Europe Digital TV News

ACCESS and HyperPanel Lab Power First HbbTV Pilot Services in France for Normandie TV
Apr 14, 2011 – ACCESS CO. has announced that HyperPanel Lab's HbbTV solution, including ACCESS' NetFront™ Browser DTV Profile, has been selected by Normandie TV. Normandie TV is the first French broadcaster to carry HbbTV services over digital terrestrial.
News categories: ACCESS CO., HyperPanel, Normandie TV, Digital TV, France, HbbTV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Court of Justice ruling means PVRs escape EU customs duty
Apr 14, 2011 – The European Court of Justice has ruled that for customs purposes decoders with a hard disk drive are set-top boxes and not recording apparatus and so are exempt from customs duties instead of being subject to a rate of 13.9%.
News categories: European Court of Justice, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

YouView releases final tech spec and confirms device partners
Apr 14, 2011 – YouView has published its final core technical specification and announced further device partners. The specification covers technologies to enable the delivery of broadcast and IP enabled content to a TV set via a broadband connected device.
News categories: YouView, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

ER-Telecom selects CONAX CAM for HD TV Service in Russia
Apr 13, 2011 – SMiT (State Micro Technology Corporation) has announced that it has supplied a new Secure Conax chipset pairing Conditional Access Module (CAM) to support ER-Telecom's HD service expansion in Russia.
News categories: State Micro Technology, ER-Telecom, Conax, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia

UPC Nederland launches CI+ module
Apr 12, 2011 – Dutch cable TV operator UPC Nederland has announced the availability of a its CI+ module from April 26th. The module, when plugged into a suitable television set, allows access to the the full range of UPC digital channels.
News categories: UPC, Cable TV, CAM, Netherlands, Smart TV

Bouygues Telecom Brings the Internet to TV Through Extended Partnership with Bluestreak Technology
Apr 12, 2011 – Bluestreak Technology has announced that French network operator Bouygues Telecom has expanded their partnership with Bluestreak Technology to deliver Internet services to Bouygues Telecom's Bbox IPTV subscribers.
News categories: Bluestreak Technology, Bouygues Telecom, France, IPTV, Media Player, Set Top Box

Consumers of all Ages are Going 'Over-the-Top'
Apr 11, 2011 – The majority of consumers of all ages in seven major markets around the world are choosing to watch video content over the Internet via their televisions, PCs, smartphones and other electronic devices, according to Accenture (NYSE:ACN).
News categories: Accenture, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Streaming, UK, USA

HD+ is Coming to Sky Subscribers in Germany
Apr 11, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) has announced that its German HD offer HD+ that comprises commercial free TV channels will also be available on HD receivers for subscribers of the German pay TV package Sky (XETRA: SKYD.DE).
News categories: SES ASTRA, Sky Deutschland, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box

Pay-TV Operators Turning To Nagra To Secure Over-The-Top Services
Apr 7, 2011 – Nagra (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that Mediaset (Borsa Italiana: MS), Italy's leading pay-TV provider and current Nagra customer, is the latest European operator to utilize Nagra to securely deliver over-the-top video-on-demand services to its subscribers.
News categories: Nagra, Mediaset, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Italy, NABShow, Streaming