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

HDTV Market to Cross 50 Million Units by 2008, According to New Report
Jun 28, 2007 – A new report titled "HDTV: A Global Strategic Business Report", has been released by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. The report primarily focuses on HDTV capable sets (displays only) and integrated HDTV sets (displays & tuners).
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Asia, Canada, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Market Research, Smart TV, Spain, UK, USA

Digital TV in over 80% of UK homes as Freeview overtakes Sky
Jun 21, 2007 – Ofcom’s Digital Television Progress Report for the first quarter of 2007 shows that household take-up of digital TV now stands at 80.5%, up from 77.2% the previous quarter. The report also shows that Freeview is now on the main set in 8.4 million homes. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

How many will watch IPTV?
Jun 6, 2007 – At the end of 2006, Europe held the largest IPTV market share. For the four largest continental countries, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, the number of IPTV users in 2005 has doubled to some 1.65 million at the end of 2006.
News categories: InfoCom, Austria, Belgium, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

Highgate Completes Electra Entertainment Porting
May 31, 2007 – Under contract with Electra Entertainment Ltd (UK), Highgate has completed integration of Electra's interactive technology with its eGOS software stack.
News categories: Highgate, Electra Entertainment, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Jersey Telecom to provide live TV to mobile phones
May 31, 2007 – Jersey’s mobile phone users will soon be able to watch TV on their phones, wherever they are, as Jersey Telecom and its technology partner, Alcatel are planning to trial a new mobile phone television service later this year. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Satellite, UK

Hitachi Licenses MHEG Engine from S&T
May 24, 2007 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) has announced that Hitachi Europe has licensed the company’s RedKey(TM) MHEG-5 engine. Hitachi has developed a new integrated digital TV (IDTV) platform for use in both its plasma and LCD television sets. More …
News categories: Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Smart TV, UK

Vestel Reaches 25 Percent Market Share In Europe
May 24, 2007 – Turkish company Vestel, a consumer electronics producer, has reached 25 percent market share in Europe, producing 3.5 million digital receivers of the total 14 million receivers sold in Europe.
News categories: ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, Europe, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Virgin Media Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
May 9, 2007 – Digital television net additions were 75,200, following net additions of 83,900 in the previous quarter. Total TV net additions, which include analog television, were 36,100 in the quarter, down slightly from 38,500 in the previous quarter. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, UK

BBC Trust approves BBC's on-demand proposals
May 1, 2007 – The BBC Trust has today issued its final approval of the BBC Executive’s proposals for new on-demand services, with some modifications. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Streaming, UK