EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Broadcasting Commission of Ireland announces details of DTT Multiplex Licensing Process
Mar 6, 2008 – The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland has announced details of its application process for three national Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) multiplex contracts.
News categories: Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Digital TV, Ireland, Regulation, Terrestrial

Leading Companies and University Sue Alba for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
Mar 4, 2008 – MPEG LA has announced that several leading companies and a university have filed patent enforcement actions in District Court Dusseldorf, Germany against Alba for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard.
News categories: MPEG LA, Alba, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Europe's HDTV Transition Falters As Economic Reality Kicks In
Mar 4, 2008 – The closure of two of Germany's HDTV channels in recent weeks has cast a shadow over European hopes for a rapid transition to High Definition Television, according to analysis published by the Strategy Analytics Broadband Network Strategies service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research

Digital GALA to accelerate the development of digital TV in Lithuania
Mar 3, 2008 – In March TEO LT launched the provision of the digital terrestrial television service Digital GALA (Skaitmeninė GALA), which will enable using the highest-quality television services almost in the whole of Lithuania.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, Lithuania, Terrestrial

Multimedia Polska Launches Video-on-Demand Service Powered by Harmonic's Video Server and Software Suite
Mar 3, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Multimedia Polska, a leading cable and IPTV service provider in Poland with more than 600,000 subscribers, has deployed Harmonic's on-demand solutions for its VOD service launched in September 2007.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Poland

Finland switched over to all-digital television
Mar 1, 2008 – The whole of Finland switched completely over to digital television on Saturday, 1 March, at 8.00 a.m. when analogue broadcasting was also switched off in cable networks.
News categories: Finnish National Broadcasting Company, DigiTV, Digital TV, Finland, Terrestrial

Primacom nearly quadruples Digital TV activations
Feb 29, 2008 – The cable operator PrimaCom has seen a rise in the number of new digital TV subscribers with a gain of more than 300 percent to nearly 14,000 activations.
News categories: PrimaCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers

Belgacom concludes a very solid year in challenging times
Feb 29, 2008 – Belgacom proved to be a strong iDTV market player with very solid results for Belgacom TV, adding in total 165,654 new customers in 2007. This brought the total TV customer base to 305,319 at the end of December 2007.
News categories: Belgacom, Full year results, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

Telecom Italia Media: The Board of Directors Approves Results at December 31, 2007
Feb 28, 2008 – During the first half of the year, a contract was finalized to acquire frequencies in Sicily. Following this transaction, the national coverage of the two Digital Multiplexes increased to 87.2% and 74.9%, respectively.
News categories: Telecom Italia Media, Earnings Release, Content Distribution, Italy, Results, Terrestrial