EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Romanian DTH subscriber base shrank in 1H2010
Dec 8, 2010 – Romania's National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has published its half-yearly electronic communications market report. Romania had 2.63 million digital pay TV subscribers at the end of June 2010.
News categories: ANCOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

TechniSat Digital and Mototech form STB Joint Venture
Dec 7, 2010 – TechniSat Digital and Mototech have signed an agreement to create a joint venture (Prime Electronic Polska Sp.z o.o.) for the supply of embedded CAS STBs in Eastern Europe.
News categories: TechniSat, Mototech, MandA, Poland, Set Top Box

Telecom Italia deploys Amino hybrid/OTT STBs
Dec 6, 2010 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT), Amino's (LSE AIM: AMO) first Western European Tier 1 operator customer, has deployed on 1 December the Amino Freedom hybrid/OTT product and global interest in the solution is strong.
News categories: Amino, Telecom Italia, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Results, Set Top Box

MAXtv available from now on everywhere in Croatia - via satellite
Dec 3, 2010 – MAXtv from T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ) is now available to every person in Croatia, thanks to the launch of satellite broadcasting for the service.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, Digital TV, Satellite

Dutch digital TV market grows to 5.26 million
Dec 3, 2010 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 3.4 percent or 174,300 net additions during the third quarter of 2010 to 5.26 million on 30 September, according to Telecompaper's quarterly Dutch Television Subscribers report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SmarDTV to purchase assets from French technology company Iwedia
Dec 2, 2010 – SmarDTV (SIX: KUD.S) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase certain assets from French technology company Iwedia including the transfer of all staff (approximately 20) from Iwedia to SmarDTV.
News categories: SmarDTV, CAM, Digital TV, France, MandA, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

UK leading the way in new TV technologies
Dec 2, 2010 – Ofcom's fifth International Communications Market report into the global communications market looks at take-up, availability and use of broadband, landlines, mobiles, TV and radio in 17 countries. The UK and Spain lead the way in digital TV take-up.
News categories: Ofcom, Australia, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

ADB to supply Canal Digital with hybrid set-top solution
Dec 1, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has announced that it will deliver its latest ADB-5720SX hybrid Digital Video Recorder, pre-integrated with its award-winning Carbo™ user interface to Canal Digital.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Canal Digital, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Sweden

SmarDTV Conax CI Plus Modules Selected by Sweden's Com Hem
Dec 1, 2010 – SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that Com Hem has selected SmarDTV to launch CI Plus products in its network in Sweden. Com Hem aims to rollout high definition services to integrated digital televisions (IDTVs) using the CI Plus specification.
News categories: SmarDTV, Com Hem, Cable TV, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Smart TV, Sweden