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

UK's first TV switchover completed
Nov 14, 2007 – Whitehaven in Cumbria has become the first area of the UK to switch to all-digital television services.
News categories: Digital TV, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Tiscali - Board of Directors approves 9M07 results
Nov 13, 2007 – The Board of Directors of Tiscali has approved the results as of 30th September 2007. Following the UK IPTV launch in September on a national scale, Tiscali TV customers were 36 thousand as of October 31st.
News categories: Tiscali, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, UK

BSkyB's Next Set Top Boxes May Allow Third-Party Content
Nov 10, 2007 – James Murdoch, CEO of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC (BSY), has said that the company is working on next-generation set-top boxes which could allow consumers to watch third-party content.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, Ireland, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

SNL Kagan Publishes Global HDTV Study
Nov 8, 2007 – "Global High Definition Television Trends," a new study from SNL Kagan, reports that pay-TV operators are increasingly using HDTV service to distinguish themselves in competitive markets.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Australia, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mexico, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK, USA

BT second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2007
Nov 8, 2007 – At the end of October BT Vision had more than 60,000 customers. Further growth will be aided by the recent launch of a self install option, offering customers the choice to install BT Vision without the need for an engineer visit.
News categories: BT, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

BT Vision now available to self install
Nov 8, 2007 – BT Vision is now available for customers to self install for a one-off connection fee of just £30 - making it even better value for people looking to enjoy Freeview and a vast range of film, sport, music and television programming on-demand, with no compulsory subscription.
News categories: BT Vision, Comtrend, Broadband, IPTV, Smart Home, Terrestrial, UK

Virgin Media Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 7, 2007 – Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) announces results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Digital TV net additions were 41,700, following net additions of 40,000 in the previous quarter.
News categories: Virgin Media, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, UK

OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Nov 5, 2007 – Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million subscribers in June 2007. Broadband penetration rates increased from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
News categories: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Broadband Statistics Portal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA

British Sky Broadcasting - 1st Quarter Results
Nov 2, 2007 – Net DTH customer growth of 83,000 reflected good new DTH customer additions and, despite retail price changes, a further improvement in churn to 11.3%, the lowest for five quarters.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, AGM Statement, Broadband, Digital TV, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK