Europe Digital TV News

Starmax HD, Spain's New HDTV Platform, Launches With GlobeCast
Mar 1, 2011 – Starmax HD has chosen GlobeCast to provide aggregation, encryption, and delivery of the full bouquet of channels broadcast to households across Spain. The Starmax platform uses set-top boxes from Ferguson, and viewer access cards from Conax.
News categories: GlobeCast, Starmax HD, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

NDS Powers Hybrid VOD Service at Kabel BW
Mar 1, 2011 – NDS has announced that Kabel BW's new DVB-C-based VOD system is based on NDS' MediaHighway® set-top box (STB) software and VOD technology.
News categories: NDS Group, Kabel BW, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Set Top Box

Deutsche Telekom and SES ASTRA Cooperate in Combined Satellite-DSL Offer
Feb 28, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has announced a cooperation with Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) in Germany to combine ASTRA's broad satellite free-TV offer including HD+ with Deutsche Telekom's IPTV product Entertain.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Deutsche Telekom, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Satellite

1 million HD customers for Sky Deutschland
Feb 27, 2011 – In its Q4 2010 results Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) announced that it had an HD viewing customer base of over 900,000 at the end of 2010. Sky has now announced that this total has passed the 1 million mark.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Technicolor wins Orange set-top box tender
Feb 23, 2011 – According to Le Figaro, Technicolor (Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH) has won the tender launched by France Telecom (Paris: FTE; NYSE: FTE) for its next generation of set-top boxes for France.
News categories: Technicolor, France Telecom, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box

New Media Legend Picks Eutelsat to Launch 'Scene' TV Platform for Russian Satellite Homes
Feb 23, 2011 – New Media Legend has selected the 36degrees East satellite neighbourhood operated by Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) for a new broadcasting platform providing Russian and international channels to complement the NTV Plus and Tricolor TV platforms.
News categories: Eutelsat, New Media Legend, Content Distribution, Russia, Satellite

MTG launches 'Viaplay' multi-screen on-demand pay-TV service
Feb 23, 2011 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced that it will launch an on-demand pay-TV service in Scandinavia in March. The service - Viaplay - will enable a subscriber to use a single ID and password to access Viasat pay-TV content on any internet-connected device.
News categories: MTG, Denmark, Digital TV, Mobile, Moldova, Smart TV, Streaming, Sweden

Mediaset launches 'Premium Net TV' OTT service
Feb 22, 2011 – On February 23, Mediaset (Borsa Italiana: MS) launches 'Premium Net TV', a non-linear 'over-the-top' broadband TV system for Italy.
News categories: Mediaset, Digital TV, Italy, Set Top Box, Streaming

Vladlink to Launch IPTV in Russia with Netris
Feb 21, 2011 – Vladlink and Netris have announced the launch of an IPTV service in the Russian Far East based on Netris' iVision Middleware. The digital TV service appears under the VladLink.TV brand.
News categories: Netris, Vladlink, Asia, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box