Europe Digital TV News

1 in 25 Irish households invest in a set-top box during October
Nov 30, 2012 – Ireland's move to Saorview saw almost 1 in 25 households buying a set-top-box in October. According to GfK, set-top-box volumes sales have increased by 1800%, while volume sales of television sets have been growing by 80% year-on-year.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, Ireland, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sky Deutschland tests Ultra HD
Nov 30, 2012 – Sky Deutschland, in cooperation with production company Kropac Media, has made an Ultra HD test recording of the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Kropac Media, Digital TV, Germany

CANAL+ and TVN begin merger of 'n' and CYFRA+ in Poland
Nov 30, 2012 – CANAL+ Group and TVN GROUP have announced the closing of their strategic partnership agreements and have started to merge their pay TV platforms n and CYFRA+, to create nc+, set to be Poland's leading premium pay TV operator.
News categories: CANAL+ Group, TVN GROUP, Digital TV, MandA, Poland, Satellite

100,000 subscribers reached in Czech Republic on freeSAT
Nov 28, 2012 – UPC DTH has announced that its freeSAT service in the Czech Republic has reached the milestone of 100,000 customers.
News categories: freeSAT, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers

BSkyB's NOW TV extends reach with Roku launch
Nov 28, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that NOW TV, its internet TV service is now available on Roku streaming players. NOW TV offers instant access to Sky Movies with no contract, set-up costs or installation.
News categories: BSkyB, Roku, NOW TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Germany's media authorities push for upgrade to DVB-T2
Nov 27, 2012 – Germany's Conference of Directors of the media authorities (DLM), which represents the interests of the country's 14 regional media authorities, has called for preparations to begin for the upgrade of Germany's digital terrestrial television network to DVB-T2.
News categories: Medienanstalten, DVB-T2, Germany, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Pay TV subscribers in Portugal up 0.9% in 3Q 2012
Nov 27, 2012 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), there were 3.11 million subscribers to subscription TV as at the end of the 3rd Quarter 2012, 27 thousand more than in the previous quarter, and an extra 241 thousand over the same period in 2011.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Viacom will remain Europe's revenue leader
Nov 27, 2012 – Total revenues for Europe's top pay TV channels will reach $4.24 billion in 2012, according to a new report by Digital TV Research. The TV Channel Revenues in Europe report expects this figure to grow by $1.04 billion to reach $5.28 billion by 2017.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

4.165 million pay TV subscribers in Spain at end-Q2 2012
Nov 26, 2012 – According to a survey of ICT in Spanish households released by the country's National Observatory of Telecommunications and the Information Society (ONTSI), there were 4.165 million pay TV subscribers in Spain at the end of the second quarter of 2012, representing 24.2% of Spanish homes.
News categories: ONTSI, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers