EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Vodafone Portugal Casa TV now available on Xbox 360
Dec 16, 2009 – Vodafone (London:VOD), in partnership with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), is offering the Vodafone Portugal Casa TV digital television service on the Xbox 360 console.
News categories: Vodafone, Microsoft, Xbox, António Margato, Ted Malone, Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, Portugal, Set Top Box

France exceeded 10 million pay TV subscribers at end-2008
Dec 16, 2009 – In a report on the economics of pay TV channels, France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) found that, at the end of 2008, the number of households subscribing to pay-TV was 10.4 million out of a total of 25.5 million TV households in the country.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Introducing CuboVision by Telecom Italia
Dec 15, 2009 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT) has unveiled CuboVision®, an all-in-one multimedia broadband device for home TV access to digital terrestrial TV channels, Web TV, and pay-per-view films, as well as for organizing content such as photos, videos and music.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Digital TV, Italy, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial

Germany proposes to end its analogue satellite TV in 2012
Dec 14, 2009 – Germany's media regulatory authorities (ALM) are proposing the end of analogue TV via satellite in the country by April 30, 2012. More than 70% of satellite households in Germany already receive their programs digitally.
News categories: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

Spain - December DTT monthly update released
Dec 14, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 957,000 DTT receivers were sold in October, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 23.4 million units. Based on reporting from TNS Sofres, penetration of DTT in Spanish households was 74.7% in November.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVB-MHP, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Dutch digital TV market growth slows
Dec 11, 2009 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 3.4 percent or 149,300 net additions during the third quarter to 4.56 million on 30 September 2009, according to Telecompaper's Dutch Digital Television Q3 2009 report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Portugal Telecom and Firecomms Trial POF for IPTV Home Networking Applications
Dec 10, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) and Firecomms have announce trials of IPTV installations based on Firecomms' optical fiber networking (OptoLock®) technology.
News categories: Firecomms, Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Portugal, Set Top Box, Smart Home

300,000 connected TVs sold in Germany
Dec 10, 2009 – According to Germany's Gesellschaft für Unterhaltungs- und Kommunikationselektronik (GFU), in the period May to October 2009, more than 300,000 connected TVs were sold in the country.
News categories: Gesellschaft für Unterhaltungs, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

TivùSat ships half millionth card
Dec 9, 2009 – In its first four months of operation, Italy's free satellite platform TivùSat has sold 570,000 cards to manufacturers of set-top boxes and integrated digital televisions, almost double its expectation at this point of 300,000 cards.
News categories: Tivù, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers