Romania Digital TV News

Romania cancels tender for DTT multiplexes
Aug 31, 2010 – Following the official announcement that the switch to digital terrestrial broadcasting will be delayed by three years to 2015, Romania's Communications Authority (ANCOM) has cancelled the auction of the country's first two DTT multiplexes.
News categories: ANCOM, Content Distribution, Regulation, Romania, Terrestrial

Romania Launches Terms of Reference for DTT Multiplex Licensing
Jul 1, 2010 – Romania's communications regulator (ANCOM) has launched Terms of Reference for the selection procedure for the granting the licences for the use of spectrum for the first two DVB-T multiplexes in the country.
News categories: Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii, Regulation, Romania, Terrestrial

Amino secures set-top box contract with Romtelecom
Jun 8, 2010 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO.L) has secured a new contract to provide set-top boxes (STB) to Romtelecom, one of the most important telecom operators in Romania and leader in the fixed communications market.
News categories: Amino, Romtelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Set Top Box

Russia Leads Eastern Europe in Set Top Box Shipment Growth
May 19, 2010 – Preliminary results from IMS Research's forthcoming 2010 study on The World Market for Set-top Boxes and iDTVs has revealed that nearly 26 percent of EMEA's digital STB shipments were deployed into Eastern Europe in 2009.
News categories: IMS Research, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, Hungary, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Liberty Global adds 286k digital cable and loses 5k DTH subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter 2010. Digital cable was the strongest product with 286,000 organic additions to give 6.0 million digital cable RGUs at the end of the period.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Harmonic Powers New Digital TV Service in Romania
May 4, 2010 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Digital Cable Systems (DCS) of Romania has deployed Harmonic's market-leading digital video delivery solutions to power its new AKTA TV digital service.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, AKTA TV, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Romania

OTE Conn-x IPTV at 16k subscribers and RomTelecom DTH at 880k at end-2009
Feb 25, 2010 – The OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. As of December 2009, OTE's Conn-x IPTV service had attracted more than 16,000 subscribers. RomTelecom direct-to-home TV subscribers reached 880,000.
News categories: OTE Group, RomTelecom, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global adds 382k digital cable and 23k DTH subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 24, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter 2009. Digital cable was Liberty Global's most successful product in 2009 with 1.6 million digital cable additions, including 377,000 in the fourth quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

DCS (AKTA) to launch digital cable in Romania
Feb 11, 2010 – Digital Cable Systems S.A., operator of the AKTA TV satellite and cable TV services in Romania, plans to launch digital cable TV in March 2010, expecting to attract 10,000 customers in the first year.
News categories: AKTA TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Romania