EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Juniper Research Expects Spectrum Scarcity to Block Mobile TV Launch in UK Until at Least 2010
Oct 17, 2007 – The number of mobile broadcast TV subscribers in Western Europe is expected to pass 20m by 2011, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
News categories: Juniper Research, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Mobile, UK

TEO revenues grew by 10.4 per cent in the third quarter of the year 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – The total revenue of TEO LT for the third quarter of 2007 was LTL 204 million. The number of broadband Internet access users increased by 51.5 thousand and at the end of September 2007 amounted to 232.2 thousand, while the number of IP TV users amounted to almost 14 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers

Sogecable Consolidated results as of September 30th 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – As of September 30th 2007, the subscriber base of DIGITAL+ stood at 2,046,000 customers. At the end of the previous quarter, DIGITAL+ had 2,056,000 customers. DIGITAL+'s customer base decreased by 10,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2007.
News categories: Sogecable, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Bulgarian telco enters TV market
Oct 16, 2007 – The Bulgarian alternative telco Transtelecom has entered into an agreement with MSKey Group to offer streamed TV to WiMAX users.
News categories: Transtelecom, MSKey Group, Broadband, Bulgaria, Digital TV, IPTV

Sweden - Analogue switch-off completed
Oct 16, 2007 – On 15 October, Sweden completed the switch-off of its analogue terrestrial television platform, ahead of the government mandated switch-off date of February 2008.
News categories: Teracom, Digital TV, Sweden, Terrestrial

Germany - Transmitter operators chosen to provide nationwide mobile broadcast services using the DVB-H standard
Oct 15, 2007 – The President's chamber of the Federal Network Agency has issued a decision on the allocation of nationwide DVB-H frequencies. The frequencies required for mobile broadcasting operations will be given to T-Systems Media&Broadcast.
News categories: T-Systems Media&Broadcast GmbH (TSMB), Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency), Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, TV Services

Belgacom selects Alcatel-Lucent's VDSL2 fiber-to-the-node solution
Oct 10, 2007 – Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG) has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) as supplier for the rollout of their fiber-to-the-node VDSL2 network. This will enable Belgacom to offer full triple play services, including HDTV to Belgian households.
News categories: Belgacom, Alcatel-Lucent, BBWF, Belgium, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Comtrend delivers 590,000 PLC solutions for Europe in 2007
Oct 9, 2007 – Comtrend Corporation has announced the delivery of 590,000 200-Mbps PLC Ethernet adapters, the PowerGrid DH-10PF, by the end of 2007.
News categories: Comtrend, DS2, BBWF, Europe, Portugal, Smart Home, Spain, UK

Smart Telecom Selects Thomson's End-to-End Triple Play Solutions
Oct 9, 2007 – Smart Telecom, a leading Irish telecoms provider, has selected Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE; TMS) to provide an end-to-end solution for its launch of advanced triple-play packages.
News categories: Thomson, Smart Telecom, BBWF, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Ireland, Set Top Box