Europe Digital TV News

Major operators in Hungary end Q1 2011 with 1.48 million digital TV subscribers
May 18, 2011 – In March 2011, the number of households with digital television subscriptions at Hungary's twelve largest broadcasters rose to 1.48 million states a flash report released by the country's National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH).
News categories: NMHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

RomTelecom Powers On-Demand TV Services With Espial MediaBase
May 17, 2011 – Espial® (TSX:ESP) has announced that RomTelecom (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has now surpassed 35,000 IPTV subscribers with access to on-demand TV services powered by Espial MediaBase. These include timeshift-TV and video-on-demand services.
News categories: Espial, RomTelecom, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Romania, Subscribers

IPTV Revenues to Reach €270 Million by the End of 2017 in CEE
May 16, 2011 – New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the IPTV Markets in Central and Eastern Europe, finds that the market earned revenues of €90 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €270 million in 2017.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Poland, Romania

Government publishes Major Report on TV Viewing Methods in Ireland
May 16, 2011 – Ireland's Communications Minister has published a Report on TV viewing methods in Ireland. The report surveyed 1,100 TV households. The report was prepared to assist the Department of Communications plan for analogue switch off in Ireland.
News categories: Cable TV, Ireland, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

InfoCom says Satellite TV to overtake CaTV by 2015 in Western Europe
May 12, 2011 – InfoCom expects that by 2015, satellite TV will overtake CaTV in terms of TV households, with satellite platforms expected to total 52.4m compared to CaTV, expected to top to 47.6m.
News categories: InfoCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

NDS MediaHighway Enables New HbbTV Service from Alcatel-Lucent for Tele Columbus
May 5, 2011 – NDS and Tele Columbus have announced their cooperation for the launch of a new HbbTV service. The new service will be developed and hosted by Alcatel-Lucent, running on NDS MediaHighway® set-top-box software.
News categories: NDS Group, Tele Columbus, Alcatel-Lucent, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

GMI Selects ANT for German HbbTV Market
May 5, 2011 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announced that Good Mind Industries (GMI) has selected the ANT Galio HbbTV Platform for its new range of set-top boxes (STBs). The product line is to be targeted at the HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) retail market.
News categories: ANT plc, GMI, COMAG, Digital TV, Germany, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

NDS VideoGuard to Secure HD+ Content for Sky Deutschland
May 4, 2011 – NDS has announced that NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) is enabling the secure delivery of HD+ content to Sky Deutschland subscribers. Sky HD subscribers will be able to receive both Sky and HD+ services through Sky HD receivers.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky Deutschland, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box

NTV-PLUS Adds Verimatrix Software-Based Security to IPTV Wholesale System in Russia
May 4, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV will be deployed on the NTV-PLUS wholesale network to secure video for the 'IPTV NTV-PLUS' service via local broadband network operators.
News categories: Verimatrix, NTV-PLUS, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Satellite