EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Europe - Cable Industry Delivers 18% growth in Digital TV in the first half of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 – Customer subscriptions for digital cable TV jumped 18 per cent to 16.3m across Europe in the first half of this year, as subscribers migrate to enhanced services.
News categories: Cable Europe, Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Premiere considers change in set-top business model
Oct 13, 2008 – According to the German news magazine Focus, Premiere AG (PRE.XE) is considering a shift towards a vertical market for its set-top boxes with customers renting a new HD-capable box directly from the company.
News categories: Premiere, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box

Poland - Beauty contest regarding mobile TV
Oct 10, 2008 – Poland's Office of Electronic Communications has announced a beauty contest for a license to provide radio and television broadcasting services in the country using DVB-H technology.
News categories: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej, Digital TV, Mobile, Poland, Regulation

Ziggo Half year statement
Oct 9, 2008 – In the first half of 2008 the market for Ziggo's digital television grew fast and resulted in an increase of 161,000 customers for a total base of 995,000.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

Tele2 and Rubberduck launch Mobile TV services in Estonia
Oct 9, 2008 – Rubberduck Media Lab (Stockholm: ASP) has launched a mobile TV service in Estonia for Tele2. Rubberduck is managing Tele2's Mobile TV in Estonia including complete administration of the service using Studio:1, its technical backend solution.
News categories: Rubberduck, Tele2, Content Distribution, Estonia, Mobile

Orange cinéma séries: all the emotions of the cinema on three screens - mobile, PC and TV - from 13 November
Oct 8, 2008 – With the launch of Orange cinema series, Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) is offering a new way of watching films and TV series. All programmes are available on demand and and can be watched on any screen at any time depending on the circumstances.
News categories: Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Mobile, Streaming

Spain - October DTT monthly update released
Oct 8, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, the latest estimate of DTT penetration provided by market research company Sofres shows that DTT was in 38.8% of (more than 6 million) Spanish households at the end of September.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Solaris Mobile ready to take Europe into a new age of mobile services
Oct 7, 2008 – Solaris Mobile has announced that the company has submitted to the European Commission a comprehensive application in response to the Commission's call for applications for pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services.
News categories: Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Romania - Boom TV reaches 200,000 subscribers
Oct 7, 2008 – Romanian satellite TV operator, Boom TV, has exceeded 200,000 customers, up 300% from the same period last year. Boom is the brand of the DTH Television Grup.
News categories: Boom TV, Digital TV, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers