EU (European Union) Digital TV News

France - CSA publishes DTT coverage roll-out for 2007
Jan 9, 2007 – The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has developed the DTT coverage roadmap for 2007. The roadmap establishes which regions will have access to DTT services in the first part of the year.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

Intellon Announces 12 Service Providers Worldwide Now Deploying Intellon HomePlug® ICs for IPTV Applications
Jan 2, 2007 – Intellon has announced that 12 service providers in Europe and Asia are now using Intellon™'s HomePlug ICs for in-home IPTV distribution.
News categories: Intellon, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, Iceland, IPTV, Korea, Poland, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Taiwan

Sky+ breaks through 2 million boxes
Jan 2, 2007 – British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) has announced that the total number of Sky+ boxes installed in customers' homes has broken through 2 million for the first time.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

IPTV Subscribers Grow 19% in 3Q06!
Dec 29, 2006 – According to DITTBERNER's recently released report "Global Broadband Subscriber Survey", IPTV subscribers grew 19% to 2.7 Million in 3Q06. PCCW with 638,000 subscribers was the largest IPTV operator.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Belgium, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Morocco, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Spain - 2.6 million DTT receivers sold
Dec 27, 2006 – According to the latest figures announced by Impulsa TDT, the DTT promotions group in Spain, over 2.6 million DTT receivers had been sold by the end of October 2006.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Spain, Terrestrial

France - CSA opens public consultation on HD/DTT
Dec 19, 2006 – The broadcast regulator Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has decided to open a public consultation on high-definition television services on the terrestrial platform.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

France - DVB-H testing in Metz
Dec 19, 2006 – The broadcast regulator, Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), has authorised the network operator TDF to undertake DVB-H testing in Metz.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Mobile

Sky Italia ordered to license set-box software to rivals
Dec 19, 2006 – Italy's communications authority has ordered News Corp's satellite pay-TV unit Sky Italia to licence its set-top box encryption software to rival set-top suppliers, authority sources said.
News categories: Sky Italia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Super TV IPTV for 70% of Denmark
Dec 14, 2006 – TDC initiates its most ambitious commitment to television via broadband to date. More than 1.8 million households will get access to a new generation of TDC TV which then becomes the largest cable-based television network in the country.
News categories: TDC, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV