EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Verimatrix Secures TUS TELEKOM's New IPTV Offering
Mar 11, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV has been deployed to secure Video-on-Demand (VOD) premium content as part of TUS TELEKOM's IPTV offering.
News categories: Verimatrix, TUÅ  TELEKOM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Slovenia, Video Exchange

Lithuania's TEO Chooses Widevine to Protect "Gala" IPTV Service
Mar 11, 2008 – Widevine® Technologies has announced that TEO LT, AB has selected Widevine Cypher® to secure delivery of premium broadcast and video-on-demand content for its GALA IPTV service.
News categories: Widevine, TEO LT, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Quative End-to-End Interactive TV Solution Selected by B.Net Croatia for Broadband Cable System
Mar 11, 2008 – Quative Limited, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) company, was selected by B.Net Croatia, the national cable operator in Croatia, to provide an end-to-end interactive TV solution for their broadband cable system.
News categories: Quative, B.net, Technotrend, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Croatia, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

ONO Passes One Million TV Customer Milestone
Mar 10, 2008 – ONO, the Spanish cable TV operator, has announced that it has passed the hurdle of one million television customers.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Spain, Subscribers

Kudelski Group To Provide Full End-To-End Solution For Portugal Telecom's National Hybrid Satellite - Broadband Pay-TV Services
Mar 10, 2008 – The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD) has announced that Portugal Telecom has selected a suite of Kudelski Group products for the national rollout of its new hybrid satellite-broadband Pay-TV services to be launched in 2008.
News categories: Nagravision, Portugal Telecom, OpenTV, Broadband, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Portugal, Satellite, Set Top Box

Spain - March DTT monthly update released
Mar 10, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, the number of DTT receivers purchased by households over the Christmas period (December 2007 - January 2008) was 1,371,000, a 48% increase over the previous Christmas season.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Amino Rejects Patent Infringement Claims in Germany
Mar 7, 2008 – Amino has announced that it rejects the claim that it has infringed patents relating to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard and that it has not been served with any patent enforcement actions.
News categories: Amino Communications, MPEG LA, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box

KommAustria Awards Mobile TV Network Contract to MEDIA BROADCAST
Mar 6, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST has received approval from the Austrian regulatory authority KommAustria to establish and operate a national multiplex platform for mobile, terrestrial broadcasting in Austria.
News categories: MEDIA&BROADCAST, KommAustria, Austria, Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation

Tele Columbus Group to Use NDS VideoGuard® to Protect its Service Portfolio
Mar 6, 2008 – The Tele Columbus Group has announced that it will protect its independent networks with conditional access technology from NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS).
News categories: NDS Group, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box