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KPN TV subscribers continue to grow

The Dutch telecom operator KPN said the total number of its TV customers, IPTV and Digitenne DTT, continued to grow by 23% year-on-year to more Read More

Ireland starts trial DTT service

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced on Friday the 29th October that the RTE Digital Terrestrial Television service had launched and was Read More

iPad and iPhone DTT hotspot

The German firm Equinux has announced the introduction of tizi, which it calls “Europe’s first mobile TV Hotspot for iPad and iPhone”. The Read More

Bosnia prepares for DTT

The transition to digital broadcasting is about to get under way in Bosnia & Herzegovina (B and H) reports Broadband TV News. Although there is Read More

Vidiom Systems launches new GEM-IPTV solution

Vidiom Systems has recently unveiled a turnkey, open-standard solution that can expedite migration to IP video for cable system operators at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. Vidiomâs Open System... Read More

ASO date may be sooner than later

According to ZF, Catalin Marinescu, the president of the regulatory body ANCOM, has proposed bringing the ASO date forward from 2015 by two years Read More

Portuguese invest in HDTV

Commercial broadcaster SIC has announced that it will invest up to €12 million in preparing for HD broadcasting. SIC’s Director General Luis Read More

Digital subscribers rise for TEO LT

TEO LT the Lithuanian telco ended Q3 2010 with 121,600 subscribers to its GALA-branded IPTV and DTT services, up more than 33% on the same time Read More

Hungary should meet ASO date

Jean-Francois Fenech, the CEO of Antenna Hungária, is quoted by BBJ and MTI Econews, as saying that Hungary should meet its ASO target date of the Read More

Three apply for French DTT Pay-TV channel

18 Oct 10 Pay-TV operators Canal Plus, TV Numéric and the country’s football league, the LFP, have all applied to operate a new pay-TV channel Read More

85.8% of French homes have a Digital TV receiver

By the end of Q1 2010, 85.8% of the 27 million TV households in France had at least one digital TV receiver in the home, be it DTT, satellite, Read More

“Digital Dividend” Consultation launched

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a discussion paper which addresses the forthcoming re-allocation of digital Read More