Europe Digital TV News

CANAL+ Spain to launch 3D transmissions in April
Mar 2, 2010 – CANAL+ (Madrid: PRS) will begin broadcasting a 3D channel - Canal Plus 3D - in April, the first such service in Spain. Customers will be able to receive the programming through their DIGITAL+ set-top box in conjunction with a 3D-capable TV.
News categories: Sogecable, DIGITAL+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

Major operators in Hungary end 2009 with 1.141 million digital TV subscribers
Mar 2, 2010 – According to a flash report released by NHH, in December 2009 the number of households with digital television subscriptions in the network of Hungary's fourteen largest broadcasters rose to 1,141,000, an increase of 23,000 in the month.
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Multimedia Polska adds 8k digital subscribers in Q4"²09
Mar 1, 2010 – Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) has released results for 2009. In the fourth quarter Multimedia Polska recorded a net increase in RGUs of 27,060, including 10,848 CATV RGUs consisting of 2,503 analog cable TV RGUs, 594 IPTV RGUs and 7,751 DTV RGUs.
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

127k Zon boxes installed in 4Q09; pay TV subscribers stable
Mar 1, 2010 – ZON Multimedia (Lisbon:ZON) has released its results for 2009. By the end of FY09, ZON's total Pay TV subscriber base was 1.595 million subscribers, of which 1.180 million subscribed to cable services and 414 thousand to satellite services.
News categories: ZON Multimedia, Cable TV, DVR, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Canal+ migrates 490k subscribers to digital in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) has released results for 2009. In metropolitan France, 2009 was marked by the resumption of subscription take-ups in the fall. In total, 490,000 subscribers have transferred to digital since the beginning of the year.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, GVT, Brazil, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Vietnam

Increased dynamics of mobile broadcast TV around the world in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – An updated bmcoforum report describes the recent regulatory framework and implementation status as of the beginning of 2010 in countries with existing mobile TV service offers.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mobile, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Smart TV, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, Uruguay, USA

Pay TV in Portugal up 85,000 subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 26, 2010 – According to the Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), in the fourth quarter of 2009, the total number of pay TV subscribers in Portugal exceeded 2.5 million, 85 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 243 thousand more than a year earlier.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica España adds 49k IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 26, 2010 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its fourth quarter 2009 results. Worldwide, pay TV accesses stood at around 2.5 million at the end of 2009, 9.8% up from a year earlier. In Spain net adds were 48,725 to finish the year at 702,980.
News categories: Telefónica, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Belgacom TV adds 89,000 subscriptions in 4Q09
Feb 26, 2010 – Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) has released its annual results for 2009. In 2009, Belgacom grew its TV customer base by 246,000 subscribers, compared to 201,000 in 2008. In the fourth quarter of 2009 Belgacom TV added a record 89,000 new subscriptions.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers