Digital TV News: TV3

Viasat adds 30,000 premium pay-TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the period ended 31 December 2009. For the quarter, Viasat added 21,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 9,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Viasat adds 27,000 premium pay-TV subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 21, 2009 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the period ended 30 September 2009. For the quarter, Viasat added 24,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 3,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Lattelecom Introduces Terrestrial TV
Aug 13, 2009 – Lattelecom has introduced Terrestrial TV, thus beginning the transfer from analogue to digital television broadcasts. European Union law states that Latvia must complete this transition by 2012.
News categories: Lattelecom, Digital TV, Latvia, Terrestrial

14% of NZ Homes Now Have Freeview
Apr 15, 2009 – More than 14% of homes in New Zealand now have Freeview according to figures released today. This equates to nearly 10,000 new homes a month (or 72,000 new viewers over the quarter) now enjoying the benefits of free-to-air digital television.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Terrestrial

MyFreeview|HD™ in New Zealand stores from 11th December
Dec 3, 2008 – With less than four weeks until Christmas, Kiwis around the country are set to benefit from the availability of the first MyFreeview|HD™ approved Digital Television Recorder.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Zinwell, Digital TV, DVR, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Longcheer and Newport Media Announce Global Mobile TV Handset Platform
Sep 4, 2008 – Longcheer Hhas announced that it has selected Newport Media to provide system solutions for its upcoming release of TV enabled 2G handsets. The three different models being introduced address different segments of the mobile TV market.
News categories: Newport Media, Longcheer, Brazil, Digital TV, IBC2023, Mobile, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

MPEG-4 chosen for Irish Digital Terrestrial TV
Jul 31, 2008 – Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has announced that Ireland's first DTT trial will end on August 1st, 2008. The Minister announced the results of the trial, the technology chosen for digital TV in Ireland and a timeline for national rollout.
News categories: Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Digital TV, Ireland, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Freeview|HD Launches in New Zealand with S&T MHEG-5 Technology
Apr 14, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) has extended its relationship with Freeview New Zealand. S&T's MHEG-5 interactive playout technology has been exclusively deployed for the launch of the new DTT/HD version of the service Freeview|HD™.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Freeview, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Freeview|HD™ Launch Date Announced
Mar 17, 2008 – Freeview New Zealand has announced that Kiwis' can look forward to HD capable Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) courtesy of the Freeview|HD™ service from 2nd April 2008.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial