Europe Digital TV News

Cello Electronics launches UK's first BBC iPlayer television
Dec 9, 2009 – Cello Electronics has launched another UK first - the iViewer - a TV that allows consumers to stream BBC iPlayer directly through their TVs without the need for a set top box or games console.
News categories: Cello, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

TivùSat ships half millionth card
Dec 9, 2009 – In its first four months of operation, Italy's free satellite platform TivùSat has sold 570,000 cards to manufacturers of set-top boxes and integrated digital televisions, almost double its expectation at this point of 300,000 cards.
News categories: Tivù, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers

Digital Television Continues to Grow in Hungary
Dec 8, 2009 – In October 2009, the number of households in Hungary using digital television topped the 1.1 million mark, states the flash report released by the National Communications Authority (NHH).
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

DVB-T2 in Finland - a step forward with TeamCast
Dec 8, 2009 – TeamCast is partnering on the implementation of solutions for DVB-T2 with DNA Oy, the operator selected in Finland for the operation of two multiplexes in the VHF frequency band using the DVB-T2 standard.
News categories: TeamCast, DNA Oy, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, Finland, Terrestrial

DNA launches HDTV DVB-T2 test broadcasts in Finland
Dec 8, 2009 – High-definition (HD) programming is to be commercially available via DTT for the first time in Finland. Having won the contract to provide both the network and the service, DNA has launched the first test broadcasts in the Lahti area.
News categories: DNA Oy, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Finland, Terrestrial

Digital TV households in Germany decline in November
Dec 8, 2009 – According to the latest monthly figures from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fernsehforschung (AGF) in Germany, the number of households in the country with a digital TV receiver declined in November.
News categories: AGF, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research

IMPALA welcomes beta release of MHEG Interaction Channel by Freesat
Dec 7, 2009 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, today welcomes the news of the beta release of the world"Ÿs first deployment of hybrid broadcast broadband MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) by UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat.
News categories: IMPALA, Freesat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK

Beeline launches Mobile TV in Moscow
Dec 7, 2009 – Vimpelcom (NYSE:VIP) has announced the launch of a trial DVB-H mobile TV service in Moscow under its Beeline brand. Beeline Mobile TV consists of 11 channels and is free of charge to users during the trial period.
News categories: Vimpelcom, Beeline, Digital TV, Mobile, Russia

DTT to begin in Cyprus in 2010
Dec 7, 2009 – The government of Cyprus has announced the auction of the second digital terrestrial TV broadcasting licence to go alongside that which has been given to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, with a plan that services should begin in May 2010.
News categories: Cyprus, Digital TV, Terrestrial