EU (European Union) Digital TV News

HDTV platform Hello HD launches in Hungary from Eutelsat's EUROBIRD™ 9 neighbourhood
Apr 29, 2008 – Hello HD, Hungary's first High-Definition television platform, is gearing up for launch on May 1 from the EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL).
News categories: Eutelsat, Hello HD, Digital TV, Hungary, Satellite

Czech Republic - Govt approves digital TV plan
Apr 28, 2008 – The Czech government has approved a plan for the switch to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting which sets the date for the end of analogue broadcasting on most of the Czech territory as of Nov 11, 2011.
News categories: ČTÚ, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

ADB Launches into Hungary with HelloHD
Apr 28, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX: ADBN) has announced that it will supply high definition (HD) digital video recorders (DVRs), integrated with DVB-MHP software from Osmosys, to Hello Platform for the launch of its new television service HelloHD.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, HelloHD, Osmosys, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Hungary, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Public announcement of the Summary of Annual report 2007 of Telekom Slovenia Group and Telekom Slovenije, d. d.
Apr 25, 2008 – At the end of September 2007, the share of IPTV in Slovenia was 14.7%, an increase of 8.21% in share from the previous year. The largest market share - 61.4% - among IPTV service-providers was held by Telekom Slovenije (Ljubljana: TLSG).
News categories: Telekom Slovenia, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Kosovo, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

TeliaSonera January-March 2008
Apr 25, 2008 – TeliaSonera's total number of TV subscriptions rose to 797,000, of which more than 400,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Mobile, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

France - 17.4 million DTT receivers in homes
Apr 25, 2008 – According to the latest data from GfK, 17.4 million DTT receivers are now in French television households.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Motorola Ships One Millionth Digital Set-Top Box to ONO
Apr 24, 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has celebrated shipping its one millionth digital cable set-top box (STB) to Spanish cable provider ONO.
News categories: Motorola, ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Spain

Huawei and Qualcomm Complete Europe's First MBMS Field Trial with Telecom Italia
Apr 23, 2008 – Huawei and Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) have announced the completion of Europe's first MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) field trial, carried out in conjunction with Telecom Italia.
News categories: Huawei, QUALCOMM, Telecom Italia, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, Semiconductor

Consolidated Interim Report of AS Eesti Telekom Quarter I 2008
Apr 23, 2008 – The number of Elion triple package users increased by 5,100, reaching 58.6 thousand as of 31 March (31 March 2007: 29.8 thousand). At the end of the first quarter, Elion had 63.2 thousand IP and cable TV clients (31 March 2007: 32.4 thousand).
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers