Europe Digital TV News

Telenor launches TV for fibre customers in Norway
Mar 18, 2010 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has started to sell IP TV, initially to its customers in Norway with fibre (broadband and telephony) already installed.
News categories: Telenor, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Norway

Satellite overtakes cable in Europe
Mar 18, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris, LuxX: SESG) has announced that for the first time satellite reaches more households than cable in Europe, with 77 million satellite and 71 million cable households. Terrestrial infrastructures reach 86.5 million households.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

CSA reports on digital TV in France for 2H09
Mar 17, 2010 – France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. Nearly eight in ten households (78.4%) now have at least one TV with digital TV reception.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Unitymedia adds 61k digital cable subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 17, 2010 – Unitymedia has announced results for the financial year and quarter ended December 31, 2009. The Digital TV Pay business continued to show underlying organic growth, offset by churn from customers subscribing to former Bundesliga packages.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

ONO cable TV subscribers down 6.2% in 2009
Mar 16, 2010 – Grupo Corporativo ONO of Spain has announced consolidated unaudited results for the quarter ended 31 December 2009. Cable television customers decreased by 64,000 or 6.2% in the last twelve months, reaching 975,000 as of 31 December 2009.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

OTE selects Pirelli Broadband as IPTV Set Top Box supplier
Mar 16, 2010 – Pirelli Broadband has announced that it has been selected by OTE (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) to supply its P.VU2000 High Definition IPTV and P.VU2600 High Definition PVR Set Top Boxes for OTE's Conn-x TV IPTV service in Greece.
News categories: Pirelli Broadband, Conn-x, OTE Group, Digital TV, DVR, Greece, IPTV, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

LG to supply 15,000 TVs for BSkyB live 3D broadcasts (or maybe not!)
Mar 16, 2010 – LG Electronics (Seoul:066570) has announced a strategic partnership with BSkyB (LSE:BSY) to supply TVs for Sky's live 3D broadcasts. The deal is to supply 15,000 3D TVs which Sky plans to install in public venues across the UK.
News categories: LG Electronics, BSkyB, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Smart TV, UK

Virgin Media announces 3D-Ready HD STB from Cisco
Mar 16, 2010 – Consumers will soon be able to make the most of the growing line-up of HD channels from Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED)(LSE:VMED) with a new HD set-top box - the V HD Box - which will be available for no additional monthly subscription fee.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Metaverse, Set Top Box, UK

MEDIA BROADCAST Chooses T-VIPS Advanced DTT Solutions for German DVB-T2 Trial
Mar 15, 2010 – T-VIPS and MEDIA BROADCAST have announced that after extensive testing MEDIA BROADCAST has chosen the T-VIPS CP560 DVB-T2 Gateway for DVB-T2 Trial Niedersachsen. This T-VIPS solution fills a gap in the DVB-T2 solution set for SFN operation.
News categories: T-VIPS, MEDIA BROADCAST, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, Germany, Terrestrial