Europe Digital TV News

Connected TVs booming in Germany
Apr 8, 2010 – In the past year, according to a survey by the GfK, 550,000 TV sets with built-in web access were sold in Germany. In 2010, based on calculations by BITKOM, that number will be around 2 million units - nearly a quadrupling of sales.
News categories: BITKOM, GfK, Germany, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

Orange to offer Roland-Garros Tennis to its subscribers in 3D
Apr 8, 2010 – Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has signed multi-year agreements covering Orange's broadcasting of the Roland-Garros Tennis Championships. Orange will enable its broadband and fibre-optics subscribers to experience the event in 3D.
News categories: Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Metaverse

COGECO digital cable up 26k subscribers in quarter to end-February
Apr 8, 2010 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2010. For the quarter, Digital Television net additions were 14,054 customers in Canada, and 12,189 for COGECO's Cabovisão service in Portugal.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

UK consumers switch on to HD
Apr 7, 2010 – An increasing number of UK TV viewers are switching on to high definition television services, according to new Ofcom research. Ofcom's latest Digital Progress Report reveals that sales of HD ready TVs reached almost 23 million by the end of 2009.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Ziggo prepares for 3D
Apr 6, 2010 – Dutch cable company Ziggo has held a press conference at which it showed, using TVs from Samsung, that it is capable of offering 3D TV to its customers. Ziggo is hoping to be ready to broadcast the World Cup in 3D.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Metaverse, Netherlands, Set Top Box, Smart TV

KPN adds HDTV to its IPTV service
Apr 6, 2010 – KPN has launched high-definition (HD) TV on its Interactieve TV IPTV service. The new service consists of 10 HD channels: Nederland 1, 2 and 3, Net5, SBS6, Veronica, Flemish channels Één and Canvas Ketnet, and thematic channels Discovery HD and Animal Planet HD.
News categories: KPN, Broadband, IPTV, Netherlands

Ziggo exceeds 1.5 million digital TV subscribers at end-2009
Apr 2, 2010 – Ziggo has announced its full year results for 2009. During 2010, Ziggo will seek to expand its portfolio of products and services further, increase penetration of digital television and triple play bundles and raise internet speeds to 120 Mbps.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

CANAL+ Poland to show football game LIVE in 3D
Mar 31, 2010 – Canal+ Poland will, on May 15th this year, broadcast Poland's first football match in 3D. The game to be shown will depend on the situation in the Ekstraklasa football league at the time.
News categories: CYFRA+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Aster Selects Motorola RFoG Solution to Extend Triple-Play Services and Increase Bandwidth
Mar 31, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has been selected by Aster for a pilot deployment of its RF over Glass (RFoG) solution. Motorola's RFoG will enable Aster to roll out an advanced FTTH network and deliver new ultra-broadband triple-play services.
News categories: Motorola, Aster, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Fibre, Poland