Ukraine Digital TV News

Divan.TV OTT service launches in Ukraine
Jul 23, 2011 – Divan.TV has announced a new OTT product for Eastern Europe. The company will offer the service via a media player connected to the TV, offering television, VOD, messaging, internet, video conferencing, e-commerce apps, payments, etc.
News categories: Divan.TV, Aventures Capital, Set Top Box, Streaming, Ukraine

SES ASTRA Signs Capacity Agreement for Video Delivery to Ukraine via 31.5° East
Dec 13, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris; LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has signed a capacity agreement for video delivery with Ukraine's state owned Ukrkosmos. SES ASTRA will achieve 100 percent cable-coverage in Ukraine via its 31.5°E orbital position.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Ukrkosmos, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Satellite, Ukraine

Ukraine awards DTT transmission contract
Dec 8, 2010 – The National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine has awarded the licence to build the country's digital terrestrial television (DTT) transmission infrastructure to Zeonbud.
News categories: National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, Ukraine

SMIT's First Conax CI+ CAM for VOLIA Cable
Nov 2, 2010 – SMiT has initiated supply of their Conax CI+ Chipset Pairing CAM (SECURE PLUS CAM) to VOLIA -- the number one cable operator in Ukraine.
News categories: Shenzhen State Micro Technology, Volia, Conax, Cable TV, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Smart TV, Ukraine

IPNET launches IPTV in Ukraine
Aug 15, 2010 – IPNET, the leading operator of telecommunication services in Kiev, has launched an IPTV offering to its subscribers. The service consists of 120 channels. IPNET uses MAG200 set-top boxes from local supplier Infomir.
News categories: IPNET, Infomir, IPTV, Set Top Box, Ukraine

Alcatel-Lucent and ETHER demo DVB-SH over UHF in Ukraine
May 12, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE:ALU) and Ukrainian Television and Radio Company ETHER have successfully completed field tests that demonstrated for the first time in a live network the viability of the DVB-SH format using the UHF band.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Mobile, Ukraine

Viasat Nordic DTH down 15,000 in 1Q10
Apr 20, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 March 2010. For the period, Viasat added 3,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 8,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Velton Telecom of the Ukraine relies on Alcatel-Lucent for IPTV launch
Feb 25, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Ukraine's Velton Telecom is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava, utilizing the Microsoft Mediaroom platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Velton Telecom, Alexander Tikhonov, Anatoly Protsyuk, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Ukraine

Switching to Digital TV in Russia and Ukraine
Feb 19, 2010 – The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published a new report on the work in progress to prepare the switch-over process in Russia and Ukraine.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Digital TV, Market Research, Russia, Terrestrial, Ukraine