EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Ireland - UPC confirms July launch for PVR
May 21, 2007 – UPC will launch its long-awaited personal video recorder (PVR) this July. It finally will give the cable TV operator a competing technology to the service offered by its rival Sky. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland

France reserves three HD channels on DTT
May 18, 2007 – French media regulator the Conseil Superieur De l’audiovisuel (CSA) is inviting tenders for two new high-definition television (HDTV) slots on the country’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

Telefónica posts 7.7% increase in 1Q07 net profit to 1,257 million euros
May 17, 2007 – The number of Pay TV customers for the Telefónica Group exceeded 1.1 million, up by 54.7% in relation to March 2006. More …
News categories: Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Peru, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Ortikon's IPTV Middleware in full-scale operative use at Welho
May 17, 2007 – Finland’s largest Cable TV operator SW Television/Welho has launched its IPTV service for households in the Helsinki metropolitan area 15.5.2007. The service is based on ORTIKON ACE® IPTV Middleware. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, Finland, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Italy - Sky and FASTWEB together (It)
May 16, 2007 – In 2 months, more than 25 thousand households have subscribed to Sky Italia through the FASTWEB IPTV service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Subscribers

Vivendi Reports Very Good First Quarter 2007 Earnings
May 16, 2007 – At the end of March, Canal+ France’s total subscription portfolio totaled 10.3 million. Canal+ had 5.2 million subscriptions, while CanalSat/TPS had more than 5 million. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Strong performance in Q1: Belgacom is well on track
May 16, 2007 – Belgacom added 9,826 new TV customers, impacted by the end of the “”Try & Buy”” offer but still at a level comparable with the first quarter of last year, leading to a total of 149,491 Belgacom TV customers.” More …
News categories: Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

VIACCESS security chosen by Canal+ for its TNTSAT offer
May 15, 2007 – The Canal Plus Group has announced free access via satellite to the 18 (DTT) digital, terrestrial television channels as of June 15. The Canal Plus Group has retained the latest generation of Viaccess Technology to secure this French "TNTSAT" offer
News categories: Viaccess, TNTSAT, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Terrestrial

Germany - Digital TV Reaches 9.55 Million Households
May 15, 2007 – AGF/GfK reports that 9.55 million households in Germany have digital tv, out of a total of 35.02 million homes, giving a penetration of 27.3%. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, Market Research