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

European Commission paves the way for European mobile satellite services
May 14, 2009 – The European Commission has selected two operators, Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobile, to provide mobile satellite services, such as high-speed internet access, mobile television and radio or emergency communications, across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Inmarsat, Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Cabot middleware to support Freesat
May 13, 2009 – Cabot is extending its middleware suite to support Freesat, the first British free-to-air satellite service which provides around 200 television and radio channels, including High Definition (HD) broadcasts.
News categories: Cabot, Freesat, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK

Elonics secures additional $1.1m equity finance as markets develop
May 12, 2009 – As market demand increases for Elonics products, investors have contributed a further $1.1m to develop the sales and operational support infrastructure now required for its growing global customer base.
News categories: Elonics, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, UK, Venture Capital

Freesat nears 400,000 sales mark after first year
May 7, 2009 – The UK's Freesat subscription-free digital satellite TV service has celebrated its first birthday. Sales are on track to reach 400,000 units.
News categories: Freesat, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

Virgin Media adds 41,400 digital TV subscribers in Q1
May 5, 2009 – Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Total TV net additions were 30,600 in the quarter. At the quarter-end, the company had 611,900 V+ DVR subscribers, a 17% penetration of digital subscribers.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

BSkyB adds 80k subscribers in quarter to end-March
May 1, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) net customer additions for the quarter ended 31 March 2009 were 80,000 taking the total base to 9.318 million. Gross customer additions were 13% higher year-on-year at 327,000 and churn was 10.6%.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

HD content comes to BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media
May 1, 2009 – The BBC and Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) have announced the launch of High Definition (HD) content on BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media.
News categories: Virgin Media, BBC iPlayer, Cable TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Sky+HD passes 1 million homes after record growth
Apr 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the total number of Sky+HD customers has passed the 1 million mark for the first time after record sales in the first three months of 2009.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

UK - BBC HD comes to BBC iPlayer
Apr 20, 2009 – The BBC HD channel is now available via BBC iPlayer, enabling users to stream HD programmes for seven days after first broadcast, or download and watch them within 30 days.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK