Europe Digital TV News

New TV service HD+ in Germany successfully established
May 2, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris; LuxX: SESG) has announced the first official figures on viewers and customers of its new TV service HD+. As of March 31, 2011, 769,000 households in Germany received the HD+ offer via satellite.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

httv launches HbbTV end-to-end solutions at ANGA Cable 2011
Apr 29, 2011 – httv has been involved in HbbTV since the early stage of the development of the standard and took part in several trials and demos - such as 'Normandie TV' on DTT in France and 'My Services TV' with AFDESI, also in France.
News categories: httv, ANGA COM, Digital TV, France, HbbTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Digital+ launches 3D demo channel on ASTRA
Apr 27, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that Spanish operator Digital+ has launched a 3D demo channel. The channel, called Canal+ 3D Demo and broadcast via SES ASTRA's orbital position 23.5ºE, is available free-to-air across Europe.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Digital+, Digital TV, Europe, Metaverse, Satellite, Spain

Net Insight receives expansion order for Digital Terrestrial TV network in Lithuania
Apr 27, 2011 – Net Insight has received a Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) network expansion order from Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre (Telecentras).
News categories: Net Insight, Telecentras, Baltijos Kompiuteriu Centras, Content Distribution, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Tesco takes majority stake in blinkbox
Apr 20, 2011 – Tesco (LSE:TSCO) has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in video-on-demand pioneer blinkbox. blinkbox is the UK's leading movie streaming service, offering thousands of titles streamed on the internet to 2m users each month.
News categories: Tesco, blinkbox, MandA, Streaming, UK

Digital TV in 55% of Swiss households
Apr 18, 2011 – According to the New Establishment survey of Switzerland's TV and radio markets produced by Publica Data AG, at the end of 2010 55% of Swiss households were equipped with digital TV, up 3% on the previous year.
News categories: Publica Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Switzerland, Terrestrial

Blu-ray 3D Spending Booms This Year in U.S. and Major European Economies
Apr 15, 2011 – Consumer spending on Blu-ray Discs 3D (BD3D) in 2011 is forecast to rise 533 percent across the four markets of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, according to new IHS Screen Digest research.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, France, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, UK, USA

EBU publishes Principles for Internet-Connected and Hybrid Television
Apr 15, 2011 – The EBU has adopted its 'Principles for Internet-Connected and Hybrid Television' which, if applied, it believes could deliver lower costs, greater choice and a better viewing experience for consumers.
News categories: European Broadcasting Union, Europe, Middleware, Streaming

'Orient Express' to introduce Conax conditional access system
Apr 14, 2011 – Orion Express satellite television provider has entered into agreement with Conax to use Conax security on the 'Orient Express' DTH platform covering Siberia and Russia's Far East.
News categories: Conax, Orion Express, Asia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box