UK (United Kingdom, Great Britain & Northern Ireland) Digital TV News

Sky TV Goes Online and Mobile for all 10 million customers
Jun 10, 2011 – From next month, all Sky TV customers will have the opportunity to watch BSkyB (LSE:BSY) channels and programmes on PCs, laptops, mobiles and tablets at no extra charge.
News categories: BSkyB, Mobile, Satellite, Streaming, Tablet, UK

Reducing interference between digital TV and future mobile services
Jun 2, 2011 – The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) has set out proposals to ensure that digital TV delivered through a roof top aerial can function alongside the next generation of mobile services to be rolled out from 2013.
News categories: Ofcom, Mobile, Regulation, Terrestrial, UK

onwave launches satellite triple-play to bring digital services to every UK household
Jun 1, 2011 – onwave has announced the launch of its satellite based triple play packages in the UK. The company is launching uniformly high quality packages of digital TV, home phone and up to 10Mb broadband for every UK household, regardless of location.
News categories: Eutelsat, onwave, Broadband, Digital TV, Satellite, Streaming, UK

Harvard International partners with ANT to deliver technology led STB innovation
May 25, 2011 – Harvard International (LSE AIM:HAR) has announced a partnership with ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) to develop set-top box software. The software will provide HD PVR functionality and enable services that combine digital media with broadband internet access.
News categories: ANT plc, Harvard, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

U.K. and French Broadcasters Take the Lead in European OTT Video Market
May 25, 2011 – An analysis of Europe's largest over-the-top (OTT) video markets by SNL Kagan finds the U.K. and France leading Europe's emerging OTT deployments, invigorating both free and pay-TV competitive dynamics from which new business models are emerging.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Streaming, UK

InfoCom says Satellite TV to overtake CaTV by 2015 in Western Europe
May 12, 2011 – InfoCom expects that by 2015, satellite TV will overtake CaTV in terms of TV households, with satellite platforms expected to total 52.4m compared to CaTV, expected to top to 47.6m.
News categories: InfoCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Tesco takes majority stake in blinkbox
Apr 20, 2011 – Tesco (LSE:TSCO) has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in video-on-demand pioneer blinkbox. blinkbox is the UK's leading movie streaming service, offering thousands of titles streamed on the internet to 2m users each month.
News categories: Tesco, blinkbox, MandA, Streaming, UK

Blu-ray 3D Spending Booms This Year in U.S. and Major European Economies
Apr 15, 2011 – Consumer spending on Blu-ray Discs 3D (BD3D) in 2011 is forecast to rise 533 percent across the four markets of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, according to new IHS Screen Digest research.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, France, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, UK, USA

Court of Justice ruling means PVRs escape EU customs duty
Apr 14, 2011 – The European Court of Justice has ruled that for customs purposes decoders with a hard disk drive are set-top boxes and not recording apparatus and so are exempt from customs duties instead of being subject to a rate of 13.9%.
News categories: European Court of Justice, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK