EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Belgacom TV celebrates its third birthday
Jun 27, 2008 – After three years of existence, Belgacom TV has acquired no fewer than 349,250 customers (at the end of March 2008) and has become a leading player in the Belgian audio-visual landscape.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

More EU households are receiving digital terrestrial television
Jun 27, 2008 – An EU-wide survey has revealed the emergence of new consumption patterns in telecoms services in Europe. More households are receiving digital terrestrial television: an increase of 5 percentage points since winter 2007 to now 12% of EU27 households.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

UPC Austria reaches 100,000 digital homes
Jun 27, 2008 – UPC Austria has said it has now 100,000 digital homes in the country.
News categories: UPC Austria, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers

Eastern Europe Delivers on its Promise
Jun 26, 2008 – New research from Informa Telecoms & Media has found that the long-held potential of central and eastern European TV markets is now being realized. The region's pay TV sector is expected to more than double to $12 billion by 2013.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Terrestrial, Turkey, Ukraine

Naspers Provisional Results for the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2008
Jun 25, 2008 – Naspers (JSE: NPN) has reported a 19% increase in revenue to R20,5 billion. Over the period the total pay-TV subscriber base grew by 13% (246,000 additional equated homes) to 2,5 million subscribers under management.
News categories: Naspers, Angola, Cyprus, Digital TV, DVR, Ghana, Greece, Kenya, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Spain - AETIC to test interactive services for DTT platform
Jun 25, 2008 – The Asociación de Empresas de Electrónica, Tecnologías de la Información y Telecomunicaciones de España (AETIC) has presented its plans to provide testing of DVB-MHP interactive services on the DTT platform.
News categories: AETIC, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Spain, Terrestrial

Spain - Government preparing law on mobile TV
Jun 24, 2008 – The Spanish government has announced that it is preparing a law to allow for the introduction of mobile television services.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, Spain

Verimatrix Secures TeliaSonera's Leading IPTV Service
Jun 24, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that TeliaSonera has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV for the tier one telecommunications operator's successful IPTV services in the Nordic region, Estonia and Lithuania.
News categories: Verimatrix, TeliaSonera, Content Protection, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden

CANAL+ Group and Nagravision Expand Partnership in Securing Content Protection and Revenues
Jun 23, 2008 – CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) is adopting the newest version of the Nagravision (SWX:KUD) conditional access system (CAS) and is in the process of replacing all smart cards for more than 3 million subscribers.
News categories: Nagravision, CANAL+ Group, CAM, Conditional Access, France, Satellite