Europe Digital TV News

Swiss telco Sunrise to launch IPTV in 1Q 2012
Nov 24, 2011 – Sunrise, Switzerland's second-largest mobile phone service provider, has announced with its third quarter 2011 results that it will launch IPTV in the first quarter of 2012. A trial service has been running since October.
News categories: Sunrise Communications, Digital TV, IPTV, Switzerland

SES: HD+ Continues on Growth Path in Germany
Nov 24, 2011 – SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has announced that its HD offering HD+ has continued to grow successfully throughout the first two years of its market presence. The service currently reaches 1.9 million German TV households according to GfK.
News categories: SES S.A., GfK, HD PLUS, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Magyar Telekom launches hybrid satellite TV service
Nov 23, 2011 – T-Home Hungary has announced that, starting on December 1, 2011, the company will introduce a satellite TV package, under the name of Interactive Sat TV, offering additional interactive services over broadband.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, T-Home, Digital TV, Gateway, Hungary, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Three quarters of Dutch TV connections are digital
Nov 23, 2011 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 4.2 percent during the third quarter of 2011 to 5.97 million on 30 September 2011, according to Telecompaper's quarterly Dutch Television Subscribers report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Terrestrial

Oregan widens distribution with Dixons Retail's Logik Smart TV
Nov 21, 2011 – Oregan Networks has announced that it now supplies its web services platform for Logik, one of Dixons Retail's portfolio of exclusive brands in the UK.
News categories: Oregan Networks, Dixons, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

Vestel Deploys Entropic Communications' Multi-Mode Hybrid Silicon Tuner
Nov 21, 2011 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its EN4020 multi-mode hybrid RF CMOS silicon tuner has been selected by Vestel. Vestel will incorporate the tuner into a variety of DVB-T and DVB-T2 set-top boxes (STBs).
News categories: Entropic Communications, Vestel, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, DVR, Norway, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

ONO and TiVo Launch High-Definition Hybrid TV in Spain
Nov 15, 2011 – ONO and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced their next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO subscribers in major Spanish cities, Madrid and Barcelona.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Spain

Toshiba adopts MStar HbbTV solution
Nov 14, 2011 – MStar Semiconductor has announced that their solution has been adopted by Toshiba for their TL & RL TV series, being released across Europe. The TL & RL series enable users to merge broadcast TV and broadband content through HbbTV technology.
News categories: MStar Semi, Toshiba, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Europe, HbbTV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

Portugal Telecom's Meo surpasses one million customers
Nov 14, 2011 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced that Meo, its pay-TV service, has accumulated one million customers in the three and half years since it was launched on a nationwide basis, in April 2008.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, IPTV, Portugal, Subscribers