Belgium Digital TV News

Belgacom Quarterly results Q3 2008
Nov 7, 2008 – Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) gained a total of 137,820 TV users in 2008, including 51,679 in the third quarter. This brings the total TV customer base at the end of September 2008 to 443,139 TV users, including 53,651 second stream.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Digital video, including both cable and DTH, remained the strongest product with 363,000 additions.
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

Telenet announces First Nine Months 2008 results
Nov 3, 2008 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announces its results for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. At quarter end, Telenet had 519,000 digital television subscribers, a net increase of 128,000 subscribers for the first nine months of 2008.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Fibre To The Home (FTTH) is competitive with conventional Triple Play and already undercutting traditional ADSL+ services
Oct 29, 2008 – In a new report called FTTH Pricing in Europe 2009, Tariff Consultancy provides a unique survey of the main FTTH providers in 19 European countries - from Austria to the UK.
News categories: Tariff Consultancy, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Lithuania, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

HD Channels On ASTRA Increase By 30 Percent In Three Months
Oct 20, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the number of HD channels broadcast via the ASTRA Satellite System has increased significantly in the last three months. At the beginning of October, the number of HD channels reached 55.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Austria, Belgium, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Satellite, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Telenet Digital TV successfully launched in Interkabel regions
Oct 15, 2008 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) Digital TV has been successfully launched in the former Interkabel regions. This means that the interactive digital television platform is now available for customers from Maaseik to Ostend and from Ypres to Wuustwezel.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV

Solaris Mobile ready to take Europe into a new age of mobile services
Oct 7, 2008 – Solaris Mobile has announced that the company has submitted to the European Commission a comprehensive application in response to the Commission's call for applications for pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services.
News categories: Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Protection of pay-TV services: Europe-wide protection against conditional-access piracy still indispensable, says Commission report
Oct 6, 2008 – In a changing market, it remains essential for the roll-out of pay-TV services that conditional-access systems be protected at European level against piracy. This is the verdict of a report published today by the European Commission.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

TV Vlaanderen reaches 70,000 subscribers
Sep 29, 2008 – TV VLAANDEREN has reached the milestone of 70,000 subscribers. TV VLAANDEREN went on air on June 6, 2006 with a completely new product for Belgium: digital television via satellite.
News categories: TV VLAANDEREN, Belgium, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers