Europe Digital TV News

UPC Polska catching up with Vectra in digital cable
Mar 11, 2010 – According to Poland's Chamber for Electronic Communication (Polska Izba Komunikacji Elektronicznej - PIKE), at the end of 2009, Vectra had the largest number of subscribers in Poland receiving digital cable TV, with a total of 240,000. UPC was second with 229,400.
News categories: Polska Izba Komunikacji Elektronicznej, UPC Polska, Vectra, Cable TV, Market Research, Poland, Subscribers

Virgin Media to Trial Ultrafast Broadband over Telegraph Poles
Mar 11, 2010 – Virgin Media (LSE:VMED) has announced a trial using telegraph poles to deliver 50Mb broadband. By connecting homes directly to Virgin Media's fibre optic network, the trial will effectively increase broadband speeds more than ten-fold.
News categories: Virgin Media, Broadband, Content Distribution, IPTV, Streaming, UK

Malta pay TV subscriptions up 6.6k in 4Q09
Mar 8, 2010 – Malta's National Statistics Office has published Post and Telecommunications numbers for the fourth quarter of 2009. With 110,659 cable and terrestrial subscriptions, digital amounted to 79.4 per cent of all pay TV subscriptions.
News categories: National Statistics Office, Cable TV, Malta, Market Research, Terrestrial

Telecom Italia and Intel announce collaboration for next-generation online TV and internet services
Mar 5, 2010 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have announced a collaboration to distribute next-generation online internet and TV services via the open source MeeGo software platform.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Intel Corp, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Semiconductor, Streaming

Sky Deutschland to show first live HD 3D production in Germany
Mar 4, 2010 – Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) is to show an HD production in 3D for the first time in Germany. On 14 March, the Bundesliga top match between Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV will be produced in 3D and will be shown to a select number of viewers in Munich.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Digital TV, Germany, Metaverse, Satellite

Portugal's meo TV adds 76k subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 4, 2010 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2009. PT's meo TV service accounted for 76 thousand net additions, bringing the total pay TV customer base to 581 thousand.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, meo TV, IPTV, Mobile, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

CANAL+ Cyfrowy adds 170,000 subscribers in 2009
Mar 3, 2010 – In 2009 CANAL+ Cyfrowy achieved very impressive operational results, with EBITDA of PLN 244 m and revenues of PLN 1,279 m. CYFRA+ also expanded its customer base to 1.55 m (from 1.38 in 2008).
News categories: CANAL+ Cyfrowy, CYFRA+, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telenet proves CI Plus with technology from S&T
Mar 3, 2010 – Strategy & Technology has announced that it has successfully completed a CI Plus (CI+) Proof of Concept (PoC) project for Telenet, Belgium's largest cable TV operator.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Telenet, Neotion, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Smart TV

Latest Figures Show Digital Cable Growth in Europe
Mar 3, 2010 – New industry figures announced at Cable Congress 2010 in Brussels reveal a 21% growth in European digital cable television subscribers to 21.5 million, representing 35% of all cable TV customers.
News categories: Cable Europe, Cable Congress, Manuel Kohnstamm, Caroline Van Weede, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research