EU (European Union) Digital TV News

BIS Pay-TV Platform to Launch From Eutelsat's Two Leading Video Neighbourhoods Serving France
Dec 5, 2007 – Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has announced the upcoming launch by AB Groupe of a new pay-TV platform called BIS, which will be broadcast from its two key video neighbourhoods for satellite television in France.
News categories: Eutelsat, AB Groupe, Viaccess, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite

Estonia brings forward ASO
Dec 3, 2007 – Estonia's Culture Ministry has brought forward the ASO date by two years to February 2010, citing the experience of other countries in making a quick and painless switch-off rather than dragging the process on for years.
News categories: Digital TV, Estonia, Terrestrial, TV Services

ZVEI estimates 18mn digital set-top boxes in German homes
Dec 3, 2007 – There are currently around 18mn digital set-top boxes (STBs) in German homes, according to consumer electronics association Zentralverbandes Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie (ZVEI).
News categories: Zentralverbandes Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie (ZVEI), Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Telia Stofa Selects Motorola Hybrid Set-Top Box for Denmark
Dec 3, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has confirmed that Telia Stofa has selected the Motorola hybrid cable/IP set-top box (STB) for the launch of its Danish cable/IP video service - a first for the cable industry.
News categories: Motorola, Telia Stofa, Broadband, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Dreampark Delivers IPTV Middleware to TUÅ  TELEKOM
Dec 3, 2007 – Dreampark announced its first customer in Central Europe when the Slovenian IPTV provider TUÅ  TELEKOM chose Dreamgallery™ as the middleware for its IPTV solution in Slovenia.
News categories: Dreampark, TUÅ  TELEKOM, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Slovenia

SmarDTV launches universal CAM technology for Italy
Nov 30, 2007 – SmarDTV, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, has announced the availability of a new Conditional Access Module (CAM) for Italy, and is currently demonstrating the product at the National Digital Terrestrial TV Conference in Torino.
News categories: SmarDTV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Cyfra+ hits the million mark
Nov 30, 2007 – The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has announced that it now has one million subscribers.
News categories: Cyfra+, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite, Subscribers

European Commission strategy for Mobile TV in Europe endorsed by Member States
Nov 29, 2007 – EU Member States have endorsed the European Commission three pillar strategy presented in July: putting in place a joint approach to licensing; making available spectrum for services; and promoting the use of DVB-H as the mobile TV standard for Europe.
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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

Kabel Deutschland accelerates growth in the internet and telephone business
Nov 29, 2007 – In the Pay TV business, Kabel Deutschland boosted the number of RGUs. The digital pay TV packages Kabel Digital Home and Kabel Digital International posted 731,000 RGUs. In the previous year this figure was 601,000.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers