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

Majority of TV Viewing now 'On-Demand' for 1 in 4 Brits
Apr 30, 2012 – A YouGov survey of the nation's TV habits reveals that one in four (26%) Britons now claim to spend more time watching TV through 'on-demand' services, such as BBC's iPlayer, than they do watching traditional 'linear' TV.
News categories: YouGov, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming, UK

China will Overtake US in Connected TV Sales in 2014
Apr 26, 2012 – The global Connected flat-panel TV (FPTV) market will increase to 91 million units in 2012, according to Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics projects that the number of global connected FPTV households will reach 502 million by 2016.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Russia, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, USA

Digital TV conversion slows in Western Europe
Apr 12, 2012 – Western Europe will not reach full digital TV penetration until 2017, despite penetration being as high as 85% by end-2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

Netflix Brings TV Shows and Movies to Windows Phone in Latin America, UK and Ireland
Apr 11, 2012 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has released an updated, international version of the Netflix App for Windows Phone™, significantly increasing the number of devices supported by Netflix in Latin America, the UK and Ireland.
News categories: Netflix, Apps, Ireland, Latin America, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, UK

London TV switchover has begun
Apr 4, 2012 – The UK's largest digital switchover has begun across the London TV region. Digital switchover will be completed in the London region on 18 April when the remaining analogue channels will be switched off.
News categories: Digital UK, Terrestrial, UK

Orange brings its new social TV app to the UK - TVcheck
Apr 2, 2012 – Orange (Paris:FTE; NYSE:FTE) has announced that it will bring its social TV app, TVcheck, to the UK. The app combines live TV image recognition with social and gaming tools to offer a fun, innovative and social way for users to interact around TV programmes.
News categories: Orange, Apps, Mobile, Smartphone, Social TV, UK

High Definition channels in Europe on the up
Mar 29, 2012 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows the current status of the European television market. MAVISE contains data on the EU markets plus the candidates Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey.
News categories: MAVISE, European Audiovisual Observatory, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

SimpleStream to Launch OTT TV Platform in Q2 2012
Mar 21, 2012 – SimpleStream has announced that it is to launch it's own OTT consumer television platform called TVPlayer. SimpleStream will use its OTT technologies and CDN infrastructure to launch TVPlayer initially in the UK this summer.
News categories: SimpleStream, Streaming, UK, Video Exchange

BBC iPlayer launches on Xbox LIVE
Mar 20, 2012 – The BBC and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have announced the launch of the BBC's popular video-on-demand service, BBC iPlayer, on Microsoft's Xbox LIVE free platform. BBC iPlayer is now available on every major gaming platform in the UK.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Xbox, Gaming, Streaming, UK