EU (European Union) Digital TV News

NDS VideoGuard® Provides Successful Content Protection to Telecom Italia's IPTV Service
Sep 22, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) currently supplies the IPTV service of Telecom Italia (Italy:TIT)(NYSE:TI) with NDS VideoGuard®, a conditional access (CA) and DRM technology which provides content protection for both broadcast TV and Video on Demand (VOD).
News categories: NDS, Telecom Italia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Tilgin and Nordija jointly provides HD IPTV to TRE-FOR
Sep 22, 2008 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) and Nordija have announced their collaboration to provide a HD IPTV solution to the Danish utility company TRE-FOR, which has decided to deliver HD (High Definition) IPTV to its subscriber base.
News categories: Tilgin, Nordija, TRE-FOR Bredbånd, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Sony launches PlayTV DTT PVR box for the PS3
Sep 19, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment has launched its PlayTV box in the UK, Germany, Italy and Poland. PlayTV allows a Playstation 3 to act as a dual-tuner terrestrial free-to-air PVR.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayTV, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Germany, Italy, Poland, Terrestrial, UK

Boxer includes MHEG-5 in receiver specification
Sep 18, 2008 – The DTT service operator Boxer will include the MHEG-5 format for interactivity in its technical specification for DTT receivers.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Ireland, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Airbites launches 'Select TV' in Bucharest
Sep 17, 2008 – Airbites has launched in Bucharest the newest digital television service, Select TV. Select TV offers the most beloved TV channels including HD. And if using the computer as a TV set, the new service is free of charge.
News categories: Airbites, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Set Top Box

High Definition on track in Ireland
Sep 17, 2008 – For the Republic of Ireland, the road to HD started with the introduction of the HD-ready Flat Panel TV. In the last 12 months, 450,000 Flat panel TVs were sold to consumers. Of these, 81% are capable of receiving and processing an HD signal.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Ireland, Market Research, Smart TV

Italy - July 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Sep 15, 2008 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of July 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Portugal Telecom Deploys Harmonic's IP-Based Solutions for Nationwide Satellite DTH TV Service
Sep 14, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Portugal Telecom (NYSE: PT) has used a broad range of Harmonic's IP-based MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) compression and stream processing products for its nationwide launch of satellite DTH television.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Portugal Telecom, Novabase, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Portugal, Satellite

CYTA selects Pirelli Broadband Solutions for IPTV Set Top Boxes
Sep 12, 2008 – Pirelli Broadband has announced that it has been selected by the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to supply its IP100 HDTV IPTV Set Top Box for CYTA's IPTV service.
News categories: Pirelli Broadband, CYTA, Cyprus, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box