Digital TV News: BT Vision

Pace debuts second-generation BT Vision set-top box
Jan 14, 2010 – Pace plc (LSE:PIC) has announced that its second-generation set-top box for the BT Vision IPTV service is now available for BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) customers. The sleek black device, named Vision+, is the latest example of Pace's pioneering hybrid products.
News categories: Pace plc, BT Vision, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

A Canvas-type proposition will reach 3.5m homes by 2014
Oct 28, 2009 – Analysis from Screen Digest focuses on the prospects for a project Canvas-type venture in the UK. Screen Digest believes that a hybrid open IPTV platform such as that proposed by the BBC and its partners will reach 3.5 million homes by 2014.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

8 out of 10 UK TV screens now get digital
Sep 29, 2009 – A surge in the conversion of secondary TV sets boosted the total number of UK digitally-enabled TV sets to 80 per cent by the end of June 2009 (up by seven percentage points in three months), new Ofcom research has revealsed.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

BT Vision adds 10k subscribers in quarter to end-June
Jul 30, 2009 – BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) has released results for the first quarter to 30 June 2009. BT Vision net additions were 38,000 in the quarter before adjusting for inactive customers. After these adjustments, the customer base was 433,000 at quarter-end.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Nine million digital video recorders sold in the UK
Jun 29, 2009 – Latest research from Ofcom reveals that more viewers are taking greater control over the way they watch television as the total number of digital video recorders sold reaches almost nine million (8.9 million).
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

BT Vision adds 47k installations in first three months of 2009
May 14, 2009 – BT Group (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) has released preliminary results for the fourth quarter and year to 31 March 2009. The BT Vision customer base reached 423,000 customers at 31 March 2009.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Half of UK TV households choosing pay TV
Apr 6, 2009 – Almost half of all television households in the UK are now choosing to pay for access to additional television channels, with satellite and cable services driving growth of digital TV according to new research from Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

BT cleared to offer full triple-play
Mar 19, 2009 – Ofcom has proposed that BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) should be allowed to sell a 'bundle' of phone, broadband and television services, lifting regulatory controls that have existed since privatisation.
News categories: BT Vision, Ofcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Regulation, UK

IPTV Leads the Telco Transformation in 2009 Says Frost & Sullivan
Feb 26, 2009 – Since growing almost 85% from less than 3 million subscribers in 2006, to 5.5 million in 2007, IPTV adoption rates are slowing steadily. With this in mind, Frost & Sullivan has revised its 3-year CAGR downwards to less than 15%.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, UK