Europe Digital TV News

SES: Satellite Further Increases Technical Reach in Germany
Sep 6, 2011 – SES S.A. (Paris; LuxX:SESG) has announced that satellite has further increased its technical reach in Germany, its largest single market. According to the research, 17.1 million German households now watch television directly via satellite.
News categories: SES S.A., Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SFR Strengthens its Cooperation with Wyplay for its Evolution Box
Sep 6, 2011 – WYPLAY has extended its cooperation agreement with SFR (Paris:VIV) for its Evolution box until 2014. Wyplay was selected by SFR in 2009 to develop its new Evolution TV over ADSL which launched at the end of 2010.
News categories: WYPLAY, SFR, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Set Top Box

Lybid TV satellite test broadcasting begins in Ukraine
Sep 5, 2011 – Test broadcasting of the DTH satellite service 'Lybid TV' in the Ukraine has begun on EUTELSAT W7A. General Satellite is the technology partner for the project. Commercial broadcasting is to start in late 2011.
News categories: General Satellite, Satellite, Set Top Box, Ukraine

GET selects Pace to deliver pioneering converged services platform
Sep 5, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced that it has been selected by Norwegian cable company, GET, to develop the platform for its converged home service. The platform will deliver media content and data to a variety of devices around the home.
News categories: Pace plc, Get AS, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Norway, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Verimatrix Secures Multi-network Video for GO in Malta
Sep 5, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced a design win for its VCAS™ 3 multi-network security solution, protecting revenue streams for GO (Malta: MLC) in Malta. Verimatrix provides security for GO's delivery of combined IPTV and OTT services over its broadband network.
News categories: Verimatrix, GO p.l.c., Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Malta, Streaming

Syabas Announces a New Product to the Mix, PopBox V8
Sep 2, 2011 – Syabas has announced the latest addition to the PopBox product line. The PopBox V8, the first player to utilize Sigma Designs' (NASDAQ: SIGM) SMP8670 chipset, offers up an easy to use media player in a small, sleek package.
News categories: Syabas, Sigma Designs, Digital TV, Europe, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Challenging climate for consumer electronics
Aug 31, 2011 – The consumer electronics (CE) market has registered a significant deterioration in the first half of 2011. In the first six months of the year, sales in Western Europe declined by a total of 11.3% in comparison with the same period of the prior year.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, DVD, Europe, IFABerlin, Market Research, Smart TV

FetchTV content portal to launch on Panasonic Connected TVs
Aug 31, 2011 – IP Vision has announced that the FetchTV™ content portal will be available this autumn via an app as a service to consumers on Panasonic's (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) VIERA Connect compatible TV sets sold in the UK and Ireland.
News categories: IP Vision, Panasonic, Ireland, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

MTG's Viaplay pay-TV service now available on Samsung Smart TV sets
Aug 31, 2011 – MTG (STO: MTGA,MTGB) has announced that it has entered into a strategic cooperation with Samsung Electronics Nordic. MTG's Viaplay service is now available on all 2011 Samsung Smart TVs and 2010 Internet@TV sets across the Nordic region.
News categories: MTG, Samsung, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Smart TV, Streaming, Sweden