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

Ready To Play With Global Digital Broadcast's UK IPTV Service
Jul 7, 2008 – The long awaited channel line up for the UK's first open, consumer, IPTV service, PlayTV UK, is now being released. Powered by the Global Digital Broadcast (GDBTV) network, PlayTV UK offers free to view channels and a number of pay packages.
News categories: Global Digital Broadcast, PlayTV UK, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Freeview re-brands its subscription-free recorders Freeview+
Jul 3, 2008 – Freeview has announced the re-branding of its Freeview Playback digital TV recorders (DTRs) as Freeview+. With the re-brand, Freeview plans to further accelerate the growth of the DTR market which is currently growing 76% year on year.
News categories: Freeview, DVR, Terrestrial, UK

UK - Set Top Box sales increasing
Jul 1, 2008 – Volume sales of Set Top Boxes grew to 4.9 million in the year ending April 2008 in the UK, increasing from 4.1 million the previous year. Value sales also grew from £169.1 million to £172.9 million over the same period, according to GfK.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Elonics, the CMOS RF Company, Secures New Funding for Product Development
Jun 30, 2008 – Elonics, the CMOS RF tuner company, has secured an additional 1 million USD of Series A, second close finance. The funding is being provided by a consortium of investors.
News categories: Elonics, Semiconductor, UK, Venture Capital

More EU households are receiving digital terrestrial television
Jun 27, 2008 – An EU-wide survey has revealed the emergence of new consumption patterns in telecoms services in Europe. More households are receiving digital terrestrial television: an increase of 5 percentage points since winter 2007 to now 12% of EU27 households.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview
Jun 27, 2008 – The BBC has begun DVB-T2 test transmissions from the Guildford transmitter southwest of London, in preparation for HD on Freeview.
News categories: BBC, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Terrestrial, UK

BBC sets sights on Apple over web video
Jun 26, 2008 – The BBC is developing plans to bring web video such as its iPlayer catch-up service on to television screens, in a move that would take its online ambitions to a new level and pit the corporation against technology groups such as Apple.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Digital TV, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Rosum Corporation Announces Successful DVB-H Positioning Trial in Collaboration With UK's National Grid Wireless
Jun 25, 2008 – Rosum Corporation has completed a DVB-H positioning trial with National Grid Wireless. The companies utilized DVB-H mobile TV broadcasts to precisely locate receivers, including in multi-storey car parks where GPS-based solutions are unavailable.
News categories: National Grid Wireless, Rosum Corporation, Mobile, UK

27 Million People Watched More Than 3.5 Billion Videos Online in the U.K. in March 2008
Jun 25, 2008 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 27.4 million U.K. Internet users viewed 3.5 billion videos online in March 2008.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK