Europe Digital TV News

October for Sky Player on UK Xbox LIVE
Sep 23, 2009 – According to the October edition of BSkyB's (LSE:BSY) skymag Magazine, the Sky Player, Sky's online service, will launch on Xbox LIVE (Nasdaq: MSFT) in October.
News categories: Xbox, BSkyB, Digital TV, Gaming, Media Player, Satellite, Streaming, UK

IPTV Finds Its Place With Philips Electronics And GDBTV
Sep 22, 2009 – Philips (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) has joined forces with Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV) to launch the first television set with a fully-integrated IPTV service.
News categories: GDBTV, Philips, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

Europe's Leading Cable Operators Signal Their Support for DVB-C2
Sep 22, 2009 – Nine of Europe's leading cable network operators, representing more than 35 million connected homes, have shown their immediate support and declared their intention to exploit the operational potential of DVB-C2.
News categories: DVB Project, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-C2, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Set Top Box, Spain, Sweden

Numericable and Nagravision launch a comprehensive widget TV solution
Sep 22, 2009 – Numericable has chosen Nagravision's (SIX: KUD.VX) widget platform for the launch of its 'Widget TV' service. Widgets will allow Numericable customers to interact with their TV and build a genuine social network as part of their TV experience.
News categories: Nagravision, Numericable, Cable TV, Content Distribution, France, Middleware

Alcatel-Lucent provides Vodafone Portugal IPTV details
Sep 21, 2009 – The Vodafone (London:VOD) 'Casa TV' IPTV service in Portugal re-uses the network architecture developed with Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, NYSE: ALU) for providing broadband and voice services. The middleware and DRM are Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) products.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone, Gianluca Baini, Jorge Bento, Christine Heckart, Content Distribution, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Portugal

Spain's Gol TV adds 15,000 pay DTT subscribers in first 18 days
Sep 21, 2009 – GOL TELEVISION, Spain's first DTT subscription channel, has reached the figure of 665,000 subscribers. 18 days after the launch of broadcasts as a TDT Premium channel, more than 15,000 people have signed up to the pay-DTT version.
News categories: Mediapro, Gol Televisión, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Amino Selected By Tele2 For Netherlands MPEG-4 IPTV Rollout
Sep 21, 2009 – Tele2 Netherlands has selected Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) as the supplier of MPEG-4 set-top boxes (STBs) for the provision of IPTV services. Amino is expected to supply Tele2 with STBs over an 18-month period.
News categories: Amino, Tele2, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Netherlands, Set Top Box

Interware launches triple-play in Hungary
Sep 18, 2009 – Hungary's alternative telecommunications company Interware has begun to offer packages of digital television, broadband and telephony. The service is provided over ADSL and consists of up to 80 TV channels - including five in high-definition (HD).
News categories: Interware, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV

AMIS Telekom to launch IPTV in Croatia
Sep 17, 2009 – AMIS Telekom will soon launch its 70-channel 'AmisTV' IPTV platform in Croatia, making it the fourth provider after MAXtv, Iskon.TV and OptiTV. The service is expected to be available from mid-October.
News categories: AMIS Telekom, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box