nytt, integrerat mikrochip avsett för marksänd digital-TV har utvecklats av Siemens Semiconductors och Nokia MNT. Det nya mikrochipet, som stödjer både 8k och 2k CODFDM2 standardena, betyder att en och samma mottagare kan användas i Skandinavien och övriga Europa, inklusive Storbritannien. Marksänd digital-TV kommer att provlanseras i Sverige under 1997.

Efterspørgslen på døre i stål og træ stiger i Danmark som følge af fremgangen inden for byggeri. - Derfor har man siden årsskiftet kunnet få hele Dalocs produktudvalg på det danske marked, siger Preben Kirkegaard, direktør for den svenske dørfabrikants selvstændige salgsvirksomhed i Danmark. I 1997 skiftede salgsvirksomheden navn fra Dörplan ApS til Daloc Danmark A/S, således at alle enheder i Norden nu er samlet under samme navn.

A novel Gripper LED sensor for printing applications has been launched on to the UK and Irish markets. It has been designed to compete on price withtraditional mechanical counters yet offers the performance of an advanced laser design.

Swedish based LIMT (Local Insertion Media Technology) has developed a method to insert local commercial TV spots into national terrestrial and satellite based television transmissions. The company’s LVS 300 system uses leading edge MPEG2 digital communications technology to allow national and regional stations to split commercial air time among a number of advertisers. In this way they are able to increase advertising revenue while staying within existing concession constraints.