Spain Digital TV News

Spain - July DTT monthly update released
Jul 8, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in May, DTT receiver sales were up 35% at close to 630,000 units, giving a cumulative total of over 10.8 million, a quarter of which were bought during 2008.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Spain ends 2007 with 295,000 mobile TV subscribers
Jul 1, 2008 – According to the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT), the number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain at the end of 2007 was 3.98 million, while mobile TV, in its first year of introduction, acquired 295,246 subscribers.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

More EU households are receiving digital terrestrial television
Jun 27, 2008 – An EU-wide survey has revealed the emergence of new consumption patterns in telecoms services in Europe. More households are receiving digital terrestrial television: an increase of 5 percentage points since winter 2007 to now 12% of EU27 households.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Spain - AETIC to test interactive services for DTT platform
Jun 25, 2008 – The Asociación de Empresas de Electrónica, Tecnologías de la Información y Telecomunicaciones de España (AETIC) has presented its plans to provide testing of DVB-MHP interactive services on the DTT platform.
News categories: AETIC, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Spain, Terrestrial

Spain - Government preparing law on mobile TV
Jun 24, 2008 – The Spanish government has announced that it is preparing a law to allow for the introduction of mobile television services.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Regulation, Spain

Digital Terrestrial Television to Be Primary TV Service in 44% of Western European Households by 2012, Says ABI Research
Jun 11, 2008 – Faced with the imminent closure of analog TV services, a growing number of Western Europeans are opting for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) as a replacement.
News categories: ABI Research, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customers
Jun 9, 2008 – According to the latest research from media analysts Screen Digest, IPTV is rapidly becoming a commodity - bundled for no extra cost with a broadband and/or telephony package.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Spain - June DTT monthly update released
Jun 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the first quarter of 2008 cumulative sales of receivers in Spain exceeded the threshold of 10 million units and penetration reached 33% of households.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

ONO Q1 2008 Earnings and Operating Results
May 22, 2008 – Grupo Corporativo ONO has announced consolidated unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008. In March 2008, ONO, the most watched pay TV platform in Spain, surpassed the milestone of one million television customers.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers