Denmark Digital TV News

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

FTTH Council Issues First Official European Ranking Of FTTH Market Penetration
Dec 15, 2008 – The first official European Fibre"to"the"Home (FTTH) ranking shows smaller countries leading the way in FTTH connections. Mid-term projections show, however, that bigger economies are closing the gap.
News categories: FTTH Council, Broadband, Denmark, Estonia, Europe, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Subscribers, Sweden

Commission issues guidelines to get Mobile TV on Europeans' mobile phones
Dec 10, 2008 – The European Commission has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, 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, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

TDC: Increased earnings but continued pressure on revenue
Nov 5, 2008 – EBITDA for TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) increased by 4.4% to DKK 9.8bn during the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period last year. YouSee cable TV subscribers increased to 1.134 million from 1.098 million one year ago.
News categories: TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, Results, 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

Telenor (Canal Digital) Third Quarter 2008
Oct 29, 2008 – Revenues for Telenor (Oslo:TEL) in the first three quarters of 2008 increased by NOK 2,094 million, or 3%. Revenues in the Canal Digital Group increased primarily due to higher sales of additional services to Cable TV subscribers.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

TeliaSonera January-September 2008
Oct 28, 2008 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has announced its results for the period January-September 2008. The total number of TeliaSonera TV subscriptions rose to 839,000, of which 450,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

MTG Results for Period Ending 30 September 2008
Oct 21, 2008 – Modern Times Group MTG AB (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2008. Viasat Broadcasting's net sales were up 14% y-o-y to SEK 2,308 million.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Broadcast Service Danmark Selects Cisco Technology to Launch Digital TV Services Across Denmark
Oct 20, 2008 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that Broadcast Service Danmark (BSD) has selected a Cisco® MPEG encoding and Internet Protocol (IP) video system to help meet the upcoming requirements of new MPEG-4 nationwide DTT multiplexes in Denmark.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Broadcast Service Danmark, Content Distribution, Denmark, Terrestrial