Europe Digital TV News

German Blu-ray Player market exhibits dynamic growth in Q4 2008
Jan 26, 2009 – The development of the Blu-ray Player market in Germany has been quite positive in the last three months of 2008. Sales figures of Blu-ray Players finally reached the 100,000 mark in December when more than 30 thousand units were sold.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Germany, Market Research

Spanish judge orders open decoder market
Jan 26, 2009 – A judge of the Provincial Court of Madrid (Audiencia Provincial de Madrid) has ruled that the pay-TV operator Sogecable and its subsidiary Digital+ have to open up the market for decoders of the service.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

Fastweb, Telecom Italia and Wind found the IPTV Association
Jan 23, 2009 – Fastweb (Milan:FWB), Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT, NYSE:TI) and Wind have founded the Associazione Italiana degli operatori IPTV (Italian Association of IPTV Providers) in order to foster the use of IPTV in Italy.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Fastweb, Wind, Associazione Italiana degli operatori IPTV, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Kesa (Darty) Interim Management Statement
Jan 20, 2009 – Kesa Electricals has released an interim management statement for the period Nov. 1, 2008 to Jan. 8, 2009. The launch of the new Darty Box IPTV offer shows encouraging early results with subscribers expected to reach close to 200,000 by end-January.
News categories: Kesa, Darty Box, France, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Operation
Jan 20, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been successfully deployed at its final orbital position at 19.2 degrees East and is ready for commercial operations.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Content Distribution, Europe, Satellite

BH Telecom selected Smart Com to build converged IPTV and IP telephony service delivery platform
Jan 16, 2009 – BH Telecom of Bosnia & Herzegovina has selected Smart Com to deliver and integrate a complete converged IPTV and IP telephony service delivery platform based on Smart Com's BeeSmart middleware.
News categories: Smart Com, BH Telecom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

Poland's DTT launch set for September
Jan 15, 2009 – According to the National Broadcasting Council (Krajowej Rady Radiofonii i Telewizji - KRRiT), Poland's first DTT multiplex will launch in September 2009 covering Warsaw, Zielona Góra, Poznan and Zagan.
News categories: KRRiT, Digital TV, Poland, Terrestrial

Telekom Austria Has Success with Combi-Packages
Jan 15, 2009 – For the first time in 12 years Telekom Austria has seen growth in access line subscribers, due to combi-package sales. The development was also positive for aonTV with customer numbers rising from 10,930 at end-2007 to 63,800 at end-2008.
News categories: Telekom Austria, aonTV, Austria, IPTV, Subscribers

Bosnia and Herzegovina issues draft DTT strategy
Jan 14, 2009 – Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ministry of Transport and Communications, Regulatory Agency for Communications and DTT Forum have released a draft strategy for the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting in the country.
News categories: Communications Regulatory Agency, DTT Forum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Regulation, Terrestrial