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

Sky Player TV Uses Microsoft Silverlight and PlayReady Technology
Dec 4, 2008 – Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and BSkyB (LSE:BSY) have announced that Microsoft Silverlight and PlayReady technologies are enabling Sky Player TV, Sky's new online TV service.
News categories: BSkyB, Microsoft, Digital TV, Ireland, Media Player, Streaming, UK

Parks Associates research shows U.K. the Leading European Nation for DVRs
Dec 2, 2008 – The United Kingdom is the first European nation to adopt digital video recorders (DVRs) in significant numbers, according to international research firm Parks Associates' new study Entertainment 2.0 in Europe.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Spain, UK

Switchover completed in Scottish Borders
Nov 20, 2008 – The final stage of digital TV switchover in the Scottish Borders has been completed, extending digital terrestrial television (Freeview) coverage to all households served by the Selkirk transmitter group.
News categories: Digital UK, Terrestrial, UK

UK leading internationally as a digitally advanced nation
Nov 20, 2008 – UK consumers are embracing new digital TV services, such as High Definition TV and Digital Video Recorders, alongside many other leading economies across the world, new Ofcom research reveals.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Regulation, Satellite, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

ITV signs catch-up deal for BT Vision
Nov 17, 2008 – ITV (LSE:ITV) has signed a new agreement with BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) to supply a range of current and library programming to customers of BT's digital TV service, BT Vision - ITV's first deal of this type with a set top box VOD operator.
News categories: BT Vision, ITV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

BT Second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – BT Vision (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) now has 340,000 customers. Of the new customers added in the quarter, an average of 83% chose to take a subscription pack, nearly three times as many as last year. September also saw the launch of a new HD movie service.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Stage one of UK switchover completed
Nov 7, 2008 – The first stage of UK digital TV switchover has been completed in the Scottish Borders and the technical process ran smoothly, Digital UK has confirmed.
News categories: Digital UK, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

Virgin Media Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 6, 2008 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Total TV net additions were 37,800 in the quarter (Q2-08: 24,800; Q3-07: 20,400).
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Entropic's Channel Stacking Switch Technology Tapped by BSkyB and Global Invacom for New Multi-Switch
Nov 6, 2008 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has chosen Global Invacom to supply its new four-channel satellite channel router (SCR) incorporating Entropic's Channel Stacking Switch (CSS) technology.
News categories: Entropic Communications, BSkyB, Global Invacom, Digital TV, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, UK