Austria Digital TV News

WirelessHD® 60GHz CE Products Arrive in Europe
Sep 3, 2009 – The WirelessHD® Consortium has announced that the European Union has approved the 60GHz band for unlicensed commercial use and WirelessHD products are now available in Europe. Products will be showcased at the IFA Expo in Berlin.
News categories: WirelessHD, European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IFABerlin, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Smart Home, Smart TV, Spain, Sweden, UK

Austria subsidises HD cable receivers
Aug 31, 2009 – The majority of homes in Austria have already converted to digital TV. However, cable TV, used by 43% of Austrian households, is only 16% digital. For this reason, RTR has set up a €2 million fund to subsidise the purchase of cable TV receivers.
News categories: Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Sky Deutschland subscribers down 7k in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – Sky Deutschland (PRE.XE) has announced results for the second quarter of 2009. Sky had a total of 2.364m direct subscribers at the end of Q2 2009, 7k less than in Q1 2009.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global adds 370k digital cable subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 4, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Digital cable remains the strongest of segment, with the addition of 370,000 subscribers in the three months ended June 30, 2009.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Pace wins new business with Sky Deutschland for HD rollout
Jul 27, 2009 – German pay TV operator Sky has selected high definition (HD) technology from Pace (LSE:PIC) for its set-top box deployments in Germany and Austria. The deployment, rolling out from August 2009, is to support Sky's HD expansion plans.
News categories: Pace plc, Sky Deutschland, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Germany, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

EU Launches Digital Dividend Consultation
Jul 10, 2009 – By 2012 digital TV will completely replace analogue transmission and several Member States want to quickly use the potential of wireless to achieve full broadband access. The EU has launched an urgent public consultation on a common approach.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Smart TV, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Premiere subscribers down 28k in Q1 '09
May 14, 2009 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has announced results for Q1 2009. Premiere had a total of 2.371m direct subscribers at the end of Q1 2009, a reduction of 28k from 2.399m at 31 December 2008.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

European Commission paves the way for European mobile satellite services
May 14, 2009 – The European Commission has selected two operators, Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobile, to provide mobile satellite services, such as high-speed internet access, mobile television and radio or emergency communications, across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Inmarsat, Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

75,000th customer for Telekom Austria's aonTV
May 7, 2009 – Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has said that it has welcomed its 75,000th aonTV IPTV customer.
News categories: Telekom Austria, aonTV, Austria, IPTV, Subscribers