EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Spain - Local DTT licenses allocated in Andalucia
Mar 25, 2007 – The Regional Government of Andalucia has begin allocating its regional DTT licenses. Local broadcaster Localia, Canal Sur, La 2 and Tele 5 have each been awarded one DTT television programme service slot. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Italy - RAI trials IPTV/DTT hybrid set-top boxes
Mar 25, 2007 – Rai Nuovi Media and RaiNet have launched an IPTV/DTT trial using a hybrid set-top box. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Terrestrial

Spain - DVB-H trial in Seville
Mar 25, 2007 – The regional broadcast network operator Axion has launched a DVB-H trial in Seville. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Spain

Versatel Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Mar 22, 2007 – Revenues in the Netherlands were 332.3 million Euros in 2006 from revenues of 299.8 million Euros in 2005, an increase of 10.9%. With regard to Dual and Triple Play, at the end of 4Q06, Versatel recorded approximately 29.100 orders during the quarter. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

Thomson DVB-H Mobile TV solutions pass trials with Orange Spain
Mar 22, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE; TMS) has announced that Orange Spain has completed successful technical trials using Thomson’s mobile TV solutions in conjunction with Viaccess solution for secured content protection, Purple-TV. More …
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, Spain

Spain - MHP stays mainly on the plain
Mar 22, 2007 – Just 514 DTT receivers out of 437,000 sold in the Spanish market during the last quarter of 2006 were MHP-enabled. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Middleware, Spain, Terrestrial

Austria's RTR to subsidise set-top boxes
Mar 22, 2007 – The Austrian media regulator RTR is to spend 5 million Euros on subsidising 66,666 boxes at 60 Euros each to encourage the transition to digital broadcasting. More …
News categories: Austria, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Hungary prepares for digital licences
Mar 22, 2007 – Daniel Pataki, the president of the National Communications Authority of Hungary (NHH), has said that the country will start to sell digital TV licences next year. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Hungary, Terrestrial

Czech Republic - Digital switchover group set-up
Mar 17, 2007 – The broadcast industry has created a new association, Digi Monitor, with the aim of following digital switchover. More …
News categories: Czech Republic, Digital TV, Terrestrial