The City of Tampere has started digital TV services as the first city in Finland. The Digital TV portal offers news, an event calendar, local bus timetables and web cameras over the city. Sofia Digital has been responsible for the UI Design and the technical implementation.
The project has been carried out in cooperation with Tampere Cable Company as part of their MHP deployment project. The city of Tampere is currently preparing a similar service on the Finnish Terrestrial Network to reach viewers outside cable networks.
The digital TV portal of Tampere is based on Sofia Stage XHTML Browser. The content for the services is delivered from existing content management systems and the updates to broadcast stream are automated. The return channel is also in use in some services, for example searching timetables for bus lines.