EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customers
Jun 9, 2008 – According to the latest research from media analysts Screen Digest, IPTV is rapidly becoming a commodity - bundled for no extra cost with a broadband and/or telephony package.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Austria - Starting Signal for Completion of A1 Mobile TV Service
Jun 6, 2008 – To continue to provide best quality television on the mobile phone to the growing number of users, Mobilkom's A1 will in future also offer mobile TV via DVB-H technology. A cooperation agreement with MEDIA BROADCAST was signed today.
News categories: Mobilkom, MEDIA BROADCAST, Austria, Digital TV, Mobile

3 Italia introduces free mobile TV service
Jun 5, 2008 – Mobile operator 3 Italia is giving its DVB-H clients free access to the channels RAI 1, RAI 2, Mediaset, Sky Meteo 24 and Current TV, as well as its new in-house channel La3.
News categories: 3 Italia, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile

Spain - June DTT monthly update released
Jun 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the first quarter of 2008 cumulative sales of receivers in Spain exceeded the threshold of 10 million units and penetration reached 33% of households.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

S4C and Wesley Clover lead £9.5 Million investment in IPTV pioneer Inuk Networks
Jun 5, 2008 – Inuk Networks has announced that it is has completed a £9.5 million second round of funding led by broadcaster S4C and venture capital firm Wesley Clover.
News categories: Inuk Networks, S4C, Wesley Clover, Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland, North America, UK, Venture Capital

23 million People Watched More Than 2 Billion videos online in France in January 2008
Jun 3, 2008 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 23.2 million French Internet users viewed 2.1 billion videos online in January 2008.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Streaming

DiBcom Enables High Performance Mobile Reception for Free-To-Air TV on LG Handset
Jun 2, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its latest generation Mobile TV receiver enables Free-To-Air (FTA) TV on the new HB620T mobile phone from LG (Seoul: 066570). This new and sophisticated HSDPA device adds DVB-T reception to its long list of functions.
News categories: DiBcom, LG Electronics, 5G, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Mobile 3.0 starts DVB-H broadcasting
Jun 1, 2008 – On 1 June, the platform operator Mobile 3.0 began its DVB-H mobile TV trial in the four German cities of Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Hanover.
News categories: Mobile 3.0, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile

Netherlands - Digital television in more than 3 million households
May 30, 2008 – At the end of the first quarter of 2008, the number of digital connections in the Netherlands grew to 3.2 million, or 45% of households. Ziggo has now become undisputed leader in terms of connected households.
News categories: GfK, iMMovator, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial