Europe Digital TV News

Optima Telekom launches 'OptiTV' IPTV in Croatia
Sep 9, 2009 – Optima Telekom of Croatia has begun offering an IPTV platform called OptiTV. The service offers more than 70 TV channels combined with 5 different broadband and telephony packages.
News categories: Optima Telekom, OptiTV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Nagravision Selected by HD+ in Germany
Sep 9, 2009 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD) has announced that HD PLUS has selected a Nagra Media turnkey end-to-end CA system to support the operator's new HD offering in Germany. Named HD+, the SES ASTRA service is scheduled to launch in late autumn.
News categories: Nagravision, SES ASTRA, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

PrimeTel Selects SecureMedia for Digital Content Protection in Cyprus
Sep 9, 2009 – SecureMedia has announced that PrimeTel is now using SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System to protect premium video content for its PrimeTV service. Under the PrimeHome brand, PrimeTel offers internet, IPTV and telephony in Cyprus.
News categories: SecureMedia, PrimeTel, Content Protection, Cyprus, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV

More than half of Germany's households now have digital TV
Sep 8, 2009 – The German regulatory authorities (ALM) have released their 2009 report on the status of digitisation in Germany. By mid-2009, more than half of German TV households (55 per cent) had at least one digital mode of reception at their disposal.
News categories: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain - September DTT monthly update released
Sep 8, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, DTT equipment sales in July reached a new record total of 1.146 million units. The cumulative number of DTT tuners sold since the beginning of the transition process in Spain is now over 21 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Espial IPTV Middleware Powers Interactive TV Services For Com Hem
Sep 8, 2009 – Espial® (TSX:ESP) has announced that Com Hem has chosen Espial IPTV middleware for its digital TV and VOD services, named Com Hem On Demand. The Evo TV Service Platform powers the Swedish operator's recently launched on-demand TV services.
News categories: Espial, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden

VDNET launches digital TV in four Lithuanian cities
Sep 8, 2009 – VDNET has launched digital cable TV on its networks in the Lithuanian cities of Vilnius, Alytus, Marijampole and Silute. The service offers up to 70 TV channels with HDTV available as an option.
News categories: VDNET, Cable TV, Digital TV, Lithuania, Set Top Box, Smart TV

The Americas Show Strong Broadband Growth and Widespread IPTV Adoption
Sep 8, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest broadband and IPTV statistics, which show a strong performance in the Americas, both in broadband growth at 18 per cent and in IPTV adoption, where subscriptions grew by 86% over the last twelve months.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Africa, Asia, Brazil, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers, UK, USA

Pace set to launch Viasat's next-generation Hybrid HD PVR
Sep 8, 2009 – Viasat Broadcasting (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has once again chosen long-term set-top box partner Pace plc (LSE:PIC) to launch a second generation high definition (HD) personal video recorder (PVR) with built-in hybrid functionality.
News categories: Pace plc, Modern Times Group, Baltics, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Sweden