EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Spain begins pay-DTT licensing
Apr 8, 2009 – Private national television operators in Spain may now apply to the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio to alter their broadcasting licence to allow them to offer digital terrestrial pay-TV services.
News categories: Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Conditional Access, Spain, Terrestrial

France's analogue switch-off could be delayed to 2014
Apr 8, 2009 – France Télé Numérique has said that the current legally enshrined deadline of November 30, 2011 for analogue TV switch-off in France is not feasible, and that a new timetable, completing in 2013 or 2014, is needed.
News categories: France Télé Numérique, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

France's free DTT channels on satellite from June
Apr 8, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the upcoming launch of France's free Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels via its ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 satellite. The new offer, called FRANSAT™, will be available from June.
News categories: Eutelsat, FRANSAT, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sky+ Remote Record now available on Apple iPhone
Apr 7, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that its Sky+ Remote Record application is available from the Apple App Store. The free application enables iPhone users with a Sky+ or Sky+HD set-top box to set recordings wherever they are in the world.
News categories: BSkyB, Apple App Store, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

Hrvatski Telekom to launch MAXtv HD
Apr 3, 2009 – Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced that it will add high defintion (HD) channels to its MAXtv IPTV service from May 2009, after a successful trial.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV

Canal+ goes all-digital
Apr 2, 2009 – The Canal+ Group (Paris: VIV) is switching all Canal+ terrestrial-broadcast sales to DTT. New subscribers will enjoy an enhanced service, which includes HDTV, and a decoder that lets subscribers watch 18 free DTT channels.
News categories: Canal+ Group, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

DTT comes of age in Europe
Apr 1, 2009 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database shows the continued expansion of television channels in the European television market. There are now a total of 5587 channels (plus 412 non-European channels) available in the 29 countries.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Spain publishes Q4 pay-TV statistics
Mar 31, 2009 – The Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) has published statistics for the communications market in Spain in the fourth quarter. In the quarter, the number of subscribers fell in all pay-TV segments except for IPTV.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Bulgaria - CRC opens tenders for DVB-T networks
Mar 27, 2009 – Bulgaria's Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has unveiled plans to stage two competitive procedures for the deployment of national DVB-T digital television networks.
News categories: Communications Regulation Commission, Bulgaria, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial