EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Mediaset launches 'Premium Net TV' OTT service
Feb 22, 2011 – On February 23, Mediaset (Borsa Italiana: MS) launches 'Premium Net TV', a non-linear 'over-the-top' broadband TV system for Italy.
News categories: Mediaset, Digital TV, Italy, Set Top Box, Streaming

Vodafone TV launches in Germany
Feb 16, 2011 – Vodafone Germany (LSE: VOD, NASDAQ: VOD) has launched Vodafone TV, a hybrid digital television service combining digital satellite and analogue cable reception with online video programming.
News categories: Vodafone, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Austria to begin DVB-T2 broadcasting
Feb 15, 2011 – The Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) has announced plans to add three additional multiplexes for DVB-T2 broadcasting.
News categories: Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs, Austria, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

Cyfrowy Polsat largest HD platform in Poland
Feb 14, 2011 – Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) has announced that the number of its subscribers with a high-definition set-top box has exceeded one million, making it the number one HD platform in Poland.
News categories: Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Almost 9 out of 10 TV households in France have digital
Feb 14, 2011 – According to GfK and Médiamétrie, at the end of 2010 almost 9 out of 10 TV households in France owned at least one digital television receiver (satellite, DSL, terrestrial or cable) - 8 million more than at the end of 2008.
News categories: Médiamétrie, GfK, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Nagra powers Over-The-Top Service for Spain's leading pay-TV operator DIGITAL+
Feb 10, 2011 – Nagra (SIX:KUD.S) and Spain's DIGITAL+ have announced the launch of 'DIGITAL+ a la carta', an Over-The-Top VOD and linear TV service powered and secured by Nagra and available to subscribers of the DIGITAL+ satellite service.
News categories: Nagra, Grupo PRISA, Content Protection, Digital TV, Satellite, Spain, Streaming

Satellite pre-pay television for Spain
Feb 9, 2011 – Starmax TV España is to launch a pre-pay DTH satellite television service, Starmax HD, in Spain, this April. The service will include a wide variety of channels including documentaries, movies, sports and children's programmes, many of which will be in high definition.
News categories: Starmax HD, Digital TV, Satellite, Spain

European Fibre Leaders Welcome Turkey to Their Ranks
Feb 9, 2011 – The second half of 2010 was a period of accelerated growth in FTTH networks, both in terms of buildings passed and subscribers connected, the FTTH Council Europe revealed in a presentation to journalists at the FTTH Conference in Milan.
News categories: FTTH Council Europe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fibre, Finland, France, IPTV, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Streaming, Sweden, Turkey

Advocate General says territorial exclusivity agreements relating to the transmission of football matches are contrary to EU law
Feb 3, 2011 – European Union law does not make it possible to prohibit the live transmission of Premier League football matches in pubs by means of foreign decoder cards.
News categories: Court of Justice, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK