Portugal Digital TV News

Portugal Telecom Selects Ruckus Wireless as the Standard for In-home Wireless Distribution of National IPTV Service
Oct 8, 2007 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that Portugal Telecom (NYSE: PT) has selected and is now offering the Ruckus MediaFlex "Smart Wi-Fi" system as the wireless standard for IPTV distribution to over three million Portuguese households.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, Portugal Telecom, BBWF, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Smart Home

PT Multimédia First Nine Months 2007 Results
Oct 5, 2007 – Pay-TV customers reached 1,521 thousand at the end of September 2007, with net additions of 26 thousand in 3Q07, as compared to net additions of 7 thousand in the same period last year.
News categories: PT Multimédia, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Portugal - Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in public consultation
Sep 3, 2007 – The public consultations which cover the process of introducing digital terrestrial television in Portugal are open until 15 October 2007.
News categories: ANACOM, GMCS, Digital TV, Portugal, Terrestrial, TV Services

Portuguese govt approves draft bill to launch tender for terrestrial digital TV
Aug 29, 2007 – The Portuguese government has approved a draft bill to launch a tender for terrestrial digital TV, an official at the public works ministry said.
News categories: Digital TV, Portugal, Terrestrial

Optimus launches Mobile TV in high definition (Mobile TV HD)
Aug 22, 2007 – Optimus is launching a television in high definition service. This service allows one to watch television on the mobile phone with a superior image and sound quality, since the encoding used is more than double that defined by the Mobile TV standard.
News categories: Optimus, Digital TV, Mobile, Portugal

Portugal - Subscription television signals distribution services by cable and satellite grow in second quarter
Aug 13, 2007 – At the end of June, in Portugal there were 1,897 million subscribers to the distribution of subscription television signals service supported by cable distribution networks or satellite (DTH), a year-on-year increase of 6.5% and a quarterly increase of 0.9%.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Portugal - TVTEL launches DTH satellite TV
Aug 1, 2007 – The commercial phase of the TVTEL DTH satellite television service has begun, after completion of a testing phase which started in May.
News categories: Digital TV, Portugal, Satellite

TVI and Vodafone Complete DVB-H Trials in Portugal
Jun 17, 2007 – TVI Portugal and Vodafone Portugal have completed successful trials of digital television broadcasts to mobile phones using Thomson’s (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) interactive service platforms and Mobile TV head-end products. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Portugal

Triple-play: PT Comunicações launches 'meo'
Jun 14, 2007 – PT Comunicações has launched its triple-play service - meo - an integrated offer of television, Internet and telephone at one single price, one invoice and integrated assistance.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, meo, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal