Europe Digital TV News

SES grows its 23.5 degrees East reach in Benelux by 20 percent
Apr 18, 2012 – SES (Paris; LuxX: SESG) has announced that the technical reach of its ASTRA Satellite System in the Benelux markets from the 23.5 degrees East orbital position has increased by more than 140,000 households to 870,000, an annual growth of 20%.
News categories: SES S.A., Belgium, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite

4EVER Consortium to advance Ultra-HDTV technologies
Apr 12, 2012 – ATEME has announced the launch of a French research program to reduce the bandwidth required for the delivery of Ultra High Definition Television using High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC - MPEG-H Part 2).
News categories: 4EVER, ATEME, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France

Comutel enables ETV's DVB-T2 transmissions in Serbia
Apr 12, 2012 – COMUTEL has announced that ETV - a national broadcasting agency in Serbia - has started broadcasting its services on March 21st using DVB-T2 technology, a first in the region.
News categories: COMUTEL, Emisiona tehnika i veze, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Serbia, Terrestrial

Digital TV conversion slows in Western Europe
Apr 12, 2012 – Western Europe will not reach full digital TV penetration until 2017, despite penetration being as high as 85% by end-2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

Netflix Brings TV Shows and Movies to Windows Phone in Latin America, UK and Ireland
Apr 11, 2012 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has released an updated, international version of the Netflix App for Windows Phone™, significantly increasing the number of devices supported by Netflix in Latin America, the UK and Ireland.
News categories: Netflix, Apps, Ireland, Latin America, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, UK

FRANSAT, Samsung and NEOTION break new ground for satellite TV reception in France
Apr 10, 2012 – FRANSAT, Samsung (Seoul: 005930) and NEOTION have announced that they have integrated a satellite receiver and a DTT module for FRANSAT into Samsung TVs from its 2012 range. The pack comprises a NEOTION decryption module and an access card for reception of FRANSAT.
News categories: NEOTION, FRANSAT, Samsung, CAM, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Smart TV

VOLIA selects NEOTION CI Plus CONAX CSP CA Modules
Apr 5, 2012 – NEOTION has been selected by VOLIA, a major Ukrainian Cable TV Operator to provide CI Plus CONAX CSP CA Modules. These CI Plus CONAX CSP CAM can easily be directly inserted into the CI Plus interface present on all iDTVs and on CI Plus Set-Top Boxes.
News categories: NEOTION, VOLIA, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Ukraine

NorDig replaces DVB-MHP with HbbTV for interactive IRDs
Apr 4, 2012 – NorDig has specified a common API for interactive services for advanced IRDs, now referred to as hybrid IRDs. From now on hybrid IRDs will be based on the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) standard, replacing DVB MHP as NorDig's chosen API.
News categories: NorDig, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, HbbTV, Iceland, Middleware, Norway, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Sweden, Terrestrial

London TV switchover has begun
Apr 4, 2012 – The UK's largest digital switchover has begun across the London TV region. Digital switchover will be completed in the London region on 18 April when the remaining analogue channels will be switched off.
News categories: Digital UK, Terrestrial, UK