EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Bouygues Telecom Deploys Verimatrix Content Security for IPTV Service
Jan 6, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced that France's Bouygues Telecom is securing its MPEG-4 live broadcast and on-demand video content, delivered via ASDL to the BBOX home gateway, with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS®) for IPTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Bouygues Telecom, CES2025, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Set Top Box

Tiscali closes Italian IPTV service
Dec 29, 2008 – Italian ISP Tiscali will suspend its IPTV service Tiscali TV for an undetermined period, starting from 1 January 2009, according to Italian press reports.
News categories: Tiscali, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Portugal - MEO surpasses 300 thousand customers
Dec 18, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced that Meo, its pay-TV service, has surpassed 300 thousand customers, representing circa 43% of PT's ADSL customers. Net additions in the quarter to date surpassed 89 thousand customers.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q3 2008
Dec 17, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q3 2008 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are available for download.
News categories: GfK Retail and Technology, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

RAI launches DVB-T2 trial in Turin
Dec 16, 2008 – Italy's public broadcaster, RAI, has launched a DVB-T2 trial in Turin using equipment from SIDSA and Screen Service.
News categories: RAI, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Italy, Terrestrial

Spain - December DTT monthly update released
Dec 16, 2008 – October saw exceptionally high DTT equipment sales with 675,000 receivers sold, bringing Spain's cumulative figure to 13.6 million units. October was only 12,000 units short of January's total, which remains the best month of the year.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Lattelecom wins DTT tender in Latvia
Dec 15, 2008 – The Latvian Ministry of Transport has announced Lattelecom as the winner of the tender for the implementation of digital terrestrial television transmission in Latvia.
News categories: Lattelecom, Latvia Ministry of Transport, Content Distribution, Latvia, Terrestrial

FTTH Council Issues First Official European Ranking Of FTTH Market Penetration
Dec 15, 2008 – The first official European Fibre"to"the"Home (FTTH) ranking shows smaller countries leading the way in FTTH connections. Mid-term projections show, however, that bigger economies are closing the gap.
News categories: FTTH Council, Broadband, Denmark, Estonia, Europe, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Subscribers, Sweden