Baltics Digital TV News

Tele2 and Rubberduck launch Mobile TV services in Estonia
Oct 9, 2008 – Rubberduck Media Lab (Stockholm: ASP) has launched a mobile TV service in Estonia for Tele2. Rubberduck is managing Tele2's Mobile TV in Estonia including complete administration of the service using Studio:1, its technical backend solution.
News categories: Rubberduck, Tele2, Content Distribution, Estonia, Mobile

Solaris Mobile ready to take Europe into a new age of mobile services
Oct 7, 2008 – Solaris Mobile has announced that the company has submitted to the European Commission a comprehensive application in response to the Commission's call for applications for pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services.
News categories: Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Protection of pay-TV services: Europe-wide protection against conditional-access piracy still indispensable, says Commission report
Oct 6, 2008 – In a changing market, it remains essential for the roll-out of pay-TV services that conditional-access systems be protected at European level against piracy. This is the verdict of a report published today by the European Commission.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

IBM and Widevine Help Skynet to Deliver Premium TV Content
Sep 12, 2008 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Widevine have announced that they are helping Skynet, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) arm of Penki Kontinentai group, to provide premium TV content to all 25,000 Skynet users in Lithuania.
News categories: Widevine, Penki Kontinentai, IBM, Penki TV, Skynet, Content Protection, IPTV, Lithuania, Streaming

Amino secures Estonia MPEG-4 HD PVR agreement
Sep 12, 2008 – Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) has signed an agreement that will see Estonia's Elion use Amino's AmiNET530 Set-Top Box to offer premium services to its consumer and business IPTV subscribers.
News categories: Amino, Elion, Digital TV, DVR, Estonia, IPTV, Set Top Box

Alpha Komunikacijos Chooses Widevine to Protect Kava IPTV Service
Sep 8, 2008 – Widevine® has announced that Lithuanian IPTV operator Alpha komunikacijos has selected Widevine Cypher® to secure delivery of premium broadcast and video-on-demand content for its KAVA IPTV service.
News categories: Widevine, Alpha komunikacijos, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Middleware, Set Top Box

Interactive GALA TV customers will have the possibility to watch their favourite TV programs at desired times
Sep 3, 2008 – Customers using the Interactive GALA TV service provided by TEO LT (VSE: TEO1L) now have the possibility to use a new service - My TV Recordings - which allows watching desired TV programs at convenient times without using any extra equipment.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Commission starts selection procedure for operators of pan-European mobile satellite services
Aug 7, 2008 – A competition for providers of communication services via satellite across Europe has been launched by the European Commission. Satellite operators will be able to offer services, such as mobile TV, under a single European selection procedure.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

TEO revenues grew by 8.3 per cent and net profit by 16 per cent in the first half of 2008
Jul 25, 2008 – During January-June 2008, the number of TEO LT IPTV users reached 28 thousand and the number of digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) service users amounted to 6.6 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial