Italy Digital TV News

Italy - July 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Sep 15, 2008 – 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 July 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

3 Italia selects Alcatel-Lucent to expand and optimize its DVB-H Mobile TV network
Sep 11, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has signed a turnkey equipment and services contract with 3 Italia. Alcatel-Lucent's solution will enable 3 Italia to increase the coverage of its DVB-H Mobile TV network, while optimizing network efficiency.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, 3 Italia, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile

Gemalto Combines SIM Card and DVD to Facilitate Mobile Internet Use for WIND Subscribers in Italy
Sep 11, 2008 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) has announced that it is providing Italian mobile operator WIND with Smart Video Card, a technological breakthrough that embeds a DVD-compliant optical disc into the card body of a regular SIM card.
News categories: Gemalto, WIND, CAM, Digital TV, DVD, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile

AvMap Selects Siano as Mobile TV Enabler For Connected GPS Devices
Sep 10, 2008 – Mobile TV chip maker Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that it has been selected by AvMap to provide mobile TV functionality for its Geosat 6. The first customer for the mobile TV enabled Geosat 6 device is the Peugeot 207 Energie Sport car model.
News categories: Siano Mobile Silicon, AvMap, Automotive, Digital TV, IBCShow, Italy, Mobile, Semiconductor

Vestel Selects Osmosys Java Based Middleware to Power Integrated Digital TV Devices
Sep 10, 2008 – Osmosys (SWX: ADBN) has announced that Vestel (Istanbul: VESTL) has selected its DVB-MHP middleware and Navigator software to power its integrated digital TV sets (IDTVs). Vestel will roll out the TVs to the Italian DTT market.
News categories: Osmosys, Vestel, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IBCShow, Italy, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial

From 26.3 Million Mobile TV Users in 2007 to 51.6 Million at the End of 2008
Sep 4, 2008 – On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial broadcast Mobile TV networks, Issue No 5 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service calculates that the end 2008 Mobile TV user count will be 51.6 million.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Austria, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Switzerland, USA

7 Out of 10 People who Own a DVR Say They Can't Live Without It According to NDS Survey
Sep 3, 2008 – More than 70% of DVR owners say that they cannot live without their DVR, according to a survey commissioned by NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS). Consumers in the UK, US, Italy and Australia were questioned using a mix of phone, street and online interviews.
News categories: NDS Group, Consumer Analysis Group, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, UK, USA

Swisscom releases January-June 2008 Interim Report
Aug 13, 2008 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) posted a 17.6% increase in revenue to CHF 5,991 million for the first half of 2008. At the end of June 2008 'Bluewin TV' had 80,000 paying customers, up from around 40,000 at the end of June 2007.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Telecom Italia: Board of Directors examines and adopts Group first-half report for 2008
Aug 8, 2008 – Telecom Italia (Italy:TIT)(NYSE:TI) revenues were down 3.3% at €14,838 million, from €15,337 million in H1 2007. The IPTV service continued penetrating the consumer market with a portfolio of 180,000 clients, up 100,000 compared with Y/E 2007.
News categories: Telecom Italia, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers