EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Antenna Hungária launches DVB-H mobile television broadcast in Budapest
Dec 12, 2008 – Antenna Hungária and Nokia (Helsinki:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) have announced that DVB-H broadcasting has begun from three transmitters. The Hungarian public TV channels are being broadcast in the clear so anyone with a suitable phone can test the service.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Nokia, Digital TV, Hungary, Mobile

Zappware inks partnership with Polish cable operator Toya
Dec 10, 2008 – Zappware has been selected by Toya, Poland's fifth largest cable operator in terms of subscriber numbers, to deliver a range of Video-On-Demand (VOD) services from Zappware's 'iView for Operators' product.
News categories: Zappware, Toya, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box

MEDIA BROADCAST completes Germany upgrade to digital terrestrial television
Dec 10, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST has upgraded its terrestrial TV transmitter networks in Germany to DVB-T in les than 5 years between 2003 and 2008. The company thereby completed the digitization process two years earlier than determined by the German government.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Terrestrial

Commission issues guidelines to get Mobile TV on Europeans' mobile phones
Dec 10, 2008 – The European Commission has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

DiBcom and CANAL+ Group partner to offer the first DTT HD decoder in a USB Key device
Dec 8, 2008 – DiBcom has announced its involvement in the design of the CANAL+ KEY, the first USB key-sized Digital Terrestrial TV HD decoder in the world. The device enables the reception of French pay-TV programmes (SD and HD) on PCs anywhere, any time.
News categories: DiBcom, CANAL+ Group, Digital TV, France, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

France publishes analogue switch-over timetable
Dec 8, 2008 – The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has published the timetable for analogue switch-off in France, beginning in November 2009 and finishing by 30 November 2011.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

Croatia's Optima Telecom to launch IPTV
Dec 8, 2008 – A contract was signed today in Zagreb between Odašiljači i veze (OiV) and Optima Telekom (OT) to provide IP television (IPTV) services in Croatia. The service, called OptiTV, is scheduled for launch by the end of the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Optima Telekom, OiV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV

IPTV Making Its Way Through Pay-TV Markets with an Increasing Popularity
Dec 5, 2008 – According to InfoCom's most recent release of its quarterly television monitoring service, IPTV has been making its way through the pay-TV market with an increasing popularity in countries that generally have a large broadband subscriber base.
News categories: InfoCom GmbH, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

RTVE and Abertis Telecom sign agreement to supply 100% of Spanish homes with DTT
Dec 4, 2008 – Televisión Española and Abertis Telecom have signed an agreement to ensure that 100% of the Spanish population can receive TVE's DTT programmes. Terrestrial will reach 98.5% of the population with the remaining 1.5% being covered via satellite.
News categories: Abertis Telecom, Televisión Española, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain