Croatia Digital TV News

Croatia's MAXtv subscribers up 167.9% to 150,953
Apr 30, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced results for the first three months of 2009. MAXtv, the Group's TV service, increased subscriber numbers by 167.9%, ending the first quarter of 2009 with 150,953 subscribers.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Croatia - Iskon launches IPTV service
Apr 16, 2009 – Iskon, part of T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), has launched its Iskon.TV IPTV digital television service in Croatia. The service is available in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Pula, Osijek, Velika Gorica, Samobor, Opatija and Solina.
News categories: Iskon, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV

Hrvatski Telekom to launch MAXtv HD
Apr 3, 2009 – Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced that it will add high defintion (HD) channels to its MAXtv IPTV service from May 2009, after a successful trial.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV

DTT comes of age in Europe
Apr 1, 2009 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database shows the continued expansion of television channels in the European television market. There are now a total of 5587 channels (plus 412 non-European channels) available in the 29 countries.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

T-HT delivered strong performance in 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced its consolidated audited results for the financial year 2008. MAXtv has been a major success with a 210.0% increase in subscribers to 135,573.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom exceeds financial targets for 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) exceeded its financial targets in the 2008 financial year. The number of Entertain triple-play lines activated climbed to around 353,000 by year-end.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers

Croatia's Vipnet tests DVB-H
Feb 5, 2009 – Vipnet, together with Kapsch, have launched a DVB-H mobile TV trial in Croatia with programmes from NovaTV, CNN, Eurosport, and CMC available on phones at no extra charge.
News categories: Vipnet, Kapsch, Mladen Pejković, Croatia, Digital TV, Mobile

Croatia's Optima Telecom to launch IPTV
Dec 8, 2008 – A contract was signed today in Zagreb between Odašiljači i veze (OiV) and Optima Telekom (OT) to provide IP television (IPTV) services in Croatia. The service, called OptiTV, is scheduled for launch by the end of the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Optima Telekom, OiV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV

IPTV Takes Root in Central and Eastern Europe, IDC Says
Nov 11, 2008 – A recent study published by IDC indicates that despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous years, total IPTV subscriber connections in CEE are poised to grow more than 100% in 2008, from approximately 290,000 connections in 2007.
News categories: International Data Corp, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers