EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Orange to launch Netflix competitor in France
Jul 8, 2014 – According to L'Express, Orange is preparing a video-on-demand offering to compete with Netflix in France. The service will be built around the company's Orange Cinema Séries (OCS) content catalogue, with reception via a TV plug-in dongle.
News categories: Orange, Sosh, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Streaming

E.Leclerc launches Réglo TV OTT in France
Jul 1, 2014 – French hypermarket chain, E.Leclerc, has announced the launch of its Réglo TV DTT plus OTT television offering. The service consists of up to 65 channels plus video-on-demand, and is available without contract at an entry price of €4.99 per month.
News categories: Leclerc, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Streaming

RTVE DVB-T2 4K pilot uses Egatel transmitter
Jun 25, 2014 – Egatel has announced that its TE9101 transmitter is part of a pilot project set-up by RTVE to transmit and receive Ultra High Definition (4K) signals over DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television).
News categories: Egatel, RTVE, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Spain, Terrestrial

IPTV now in more than 40% of French households
Jun 24, 2014 – France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has announced the publication of the results of its audiovisual household equipment survey for the second half of 2013.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Arkena delivers OTT for beIN SPORTS France
Jun 23, 2014 – Arkena has announced the provision of turn-key OTT and catch-up services for beIN SPORTS CONNECT, an OTT offer launched by beIN SPORTS France to deliver its live channels directly to connected devices.
News categories: Arkena, beIN SPORTS, Sylvain Merle, Julien Seligmann, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Dutch digital TV subscribers grow to 6.72 million in Q1 2014
Jun 20, 2014 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 0.9 percent during the first quarter of 2014 to 6.72 million on 31 March 2014, according to Telecompaper's latest quarterly Dutch Television Market report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Kamiel Albrecht, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Bell Labs and net mobile improve mobile video streaming reliability
Jun 17, 2014 – Bell Labs (Paris, NYSE: ALU) and net mobile (net-m) have reduced the probability of poor video streaming quality on the move with a new technology that can deliver a six-fold improvement over today’s streaming levels.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, net-m, Dieter Plassmann, Tod Sizer, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Worldwide

Pay TV in 3 million Portuguese households
Jun 12, 2014 – According to the Telecommunications Barometer study published by Marktest, there are around three million Portuguese households with a subscription to pay-TV services.
News categories: Marktest, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal

ATEME participates in HEVC UHD live satellite broadcast
Jun 11, 2014 – ATEME has announced that it successfully demonstrated the power of its carrier-grade video encoding/transcoding product, TITAN Live Any-to-Any, at the 2014 French Open tennis tournament.
News categories: ATEME, Michel Artieres, Content Distribution, France, Satellite