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

Winbox Technologies and CinemaNow Partner to Provide Premium VoD Services
Aug 29, 2008 – Winbox Technologies and CinemaNow have partnered to allow the delivery of CinemaNow content over broadband directly to televisions via OEM set-top boxes build on the Winbox technology platform.
News categories: CinemaNow, Winbox, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Digital TV Labs Delivers DVB-T2 Receiver Testing
Aug 25, 2008 – Digital terrestrial receiver and chip manufacturers can now test RF front-end performance against the new DVB-T2 specification with the launch of Digital TV labs DVB-T2 Virtual RF Test Suite.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

BBC to offer "series stacking"
Aug 23, 2008 – The BBC is to offer viewers the chance to catch up on every episode of some of their favourite series as 'series stacking' is introduced to BBC iPlayer and programme sites from 13 September 2008.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

Ofcom releases UK Communications Market annual report
Aug 14, 2008 – According to Ofcom's latest annual report into the UK's £51 billion communications industry, at the end of 2007 nearly 6 million households (23%) had a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) up by 53% in a year.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

BBC iPlayer now supports H.264
Aug 12, 2008 – Starting this week, the BBC will be encoding iPlayer content in H.264 format at 800Kbps. In addition, the media player will support hardware acceleration in full-screen mode, giving a greatly improved image at lower CPU usage than before.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

UK - DTG updates D-Book
Aug 8, 2008 – The DTG has announced the release of D-Book 5.01. The 'D-Book' sets out the detailed technical standards for digital terrestrial television in the UK.
News categories: DTG, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Virgin Media Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Total TV net additions were 24,800 in the quarter. During the quarter, Virgin Media added 60,700 V+ DVR subscribers to reach an installed base of 424,900.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Commission starts selection procedure for operators of pan-European mobile satellite services
Aug 7, 2008 – A competition for providers of communication services via satellite across Europe has been launched by the European Commission. Satellite operators will be able to offer services, such as mobile TV, under a single European selection procedure.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Manx Telecom to offer digital TV service
Aug 7, 2008 – Manx Telecom says it will soon be possible to watch digital TV using its broadband network.
News categories: Manx Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, UK