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

Western Europe smashes through 100 million digital homes barrier
Aug 5, 2008 – Research published by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households broke the 50% barrier in 2007. Informa forecasts that digital homes in the region will reach 104 million by the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

BT first quarter to June 30, 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – Revenue for BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) was 3 per cent higher at £5,177 million in the quarter. The roll out of the BT Vision television service continued during the quarter, with customer numbers reaching 282,000 at June 30, 2008.
News categories: BT Vision, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

BSkyB results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – In the three months to 30 June 2008 British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) net customer additions were 92,000, bringing the total customer base to 8.98 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Triple-play operators must overcome content and branding hurdles, says Analysys Mason
Jul 24, 2008 – The triple-play (voice, Internet and pay TV) market is not reaching its full potential. Content and branding issues are hampering operator strategies to increase customer numbers, according to the latest report by Analysys Mason.
News categories: Analysys Mason, Broadband, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Norway, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

Heavy investment in Europe's cable industry begins to pay off
Jul 22, 2008 – Europe's cable industry is now in a position to compete in the increasingly competitive pay TV market place according to the latest report from media analyst Screen Digest.
News categories: Screen Digest, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Private Equity, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

Virgin Media delivers 10.5 million views on BBC iPlayer in June
Jul 21, 2008 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) has announced that there have been 10.5 million views of BBC programmes via iPlayer since it was made fully available on its TV platform in June.
News categories: Virgin Media, BBC iPlayer, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Introducing UK's FetchTV
Jul 14, 2008 – Fetch TV is planning to launch in early autumn of this year, offering a combination of Freeview digital TV and radio, digital recording and archiving, plus on demand content from TV channels and movie studios.
News categories: Entertainment UK, IP Vision, Fetch TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Two-thirds of all UK television sets now linked to digital
Jul 11, 2008 – Over two-thirds (68%) of the 60 million television sets in the UK are now digitally-linked via cable, satellite or digital terrestrial - according to the latest figures from Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Ocean Blue supports Freeview+ PVR software & HD standard
Jul 10, 2008 – Ocean Blue Software has announced full support for the UK DTG hard disk based set top software standard and rebranding to Freeview+ with updated versions of its software for STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and NXP chipsets.
News categories: Ocean Blue Software, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK