Europe Digital TV News

Roku introduces all-new family of streaming players
Sep 25, 2013 – Roku® has announced a new family of streaming players. The Roku LT player will be available in the U.S. while the Roku 1 and Roku 2 players will be available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland.
News categories: Roku, Jim Funk, Canada, Digital TV, Ireland, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK, USA

Iceland's Síminn announces OTT multiscreen service with Broadpeak CDN and streaming
Sep 24, 2013 – Broadpeak has announced that Icelandic telecommunications provider Síminn has chosen Broadpeak solutions to power a new OTT multiscreen service offering. The new OTT multiscreen service is expected to launch later this year.
News categories: Broadpeak, Síminn, Saevar Freyr Thrainsson, Jacques Le Mancq, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Iceland, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Voyo Player in the Czech Republic to use Alticast OTT STB Platform
Sep 23, 2013 – Alticast and Central European Media Enterprises (CME) have announced that CME's subscription video-on-demand service in the Czech Republic, Voyo, will be available on a new Voyo Player set-top box (STB) powered by Alticast's OTT STB Platform starting in September 2013.
News categories: Alticast, Central European Media Enterprises, Claudiu Paraschiv, Thomas Jung, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Digital pay TV subscribers up 12.3% year-on-year in Lithuania in Q2
Sep 19, 2013 – The Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) has released statistics for the country's communications sector for the second quarter of 2013. At the end of the quarter Lithuania had 731.9 thousand subscribers to the pay TV services.
News categories: RRT, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telekom Austria enters satellite TV business with Eutelsat
Sep 14, 2013 – Telekom Austria has announced with Eutelsat its entry into the business field of Satellite TV. The solution involves a B2B DTH platform uplinking TV signals via Telekom Austria's earth station in Aflenz/Styria to the EUTELSAT 16A satellite.
News categories: Telekom Austria, Eutelsat, Vipnet, Reinhard Zuba, Stefan Amon, Apostolos Triantafyllou, Adrian Jezina, Content Distribution, Croatia, Digital TV, IBCShow, Satellite

Cubiware partners with STB maker Sinwatec to create Pay TV solution for Russia
Sep 14, 2013 – Cubiware has announced the launch of a middleware licensing agreement with Sinwatec. Formerly known as Promsvyaz, Sinwatec manufactures a line of set-top boxes for IPTV, cable, terrestrial, and media player applications.
News categories: Cubiware, Jakub Górski, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box

13.8% of Portugal's TV subscribers on optical fibre
Sep 13, 2013 – According to ANACOM, in Portugal at the end of 2nd quarter 2013, there were 3.14 million subscription TV service subscribers, 14 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 63 thousand more than in the same period of 2012.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Telenor Sweden selects IPTV set-tops from ARRIS
Sep 13, 2013 – Telenor Sweden will be deploying VIP2853 IPTV set-tops by ARRIS Group (NASDAQ: ARRS) as it grows its TV service and offers an enhanced experience for customers. Telenor will roll out the ARRIS set-tops into customers' homes in early 2014.
News categories: ARRIS Group, Telenor, Mikael Farjsjo, Steve McCaffery, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, Sweden

FRANSAT and ASTON launch CI+ 1.3 CAM module
Sep 12, 2013 – The FRANSAT CI+ CAM module manufactured by ASTON under the name 'MINISAT ® HD Easy' allows reception of the French FRANSAT satellite service on a wide selection of televisions incorporating the CI+ 1.3 standard.
News categories: ASTON, FRANSAT, CAM, France, Satellite, Smart TV