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Cable Falls But Remains Dominant in Switzerland

by Tom Allen

Swisscable has said that there were more than 2.6 million cable TV subscribers in Switzerland at the end of 2014; down almost 50,000 (1.8%) YoY. The cable platform remains Switzerland’s most popular TV reception …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Pay-TV Climbs in Portugal

by Tom Allen

Figures from Portuguese regulator Anacom show that there were around 3.35 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of 2014; a 5.7% YoY increase, and representing a 56.5% penetration rate. Cable remains …

Croatia Agrees DVB-T2 Switch

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV viewers in Croatia should be prepared to upgrade their equipment again, in order to continue receiving terrestrial TV. The country is planning to move to the DVB-T2 platform by 2020, to re-distribute part …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Europe| Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Ukraine Loses Satellite Subs in Annexation

by Tom Allen

Chris Dziadul of Broadband TV News has covered the Ukraine crisis from the point of view of the TV industry. The head of cable operator Volia has said that the Russian annexation of Crimea, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| Ukraine| Vol 22 - Issue 09

Spain Delays 700MHz Switch

by Tom Allen

Spain has again delayed the switch of its 700MHz frequency band to 4G services, this time until April. According to El Economista, the decision was taken so as not to inconvenience the estimated 2.5 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Spain| Spectrum Allocation| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 09

UltraHD and Continuity Arrive With HbbTV 2.0

by Tom Allen

HbbTV 2.0 has been released by the HbbTV Association. New services are expected to be introduced beginning in 2016. The 2.0 specification adds support for standardised UltraHD content delivery, using HEVC; HTML5 user experiences; …

Google Tops 10 Million

by Tom Allen

More than 10 million Chromecasts were sold worldwide last year. The news comes from Google Korea, which also told the Korea Times that more than 6,000 developers are working on apps for the device.

South Africa Dominates African Pay-TV

by Tom Allen

Sub-Saharan African pay-TV revenues will climb from $3.54 billion last year to $6.22 billion in 2020, says Digital TV Research (DTVR). Revenues will be $4.12 billion, up from $1.73 billion, excluding South Africa. Satellite …

Media Broadcast Applies for -T2 Platform

by Tom Allen

Media Broadcast was the sole applicant to operate a future DVB-T2 platform in Germany. ZAK, the media authorities’ licensing commission, will now examine whether the framework conditions set in the tender have been met and the capacities …

TeliaSonera Grows Slowly in Q4

by Tom Allen

TeliaSonera’s Swedish TV subscribers rose 16,000 in Q4’14. 4,000 new customers were added in Finland and 7,000 in Lithuania, while Estonian subscribers were flat.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Sweden| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 06

UltraHD Sport Broadcast Live in Japan

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Wowow satellite TV station has successfully broadcast two UltraHD programmes: a tennis match in Tokyo and a boxing match in Yokohama. The events were broadcast live from the company’s studio for Belle Salle Akihabara …

Pay-TV Rises in UK but TV Ownership Falls

by Tom Allen

According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership …