Founded in 2002, through the acquisition of the activity of the well known ELIT Elettronica Italiana S.p.A. company (in its turn founded in 1946), which in 60 years service has shaped the history of broadcasting through a solid and well reputed capacity in designing and producing transmission equipment and audio and video transreceiving apparatus for major operators on the world market.
The supply of equipment and systems to most of the principal public operators in Western Europe (ORS, SWISSCOM, SRG, TERACOM, TELENOR, TDF, RTE, BBC etc.) and the South Pacific area (Australia and New Zealand) is ample proof of the presence of CTE Digital Broadcast on the international broadcasting marketing.
CTE Digital Broadcast experience in DVB-T/H includes the first Swiss commercial network in the Valais Canton with 4 transmitters and 84 MFN repeaters, the SFN Southern Cross network in Australia, the IP over DVB-T network in Malaysia, the VTC-Vietnam development of the DVB-T and DVB-H network and numerous individual apparatus all over the world.
Today, CTE Digital Broadcast, together with its partners Meta System, CTE International, Teko Telecom and Midland International has invested considerable resources in research and development. In its drive to consolidate its position as leader in its field CTE Digital Broadcast has developed and manufactured various models of transmitters and repeaters with the new digital DAB/DMB and DVB-T/H technologies. The excellent quality of the products and competitive prices allow CTE to distribute in all the EU countries, as well as in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, Africa , New Zealand, Australia, the Far East and China.
Headquarters are located in Milan with commercial offices, designing offices and production both in Reggio Emilia and Bologna.
The premises in Milan, Reggio Emilia and Bologna include:
More than 8.000 square metres of factory floor for production and supporting structures
Ultra-modern instrumentation for testing, research and development
Modern and automated machinery for packing and despatch
Anechoic chambers up to 18 GHz
Platforms for vibration tests
Equipment for thermal, humidity and fog controls
Equipment for thermal shock testing -40° +220°
