Baltics Digital TV News

Estonian DTT slow to take off
Nov 21, 2007 – The Estonian DTT service ZUUMtv had 6,500 subscribers at the end of October.
News categories: Digital TV, Estonia, Subscribers, Terrestrial

TEO signed an agreement on acquisition of UAB Nacionalinė Skaitmeninė Televizija
Oct 30, 2007 – By acquiring Nacionalinė Skaitmeninė Televizija, TEO seeks to accelerate the development of digital terrestrial TV in Lithuania - to provide a bigger variety of services and better quality.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, MandA, Terrestrial

TEO revenues grew by 10.4 per cent in the third quarter of the year 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – The total revenue of TEO LT for the third quarter of 2007 was LTL 204 million. The number of broadband Internet access users increased by 51.5 thousand and at the end of September 2007 amounted to 232.2 thousand, while the number of IP TV users amounted to almost 14 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers

Eastern Europe promises digital delight
Jul 30, 2007 – A new research report from Informa Telecoms & Media, has found that central and eastern Europe is making great strides in the upgrade to digital TV. The report has found that the eight million digital homes at present will grow to 34.8 million by 2012.
News categories: Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

TEO revenues grew by 4.6 per cent in first half 2007
Jul 19, 2007 – January-June 2007 the total number of main telephone lines in service increased by 2.8 thousand to 788 thousand, broadband Internet access users increased by almost 32 thousand to 212.6 thousand, while the number of IPTV users exceeded 11 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers

Latvia's Lattelecom Selects Widevine for IPTV Deployment
May 15, 2007 – Widevine® Technologies has announced that Lattelecom, the Baltic’s first MPEG-4 IPTV solution has chosen Widevine to enable its acquisition of premium content and secure delivery on the H.264 platform to multiple devices in the home. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Latvia

Lattelecom First in the Baltic To Offer MPEG-4 Television
Apr 20, 2007 – Lattelecom is beginning the provision of interactive digital television services under the brand name Lattelecom TV. The services will be offered via the client’s Internet connection. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Latvia

Orca Interactive Selected by Lattelecom for Baltic MPEG-4 IPTV Service
Apr 11, 2007 – Orca Interactive (LSE: ORCA) has announced that its IPTV middleware - RiGHTv™ - has been deployed in the first Baltic MPEG-4 IPTV solution for Lattelecom, Latvia's leading provider of information technology and telecommunications services.
News categories: Orca Interactive, IPTV, Latvia, Middleware

TEO Chooses Scientific Atlanta Platforms for Rapid Launch of IPTV and DVB-T Services in Lithuania
Feb 19, 2007 – Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has announced that TEO LT has launched both IPTV and DVB-T video services from a newly created Scientific Atlanta® digital headend.
News categories: Scientific Atlanta, TEO LT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial