Italy Digital TV News

EU Member States on course for analogue terrestrial TV switch-off
Feb 16, 2009 – The switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV transmission in Europe is well on track. Switch-off has already been completed in five Member States and by 2010 the process should be well advanced in the whole EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Turin DVB-SH trial enables a perfect blend of satellite and terrestrial networks for mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – The DVB-SH trial launched by RAI, 3 Italia, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Eutelsat has shown excellent results. The initial results demonstrated high reception performance for the technology for mobile TV on commercial terminals.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Eutelsat, 3 Italia, RAI, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite

Italy - December 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Feb 5, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of December 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

News Corporation (SKY Italia) Reports Second Quarter
Feb 5, 2009 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2008. SKY Italia net subscriber additions were 322,000 over the past 12 months giving 4.7 million at quarter-end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Fastweb, Telecom Italia and Wind found the IPTV Association
Jan 23, 2009 – Fastweb (Milan:FWB), Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT, NYSE:TI) and Wind have founded the Associazione Italiana degli operatori IPTV (Italian Association of IPTV Providers) in order to foster the use of IPTV in Italy.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Fastweb, Wind, Associazione Italiana degli operatori IPTV, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Italy - November 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Jan 9, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of November 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Tiscali closes Italian IPTV service
Dec 29, 2008 – Italian ISP Tiscali will suspend its IPTV service Tiscali TV for an undetermined period, starting from 1 January 2009, according to Italian press reports.
News categories: Tiscali, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

RAI launches DVB-T2 trial in Turin
Dec 16, 2008 – Italy's public broadcaster, RAI, has launched a DVB-T2 trial in Turin using equipment from SIDSA and Screen Service.
News categories: RAI, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Italy, Terrestrial