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

UK - Tiscali eyes half a million users with IPTV revamp
Jan 3, 2007 – Internet firm Tiscali is hoping to attract half a million users with its revamped TV-over-broadband offering over the next two years and is in talks to show Irish pay-TV firm Setanta's sports content.
News categories: Tiscali, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, UK

Sky+ breaks through 2 million boxes
Jan 2, 2007 – British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) has announced that the total number of Sky+ boxes installed in customers' homes has broken through 2 million for the first time.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

IPTV Subscribers Grow 19% in 3Q06!
Dec 29, 2006 – According to DITTBERNER's recently released report "Global Broadband Subscriber Survey", IPTV subscribers grew 19% to 2.7 Million in 3Q06. PCCW with 638,000 subscribers was the largest IPTV operator.
News categories: DITTBERNER, Belgium, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Morocco, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Three out of four UK households now watch digital television
Dec 20, 2006 – Ofcom has published its 'Communications Market: Digital Television Progress Report' for the third quarter of 2006. The report shows that by the end of September 73.3% of UK television households viewed digital TV on their main set.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, UK

BT Selects Microsoft TV as Software Platform for TV Over Broadband in the United Kingdom
Jun 28, 2005 – Microsoft and BT have announced BT’s intention to use the Microsoft TV Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Edition software platform to deliver TV over broadband in the United Kingdom. BT plans to trial TV over broadband in early 2006.
News categories: Microsoft, BT, Moshe Lichtman, Gavin Patterson, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, UK