Spain Digital TV News

Thomson DVB-H Mobile TV solutions pass trials with Orange Spain
Mar 22, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE; TMS) has announced that Orange Spain has completed successful technical trials using Thomson’s mobile TV solutions in conjunction with Viaccess solution for secured content protection, Purple-TV. More …
News categories: Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, Spain

Spain - MHP stays mainly on the plain
Mar 22, 2007 – Just 514 DTT receivers out of 437,000 sold in the Spanish market during the last quarter of 2006 were MHP-enabled. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Middleware, Spain, Terrestrial

Spain - ONO Fourth quarter and full year 2006 results
Mar 15, 2007 – Cable television customers increased by 10,000 or 1.2% in the quarter to reach 924,000 as of 31 December 2006. At the end of the year 2006 88% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Spain - 3.8 million DTT receivers sold since launch
Mar 8, 2007 – The latest figures published by the DTT promotions organisation, Impulsa TDT, show that over 3.8 million DTT receivers have been sold in Spain.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain - Launch of local DTT services in Basque region in 2008
Mar 1, 2007 – In the Basque region of Spain local authorities have announced that they will invite broadcasters to tender for local DTT licenses at the end of 2007 with services expected to be available by the end of 2008. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Spain, Terrestrial

The Kudelski Group achieves strongest-ever financial results in 2006
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX KUD.VX) has announced strongest-ever 2006 results. For the first time, Digital TV broke the CHF 500 million revenue mark, with a particularly robust development in Europe, growing by 17% compared to the previous year.
News categories: Kudelski, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Middleware, Mobile, Poland, Results, Romania, Satellite, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Spain, Streaming, USA

Spain - Commercial launch of DVB-H services in 2008?
Feb 14, 2007 – The Spanish government has announced its intention to approve the necessary legislation to allow for the introduction of DVB-H services. These services could begin at the end of 2007 or early 2008.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Spain

Irdeto Participates in First Joint Mobile TV Trial in Spain
Feb 14, 2007 – Irdeto has announced the successful conclusion of laboratory trials of the Irdeto Mobile Broadcast conditional access system with Abertis Telecom.
News categories: Irdeto, Abertis Telecom, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile, MWC24, Spain

Sogecable Consolidated results as of December 31st 2006
Feb 13, 2007 – As of December 31st 2006, Sogecable reaches 2,044,000 DIGITAL+ subscribers, adding more then 38,000 net in the quarter. In 2006, subscriber growth has been resumed and 84,000 new net subscribers have joined the service within the year.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers