Europe Digital TV News

CANAL+ Cyfrowy: 2008 Financial Results
Feb 16, 2009 – CANAL+ Cyfrowy, operator of Poland's CYFRA+ digital satellite platform, finished 2008 with 1,380,000 subscribers.
News categories: Canal+ Cyfrowy, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Germany had 28 million Online Video Viewers Watch More Than 3 billion Videos in December 2008
Feb 16, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 28.5 million German Internet users viewed a video online in December 2008, up 10 percent versus the previous year.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

EU Member States on course for analogue terrestrial TV switch-off
Feb 16, 2009 – The switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV transmission in Europe is well on track. Switch-off has already been completed in five Member States and by 2010 the process should be well advanced in the whole EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Antenna Hungária extends HD test transmission of m1 and m2 on MinDig TV until end of February
Feb 16, 2009 – Owing to its popularity, Antenna Hungária (AH) is extending the HD test transmission using m1 HD and m2 HD programs on the MinDig TV digital terrestrial television platform until the end of February.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Hungary, Terrestrial

Turin DVB-SH trial enables a perfect blend of satellite and terrestrial networks for mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – The DVB-SH trial launched by RAI, 3 Italia, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Eutelsat has shown excellent results. The initial results demonstrated high reception performance for the technology for mobile TV on commercial terminals.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Eutelsat, 3 Italia, RAI, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite

Nagravision and Solaris Mobile join forces for World's First S-Band Mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) and Solaris Mobile have announced that they are joining forces in the development of a harmonised ecosystem to optimise the delivery of mobile TV and broadband services.
News categories: Nagravision, Solaris Mobile, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Europe, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite

UK mobile customers predict significant rise in mobile TV and video usage by 2010
Feb 16, 2009 – QuickPlay Media has revealed the results of an independent survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. The survey indicates an increase in the number of consumers that have viewed mobile TV and video content, rising from 41 to 48%.
News categories: QuickPlay Media, Market Research, Mobile, MWC24, UK

NEC 3.1-inch 3D TFT LCD Module Provided for MOBILE3DTV Terminal Prototype
Feb 16, 2009 – NEC Electronics has announced that samples of NEC's 3.1-inch-diagonal 3D polysilicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD module will be provided for the 'MOBILE3DTV' terminal prototype being displayed at Mobile World Congress 2009 (MWC2009).
News categories: NEC Electronics, Europe, Metaverse, Mobile, MWC24

GlobeCast selects Viaccess OMA BCAST SCP solution for its DVB-H trial platform
Feb 13, 2009 – Viaccess (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has been selected by GlobeCast to provide its OMA BCAST Smartcard profile-based Mobile Broadcast service protection solution for use in a trial platform to faciliate the commercial launch of this technology in Europe.
News categories: Viaccess, CAM, DRM, Europe, Mobile