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

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

Sony launches PlayTV DTT PVR box for the PS3
Sep 19, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment has launched its PlayTV box in the UK, Germany, Italy and Poland. PlayTV allows a Playstation 3 to act as a dual-tuner terrestrial free-to-air PVR.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayTV, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Germany, Italy, Poland, Terrestrial, UK

BSkyB cancels plans for pay-TV channels on UK DTT
Sep 12, 2008 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has shelved plans to launch three pay channels on Freeview, the digital terrestrial television platform in teh UK, under the brandname Picnic.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

HD TV sales surpass 10 million in UK
Sep 11, 2008 – In May, cumulative sales of HDTVs to date surpassed 10 million (with a total that was much nearer 11 million by the end of June). GfK Retail and Technology expects the cumulative total to be approaching 15 million by the end of 2008.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, UK

BBC iPlayer offered on Nokia N96
Sep 8, 2008 – From October 1st, users of the Nokia N96 who download a custom application from the BBC website will be able to run the BBC iPlayer on their mobile phones.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Mobile, Streaming, UK

Freewire, the Largest IPTV Service in UK, Now Protected by SecureMedia
Sep 8, 2008 – SecureMedia and Inuk Networks have announced that Freewire, the popular IPTV service in operation at over 40 university campuses across the UK, is now protected by SecureMedia Encryptonite One™ System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Inuk Networks, Freewire, Content Protection, IBCShow, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Ekioh UI Engine integral part of latest Freewire IPTV STB service
Sep 3, 2008 – Ekioh has announced that the Inuk Networks Freewire IPTV service, running on STBs using the Ekioh UI Engine, has been rolled out in several UK locations. The Ekioh UI Engine utilises the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) open standard from the W3C.
News categories: Ekioh, Inuk Networks, Freewire, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, UK

7 Out of 10 People who Own a DVR Say They Can't Live Without It According to NDS Survey
Sep 3, 2008 – More than 70% of DVR owners say that they cannot live without their DVR, according to a survey commissioned by NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS). Consumers in the UK, US, Italy and Australia were questioned using a mix of phone, street and online interviews.
News categories: NDS Group, Consumer Analysis Group, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, UK, USA

BBC Research: world's first reception of HD pictures over DTT using DVB-T2
Sep 1, 2008 – On the 60th birthday of BBC Kingswood Warren, engineers from BBC Research & Innovation succeeded in demonstrating a working real-time demodulator capable of receiving signals compliant to the DVB-T2 standard for the very first time.
News categories: BBC Research, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK