EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Belgium - Flemish Analogue Switch-Off Set For 2008
Mar 3, 2007 – The Flemish-speaking community in Belgium has announced that it will switch-off its analogue terrestrial television services at the end of 2008. More …
News categories: Belgium, Digital TV, Terrestrial

ON Telecoms Launches IPTV in Greece, Powered by BitBand
Mar 3, 2007 – BitBand has announced that the Greek operator, ON Telecoms, has selected BitBand for the deployment of the first IPTV services in Greece. The services were launched in the Athens area on January 24, 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Greece, IPTV

Belgacom lives up to expectations in 2006
Mar 3, 2007 – In a highly competitive market, Belgacom has more than held its ground in 2006. Belgacom exceeds its expectations with 139,665 Belgacom TV customers at the end of 2006. More …
News categories: Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Poland - ADB and Osmosys MHP STB for ITI Group
Mar 3, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that they have commenced deliveries of advanced, high definition digital set-top boxes (STB) to Poland’s leading media and entertainment group ITI. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVB-S2, Middleware, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Spain - Launch of local DTT services in Basque region in 2008
Mar 1, 2007 – In the Basque region of Spain local authorities have announced that they will invite broadcasters to tender for local DTT licenses at the end of 2007 with services expected to be available by the end of 2008. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2006 Full Year Financial Results
Feb 22, 2007 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic has announced its audited financial results for the fiscal year 2006. By the end of 2006, O2 TV had 15,600 customers, and it was recently announced that this figure had increased to 20,000.
News categories: O2 Czech Republic, Broadband, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

France Leaps Ahead In European HDTV
Feb 21, 2007 – France's new 'TV of the Future' law has taken an important step towards high definition television (HDTV) on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform by allocating capacity for HD channels and mandating HD tuners in HD-Ready TV sets.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Denmark - TDC launches 35 TV channels via broadband
Feb 20, 2007 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has inaugurated Denmark's largest and most state-of-the-art interactive TV network. More than 1.6 million households will be able to link up directly to TDC TV via their broadband connection.
News categories: TDC, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV

TEO Chooses Scientific Atlanta Platforms for Rapid Launch of IPTV and DVB-T Services in Lithuania
Feb 19, 2007 – Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, has announced that TEO LT has launched both IPTV and DVB-T video services from a newly created Scientific Atlanta® digital headend.
News categories: Scientific Atlanta, TEO LT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Terrestrial