Europe Digital TV News

BSkyB launches one-stop movie shop
Apr 2, 2014 – BSkyB has announced its ‘Buy & Keep’ movie service, an addition to its Sky Store, which means connected Sky customers can for the first time buy movies as well as renting them.
News categories: BSkyB, Nicola Bamford, Ian Lewis, Digital TV, DVD, Streaming, UK

2.1 million active smartcards for Italy's TivùSat
Apr 1, 2014 – Italian satellite TV platform TivùSat has announced that at the end of the first quarter of 2014 it had more than 2.1 million active smart cards in 1.7 million households.
News categories: Tivù, CAM, Italy, Satellite, Subscribers

Over half of Dutch households subscribed to triple-play
Apr 1, 2014 – More than half of Dutch households (53%) were subscribed to three fixed services from one provider in Q4 2013, according to Telecompaper.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers

Dutch digital TV subscribers grow to 6.66 million in 2013
Mar 28, 2014 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 1.0 percent during the fourth quarter of 2013 to 6.66 million on 31 December 2013, according to Telecompaper's latest quarterly Dutch Television Market report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verimatrix secures content for MegaLabs' SMOTRI+ mobile app
Mar 28, 2014 – Verimatrix has announced that Russia's MegaLabs has chosen the multi-network Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) solution to secure its SMOTRI+ mobile application.
News categories: Verimatrix, MegaLabs, Andrey Kushnarev, Steve Oetegenn, Apps, Content Protection, Mobile, Russia, Streaming

TP Vision brings Android Ultra HD TVs to Europe
Mar 27, 2014 – TP Vision has discloses details of its first range of Philips TVs powered by Android. The Full-HD 8100 and 8200 Philips TVs and the Ultra HD 8800 series are powered by Android to make the TV and gaming experience smarter and faster.
News categories: TP Vision, Android TV, Digital TV, Europe, Middleware, Smart TV

Romania launches auction of DVB-T2 multiplexes
Mar 27, 2014 – The Romanian Regulatory Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched an auction of digital television multiplexes. Until 8 May 2014, all interested persons may apply for participation in the selection procedure.
News categories: ANCOM, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, Romania, Terrestrial

Cyfrowy Polsat to offer smartphones with DVB-T
Mar 26, 2014 – Cyfrowy Polsat has announced that it is planning to offer customers smartphones with an integrated DVB-T tuner, giving access to Poland's free-to-air digital terrestrial television channels.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, Mobile, Poland, Smartphone, Terrestrial

INSIDE Secure protects maxdome's HD video streaming
Mar 26, 2014 – INSIDE Secure (NYSE Euronext: INSD) and maxdome have announced that maxdome has licensed INSIDE’s downloadable DRM Fusion™ Agent software to protect streaming video content delivery for the maxdome mobile portal.
News categories: INSIDE Secure, maxdome, Andreas Heyden, Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Germany, Streaming, TV Everywhere