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

Imagination Technologies launches multi-standard mobile tv receiver core with 1-seg ISDB-T support
Oct 1, 2007 – Imagination Technologies (FTSE:IMG) has announced that it has added support for the Japanese 1seg ISDB-T mobile TV standard to its licensable mobile TV IP Core.
News categories: Imagination Technologies, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

Sky announces details of proposed new entertainment and communications service
Oct 1, 2007 – Sky has announced further details of its plans to offer broadband, telephone and digital terrestrial television services under an entirely new brand - 'Picnic' - to customers across the UK.
News categories: BSkyB, Broadband, Digital TV, Terrestrial, UK

Sling Media Announces Two Additions to the Slingbox Family
Sep 27, 2007 – Sling Media has announced the availability of two new Slingbox products in the UK market - the Slingbox(TM) PRO and the Slingbox SOLO.
News categories: Sling Media, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

BBC Trust publishes provisional conclusions on the BBC's HDTV proposals
Sep 25, 2007 – The BBC Trust has published its provisional conclusions on the BBC Executive's proposals for a high definition (HD) television channel.
News categories: BBC Trust, Cable TV, IPTV, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Half of families in Western Europe are now receiving digital television
Sep 24, 2007 – Digital television in Western Europe is reaching a decisive milestone this month, overtaking the analogue system for the first time. There are now about 83 million households in the region's 20 countries receiving digital television signals out of a total of 166 million TV households.
News categories: e-Media Institute, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

ARC Acquires Alarity Corporation; Establishes Multimedia Development Center in St. Petersburg, Russia
Sep 24, 2007 – ARC International (LSE:ARK) has announced that it has acquired Alarity Corporation. Alarity is a privately held U.S. multimedia company that has a renowned team of close to 40 personnel based in St. Petersburg, Russia specializing in codec software, firmware, and advanced multimedia architectures.
News categories: ARC International, Digital TV, MandA, Russia, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, UK

Ofcom UK Digital Television Update - 2007 Q2
Sep 20, 2007 – In the three months to the end of June 2007 (Q2 2007) there were 944,000 net UK household conversions to digital television (DTV), following 870,000 additions in the previous quarter.
News categories: Digital Television Update - 2007 Q2 [pdf], Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

BBC Trust Unit publishes Public Value Assessment of BBC's HDTV proposals
Sep 18, 2007 – The BBC Trust Unit has published its Public Value Assessment (PVA) of the BBC's proposals for a high definition television (HDTV) channel.
News categories: BBC Trust, PVA Document, MIA (Ofcom), BBC HDTV Proposal, Cable TV, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

CompleteTV announces IPTV licensing deal with Surbhi
Sep 14, 2007 – CompleteTV has announced that it has formed an agreement with Surbhi BroadBand, an Indian cable and communication equipment manufacturer, to license its latest Set Top Media Centre (STMC) technology for the Indian market.
News categories: CompleteTV, Digital TV, IBCShow, India, IPTV, Set Top Box, Software, UK