EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Orange and Sagem Communications announce the signature of a strategic partnership to accelerate product eco-design
Nov 6, 2007 – Orange (NYSE:FTE) and Sagem Communications have announced a strategic partnership to design products with a greatly reduced impact on the environment.
News categories: Sagem Communications, Orange, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, Set Top Box

Digiturk and Romania's RCS & RDS cancel IPOs
Nov 6, 2007 – Turkey's leading pay-TV firm Digiturk and Romania-based satellite TV and Internet company RCS & RDS on Tuesday cancelled initial public offerings planned for London, citing market conditions.
News categories: Digital TV, IPO, Romania, Satellite, Turkey

CYFRA+ Introduces Hard Disk Drive Set-top Box
Nov 6, 2007 – CYFRA+ has introduced a new Philips PVR HD satellite terminal with integrated hard disk, capable of recording programs in high definition.
News categories: CYFRA+, Philips, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Nov 5, 2007 – Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million subscribers in June 2007. Broadband penetration rates increased from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
News categories: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Broadband Statistics Portal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA

Ruckus Wireless Lands Deutsche Telekom IPTV Deal
Nov 5, 2007 – Ruckus Wireless has been selected by T-Home to supply 802.11a Smart Wi-Fi systems to enable in-home wireless distribution of its Entertain Comfort IPTV service.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, T-Home, INTEROP, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Smart Home

Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone Portugal demonstrate live broadcast Mobile TV based on DVB-SH for the first time in Portugal
Nov 2, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Vodafone Portugal demonstrated, on October 31 for the first time in Portugal, the Unlimited Mobile TV solution based on DVB-SH technology.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone Portugal, Digital TV, Mobile, Portugal, Satellite

British Sky Broadcasting - 1st Quarter Results
Nov 2, 2007 – Net DTH customer growth of 83,000 reflected good new DTH customer additions and, despite retail price changes, a further improvement in churn to 11.3%, the lowest for five quarters.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, AGM Statement, Broadband, Digital TV, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

France - ARCEP Q2 Commmunications Market Update
Oct 31, 2007 – With more than two million subscriptions added in a year, France had 3.8 million subscriptions to a television service via xDSL at the end of Q2 2007.
News categories: ARCEP, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Hungary - Digital Television and Radio Tender to be Announced with Delay
Oct 31, 2007 – The National Communications Authority of Hungary (NCAH) is unable to issue the invitations to the tenders for the operating rights of the one digital radio and five digital television free-to-air broadcasting networks by the original deadline, as the competent parliamentary committee failed to grant it the necessary approvals.
News categories: National Communications Authority of Hungary, Digital TV, Hungary, Terrestrial, TV Services