Netgear is looking into the possibility of entering the Russian IPTV and OTT set-top box market.
Italy to introduce DVB-T2 by 2015
April 24, 2012 12.18 Europe/London By
From 2015 onwards, all DTT tuners sold in Italy must include the DVB-T2 standard, both for stand-alone set tops and for IDTVs.
Cable Europe Labs looking at the home and beyond
April 24, 2012 11.36 Europe/London By
Cable Europe Labs, the technical department of trade body Cable Europe, is looking at the technical requirements needed for creating international broadband roaming.
Finland to adopt HbbTV
April 23, 2012 10.40 Europe/London By
The Finnish HDTV Forum has said it plans to ratify the HbbTV connected TV standard as recently defined by the TV specifications body NorDig.
Toya deploys fibre network
April 19, 2012 20.43 Europe/London By
The Polish cable operator Toya has deployed a FTTH network that employs GPON technology supplied by Vector and allows for download speeds of up to 1 Gbps for individual subscribers.
Certification wave from Cable Europe Labs
April 19, 2012 12.56 Europe/London By
The Cable Europe Labs Certification Board has announced that products from Cisco, Samsung and Technicolor have been certified and that a CMTS from Motorola has been granted a ‘verified for base feature set’ label following the release of testing results from Certification Wave 46.
ITV agrees Shazam partnership
April 19, 2012 10.37 Europe/London By
ITV is to become the exclusive distributor for the Shazam audio recoginition functionality on the UK market.
Brightcove looks to speed up video payments
April 17, 2012 14.00 Europe/London By
Brightcove has unveiled plans for a new Video Paywall Solution Framework designed to speed up the integration of payment services within online video.
South Africa reaches 60% digital coverage
April 16, 2012 08.22 Europe/London By
Analogue broadcasts in South Africa will be switched off on December 31, 2013, according to local news reports. However, some sources suggest a later switch-over date.
Technicolor in talks to partner on STB business
April 12, 2012 10.21 Europe/London By
Technicolor CEO Frederic Rose has confirmed he is in talks with a number of companies to take a stake in its loss-making set-top box business before the end of the year.
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Digital TV Eastern Europe NEW REPORT by Simon Murray of Digital TV Research. 2012 is a watershed year for Eastern Europe as the number of digital homes for 15 forecast countries will exceed the analogue total for the first time. This electronically-delivered,150-page report comes in three parts, a PDF file and two Excel workbooks. Countries covered include Russia and Ukraine.