EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Dreampark Provides Front-End TV Middleware Solution to Maxisat, Finland
Sep 9, 2010 – Dreampark has announced that it has provided a front-end middleware solution to Maxisat. Maxisat is the first operator in Finland offering TV and OTT services using a scalable vector graphics (SVG) client allowing for HD user interfaces.
News categories: Dreampark, Maxisat, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Middleware

ZON Multimedia First to Field Trial NDS Snowflake UI, Enabled by MediaHighway STB Software
Sep 9, 2010 – NDS has announced that Portuguese pay-TV operator ZON Multimedia (Lisbon:ZON) will field trial its new TV platform, based on the NDS Snowflake™ User Interface (UI).
News categories: NDS Group, ZON Multimedia, Cable TV, IBCShow, Middleware, Portugal, Satellite

STMicroelectronics Announces Polish Direct-To-Home HD Set-Top-Box Design Win
Sep 8, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) is to supply its advanced System-on-Chip for high-definition STBs to Cyfrowy Polsat Technology, the equipment manufacturing division of Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland's number-one DTH (Direct-To-Home) provider.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Poland, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Kabel Deutschland completes its first DVB-C2 field test
Sep 7, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland has successfully completed tests of second generation DVB cable transmission system DVB-C2 on its cable network. The tests demonstrated DVB-C2's capability to deliver more TV channels and faster internet in the same spectrum.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-C2, Germany

VIVACOM launches satellite TV in Bulgaria
Sep 7, 2010 – VIVACOM, previously known as the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) and the largest telecommunications company in Bulgaria, launched its DTH satellite TV service on September 1st, 2010.
News categories: VIVACOM, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, Satellite

Cyfrowy Polsat launches HD DVR with removable hard drive
Sep 6, 2010 – Cyfrowy Polsat now offers an HD set-top box equipped with a removable hard drive with a capacity of 320 GB. The box, model number ESI-88, is produced by Sagemcom.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Sagemcom, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sky Deutschland announces CI-Plus reception module
Sep 6, 2010 – At IFA2010 in Berlin Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) announced a CI-Plus module for the reception of Sky programming. The technology allows access to the product experience from Sky without any additional set-top-boxes, cables or remote controls.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, CAM, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, Satellite

Kabel Deutschland launches new generation HD DVR
Sep 6, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has launched its new High Definition Digital Video Recorder (HD DVR) from Sagemcom. The HD DVR will serve as the technical platform for KDG's VoD product which will be commercially launched later in the fiscal year.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Sagemcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IFABerlin, Set Top Box

Dutch digital TV connections are more than 5 million
Sep 3, 2010 – According to Telecompaper, at the end of June 2010 cable accounted for 54.8 percent of digital TV connections in the Netherlands, up by 0.4 percentage points during the quarter. IPTV also increased its share by 2.3 percent y-o-y to 8.3 percent.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial