Europe Digital TV News

KPN's Digitenne DTT succeeds with Conax content security
May 26, 2009 – Digitenne, the DTT service from KPN (Amsterdam:KPN), is a Netherlands success story with over 800,000 broadcast subscribers. Launched in 2003, the DTT platform protects its digital revenues with content protection from security provider Conax.
News categories: Conax, KPN, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Netherlands, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Motorola Launches Cable Headend for European High Definition
May 26, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced the launch of its new cable headend solution for the European market, developed specifically in response to the growing consumer demand for High Definition (HD) content.
News categories: Motorola, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Europe

German Cable Operator Kabel BW Selects Harmonic for New VOD Service
May 26, 2009 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) has announced that Kabel Baden Württemberg GmbH (Kabel BW) has selected Harmonic and eventIS solutions for its video-on-demand (VOD) commercial trial, to be launched in late 2009.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, eventIS, Kabel BW, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Germany

NDS and Axel Springer Cooperate to Promote Personal TV in Germany
May 26, 2009 – At ANGA Cable, NDS and Axel Springer Digital TV Guide (XETRA: SPR.DE) have announced their cooperation to promote personal TV to Germany's broadcasting, pay-TV and cable providers.
News categories: NDS Group, Axel Springer Digital TV Guide, Advertising, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, DVR, Germany, Middleware

Serbia to use DVB-T2 and MPEG-4 for DTT
May 22, 2009 – Serbia's Minister for Telecommunications and Information, Jasna Matić, has said that Serbia will use the MPEG-4 and DVB-T2 standards in its transition to digital broadcasting.
News categories: Ministry for Telecommunications and Information, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Serbia, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Portugal's pay TV subscribers reached 2.3 million in 1Q09
May 22, 2009 – According to Portugal's ANACOM, at the end of March 2009 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.3 million, 39 thousand more than in the previous quarter and up 257 thousand from the same quarter of 2008.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Germany: CE Market Index (CEMIX) Q1 2009
May 20, 2009 – Results from Q1-2009 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for CE markets, are available for download - key product groups (Laptops, LCD TVs, Video Game Consoles) continue to perform while rest of market sees declines.
News categories: GfK, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

GfK UK Digital Home update
May 20, 2009 – GfK's ConsumerScope panel has found that between a third and one half of UK households owning more than one TV still have at least one analogue TV, and Digital Video Recorders have replaced VCRs in only four and a half million households.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

LG and DivX Announce World's First HD 1080p DivX® Certified Blu-ray Player
May 19, 2009 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) and LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) have announced the first LG Blu-ray Disc player (the LG BD390) capable of playing back 1080p high-definition (HD) DivX® video files.
News categories: DivX, LG Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, Europe, Media Player, Streaming, USA