Belgium Digital TV News

Top Ten IPTV Carriers
Jan 14, 2008 – Light Reading has looked around the world and identified the operators that have the most IPTV subscribers and then ranked them in order.
News categories: Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, France, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Taiwan

Commission sees need for a stronger more consumer-friendly Single Market for Online Music, Films and Games in Europe
Jan 3, 2008 – The European Commission has decided to give a new boost to Europe's online content sector. EU citizens should be able to enjoy easier and faster access to a rich variety of music, TV programmes, films or games via the Internet, mobile phones or other devices.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, UK

European Commission strategy for Mobile TV in Europe endorsed by Member States
Nov 29, 2007 – EU Member States have endorsed the European Commission three pillar strategy presented in July: putting in place a joint approach to licensing; making available spectrum for services; and promoting the use of DVB-H as the mobile TV standard for Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

Belgium launches Walloon DTT service
Nov 27, 2007 – After a number of years of test transmissions, the Walloon public broadcaster RTBF has now officially launched its DTT service in the French speaking part of the country.
News categories: RTBF, Belgium, Digital TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 8, 2007 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Digital cable additions continued to accelerate in the third quarter, with the addition of 234,000 organic RGUs, a 19% improvement over the comparable period in 2006.
News categories: Liberty Global, Earnings Release, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Nov 5, 2007 – Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million subscribers in June 2007. Broadband penetration rates increased from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
News categories: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Broadband Statistics Portal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA

KPN Results for the period ending September 30, 2007
Oct 30, 2007 – At the end of the third quarter KPN had 414k TV subscribers, representing a 17% share of the Dutch digital TV market, up 3% points compared to the previous quarter.
News categories: KPN, Full Results, 5G, Belgium, Broadband, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Belgium - Telenet launches High Definition Television
Oct 23, 2007 – On 1 December 2007, Telenet will launch its High Definition (HD) television service. In order to keep the entry threshold low, Telenet has opted to supply the HD Digicorder on a rental basis.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box

Belgacom selects Alcatel-Lucent's VDSL2 fiber-to-the-node solution
Oct 10, 2007 – Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG) has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) as supplier for the rollout of their fiber-to-the-node VDSL2 network. This will enable Belgacom to offer full triple play services, including HDTV to Belgian households.
News categories: Belgacom, Alcatel-Lucent, BBWF, Belgium, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV