EU (European Union) Digital TV News

T-Com launches commercial IPTV service in Slovakia
Mar 15, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that the carrier, a member of the Deutsche Telekom group, reached a significant market milestone with the recent launch of its commercial IPTV service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Slovakia

Spain - ONO Fourth quarter and full year 2006 results
Mar 15, 2007 – Cable television customers increased by 10,000 or 1.2% in the quarter to reach 924,000 as of 31 December 2006. At the end of the year 2006 88% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

German Mobile TV Audience To Reach 8.7. Million By 2012
Mar 14, 2007 – Mobile TV based on the DVB-H standard may have got off to a slow start in Germany, but a mainstream audience for the services will gather momentum beginning next year, according to a new study by Goldmedia. More …
News categories: Goldmedia, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Mobile

Telecom Italia Media 2006 Results and 2007-2009 Targets
Mar 11, 2007 – DTT TV revenues grew sharply in 2006 driven by the development of “”La7 Cartapiù”” commercial offer, the sale of football events as part of the agreement with Mediaset and Telecom Italia (DVB-H), and the sale of bandwidth.” More …
News categories: Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Finland - PlusTV offers free smartcards to subscribers
Mar 11, 2007 – Finland’s pay DTT operator, PlusTV, is allowing subscribers to acquire three additional smartcards for other television sets in the household. More …
News categories: CAM, Digital TV, Finland, Terrestrial

Slovakia - Launch of DTT expected in early 2008
Mar 11, 2007 – Slovakia is preparing to launch DTT services. According to Broadband TV News, the leading broadcasters, STV, TV Markiza and TA3, have agreed to share a single DTT multiplex. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Sonaecom Selects Widevine To Secure Portugal IPTV Deployment
Mar 10, 2007 – Widevine Technologies has announced it is securing premium Hollywood programming for the first IPTV service in Portugal – Clix SmartTV, offered by Sonaecom, the country’s second largest telecommunications provider. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal

16 channels for nationwide DVB-H pilot for Germany
Mar 9, 2007 – LfK, the media authority of the German state of Baden-Würtenberg, has announced the start of a new nationwide DVB-H pilot project. The authority takes responsibilty for the whole of the country and applications can be submitted until mid-April. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, Mobile

Spain - 3.8 million DTT receivers sold since launch
Mar 8, 2007 – The latest figures published by the DTT promotions organisation, Impulsa TDT, show that over 3.8 million DTT receivers have been sold in Spain.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial