Europe Digital TV News

Romania proposes DTT set-top box subsidy
Mar 26, 2009 – The Romanian government is proposing to subsidise the purchase of set-top boxes for the 1.4 million households who would be left with no TV signal after analogue switch-off in 2012.
News categories: MCSI, Digital TV, Romania, Terrestrial

Vestitel BG Partnership IPTV Model Uses Orca Interactive Middleware
Mar 26, 2009 – Vestitel BG has selected Orca Interactive to supply its RiGHTv IPTV middleware for Vestitel's partnership model IPTV service. The middleware will be deployed to replace the existing solution and will go live at the end of April 2009.
News categories: Orca Interactive, Vestitel, Bulgaria, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

Verimatrix Increases IPTV Security Footprint in Russia
Mar 26, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced three Russian IPTV operators - Iskratelecom, Tattelecom and Bashinformsvyaz - that have deployed the Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV in conjunction with regional systems integrator and reseller CTI.
News categories: Verimatrix, CTI, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Video Exchange

IPTV Growth Doubles in North America in 2008
Mar 25, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest IPTV and broadband statistics, showing that the North American IPTV market has more than doubled in size in 2008 -- with growth of 113 percent despite the global economic downturn.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Africa, Asia, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers

Ukrtelecom launches IPTV service
Mar 25, 2009 – Ukrtelecom has commercially launched its 'U.TV' IPTV service as part of a triple play offer of telephony, broadband and digital television. The service is available in the Kiev region, Vinnichchine and Zaporozhye.
News categories: Ukrtelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Ukraine

COMSTAR-UTS To Test Cable TV In Olympic Games Capital
Mar 25, 2009 – COMSTAR-UTS has announced that they plan to develop cable TV and broadband Internet access services in the city of Sochi. Commercial launch of cable TV is preliminarily scheduled for Q2 2009.
News categories: COMSTAR-UTS, Broadband, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Russia

Vestitel Selects Widevine® to Secure Multiplatform IPTV Delivery
Mar 25, 2009 – Vestitel BG has announced that they have selected Widevine Technologies for protecting IPTV service delivery throughout Bulgaria. Vestitel provides a hosted IPTV service to regional operators who rebrand the service for their subscribers.
News categories: Widevine, Vestitel, Bulgaria, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV

ITI Neovision's 'n' service experiencing rapid growth with Conax
Mar 25, 2009 – Since its launch in October 2006, n has managed substantial growth in Poland. The leading Warsaw based broadcaster is using Conax' flexible security for their Push VOD solution. In just two and half years, 'n' has attracted over 520,000 subscribers.
News categories: Conax, ITI Neovision, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Telekom Slovenije to Secure SiOL IPTV With Verimatrix Solution
Mar 25, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced Telekom Slovenije as its latest customer to select the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV to protect video-on-demand (VOD) and live broadcast premium content.
News categories: Verimatrix, Telekom Slovenia, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Slovenia, Video Exchange