EU (European Union) Digital TV News

KPN Chooses Bluestreak Technology to Deliver 3G Mobile TV Client
Sep 27, 2007 – Bluestreak Technology will provide its MachBlue Mobile solution to support KPN's start of mobile TV by offering MobielTV. This service will be free of charge to early adopting customers until the end of 2007.
News categories: KPN, Bluestreak Technology, 5G, Digital TV, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Netherlands

France - DVB-H standard selected to provide mobile TV services
Sep 26, 2007 – The government has signed a decree for the use of DVB-H as the technical standard for mobile television. DVB-SH can be used to provide complementary coverage.
News categories: Digital TV, France, Mobile

Tilgin Signs Global Cooperation Agreement with Ericsson to Provide End-to-End IPTV Solutions
Sep 26, 2007 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) has announced a global cooperation agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC). The agreement will see Tilgin IPTV set-top boxes being pre-integrated into Ericsson's IPTV end-to-end solutions.
News categories: Tilgin, Ericsson, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden

Half of families in Western Europe are now receiving digital television
Sep 24, 2007 – Digital television in Western Europe is reaching a decisive milestone this month, overtaking the analogue system for the first time. There are now about 83 million households in the region's 20 countries receiving digital television signals out of a total of 166 million TV households.
News categories: e-Media Institute, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Czech Republic - O2TV celebrates 50,000 customers!
Sep 21, 2007 – Interest in O2 TV digital television is extraordinary. This can be seen in the continuously growing number of customers who use this unique fixed-line digital television service. As confirmed by Telefónica O2 Czech Republic statistics, the number of subscribers has exceeded the 50,000 border.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Malta - Making Digital Broadcasting Accessible to All
Sep 18, 2007 – This Consultation Document proposes a policy and implementation strategy in respect of digital terrestrial broadcasting that meets clearly defined General Interest Objectives.
News categories: Malta Communications Authority (MCA), Consultation Document, Digital TV, Malta, Terrestrial, TV Services

200,000 customers have chosen Telia's digital TV
Sep 17, 2007 – Customers continue to choose Telia's digital TV service. Telia recently registered its 200,000th TV customer - and the total number of customers has doubled since May 2007.
News categories: Telia, Broadband, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Subscribers, Sweden

Belgium - DVB-H trial in Brussels
Sep 17, 2007 – The public service broadcaster for the French-speaking community of Belgium, RTBF, has announced plans to test DVB-H services in the region of Brussels.
News categories: RTBF, Belgium, Digital TV, Mobile

Sling Media goes Dutch with UPC
Sep 13, 2007 – European cable operator UPC has announced a trial to introduce Sling Media's 'place-shifting' device, the Slingbox, to The Netherlands.
News categories: Sling Media, UPC Netherlands, Cable TV, Digital TV, Netherlands, Placeshifting, Set Top Box