Sweden Digital TV News

Solaris Mobile ready to take Europe into a new age of mobile services
Oct 7, 2008 – Solaris Mobile has announced that the company has submitted to the European Commission a comprehensive application in response to the Commission's call for applications for pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services.
News categories: Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Sweden - Strong competition for Boxer in Q3
Oct 7, 2008 – At the end of September, Sweden's Boxer pay DTT service had 696,000 subscribers, a decrease of 5,000 in the third quarter, though still 3,000 more than at the same date last year. Boxer has also approved its first terrestrial PVR (from Sagem).
News categories: Boxer, Sagem, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Protection of pay-TV services: Europe-wide protection against conditional-access piracy still indispensable, says Commission report
Oct 6, 2008 – In a changing market, it remains essential for the roll-out of pay-TV services that conditional-access systems be protected at European level against piracy. This is the verdict of a report published today by the European Commission.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

Record demand for Com Hem's HDTV service
Oct 2, 2008 – Since August 2008, when Com Hem launched its marketing campaign for high-definition, 60 percent of digital-television customers have opted for HDTV. Com Hem expects a doubling of the number of HDTV customers by the end of the year.
News categories: Com Hem, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Sweden

TeliaSonera Selects the Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi System for its Nordic IPTV Services
Sep 29, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless™ has announced that TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has selected its MediaFlex™ Smart Wi-Fi system to provide customers with wireless distribution of the 'Telia Digital-TV' IPTV service throughout their homes.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, TeliaSonera, BBWF, Denmark, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Router, Smart Home, Sweden

Boxer MHEG Announcement Welcomed by IMPALA
Sep 29, 2008 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has welcomed the recent announcement by Sweden-based pay-TV group Boxer that it has selected MHEG-5 as the interactive middleware to be included in all products marketed to receive its TV packages.
News categories: Boxer, IMPALA, Denmark, Digital TV, Ireland, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Sweden, Terrestrial

IPTV in Wonderland
Sep 24, 2008 – The latest report from Screen Digest examines the challenges faced by telcos and their IPTV services in 26 countries across Europe. 'IPTV Business Models: Profit and Loss in the Telco TV Space' discusses the likely success of their strategies.
News categories: Screen Digest, Belgium, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

Boxer includes MHEG-5 in receiver specification
Sep 18, 2008 – The DTT service operator Boxer will include the MHEG-5 format for interactivity in its technical specification for DTT receivers.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Ireland, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

SMiT to deliver a terrestrial HD STB operated by IWEDIA's Comedia middleware and secured by Viaccess' ACS 3.0
Sep 12, 2008 – SMiT, a provider of digital TV devices and a well-known supplier of Viaccess CAMs, has announced that it will be delivering a terrestrial high-definition set-top box operated by IWEDIA's Comedia middleware and secured by Viaccess' ACS 3.0.
News categories: IWEDIA, Viaccess, SMiT, Conditional Access, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial