EU (European Union) Digital TV News

OTE Group Reports 2007 Fourth Quarter Results Under IFRS
Mar 20, 2008 – Success of RomTelecom's direct-to-home TV service launched in November 2006 continued in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the acquisition of close to 100,000 new customers in the three months bringing the total number of subscribers to 390,000 at year end.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Italy - January 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Mar 18, 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 January 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Germany - DTT on course for further success
Mar 18, 2008 – Since switchover started in Berlin in November 2002 more than 7.8 million DTT receivers (more than 3 million of which were set-top boxes) have been sold. At the end of 2008 this number is expected to have reached nearly 15 million.
News categories: GfK, Deutsche TV-Plattform, Automotive, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Satellite Leads European Digitalisation
Mar 18, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that according to its most recent annual reach study 83 per cent of the satellite TV households in Europe and North Africa are digitalized.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Africa, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, UK

Mobile TV across Europe: Commission endorses addition of DVB-H to EU List of Official Standards
Mar 17, 2008 – The European Commission has decided to add the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld standard (DVB-H) to the EU List of Standards, which serves as a basis for encouraging the harmonised provision of telecommunications across the EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Telecom Italia Rejects Microsoft IPTV
Mar 13, 2008 – After years of working with the technology development team at Telecom Italia SpA (NYSE: TI), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)'s IPTV team has found its Mediaroom platform left on the shelf at the Italian incumbent, according to industry sources.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Middleware, Set Top Box

France - M6 launches M6 Replay
Mar 13, 2008 – On March 19, M6 launched the latest generation of television with M6 Replay, which offers M6 programmes on the Internet free for 7 days after broadcast.
News categories: M6, M6 Replay, Digital TV, France, Streaming

Zesko becomes largest digital TV operator in the Netherlands
Mar 12, 2008 – The total number of Dutch TV connections grew by 10,100 to 7.73 million on 31 December 2007, with the digital TV growth only just off-setting the drop in analogue TV connections.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telenor Selects Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi for National IPTV Service in Sweden
Mar 12, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that it has been selected by Telenor to supply Smart Wi-Fi 802.11g systems for the wireless distribution of its popular IPTV service, offered to subscriber homes throughout Sweden through Bredbandsbolaget.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, Bredbandsbolaget, Telenor, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart Home, Sweden, Video Exchange