Europe Digital TV News

T-Hrvatski Telekom IPTV subscribers up 74% in 2009
Feb 16, 2010 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ) has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2009. By the end of 2009, IPTV customers reached 235,980, an increase of 74.1% from the beginning of the year.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

150,000 active users for TivùSat
Feb 16, 2010 – The number of TivùSat cards ordered by set-top box and television manufacturers for Italy's free-to-air satellite TV service has reached 790,000. With an activation rate of around 1300 to 1500 a day, the number of active users has reached 150,000.
News categories: TivùSat, CAM, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

EBU TECHNICAL sets up 3DTV Study Group
Feb 15, 2010 – The EBU Technical Committee has approved the formation of an EBU Study Group on 3DTV. The general aim of the group will be to allow EBU Members with an interest in 3DTV to find a focal point for information and experience exchange.
News categories: EBU Technical, Digital TV, Europe, Metaverse

Telekom Austria customers get enhanced IPTV
Feb 15, 2010 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will replace the IPTV platform of Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) in order to deliver content services to multiple devices eliminating barriers between the TV set and PCs, and introduce a new user interface.
News categories: Ericsson, Telekom Austria, Austria, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware

Kapital Net wins experimental DVB-T authorisation in Croatia
Feb 11, 2010 – Kapital Net d.o.o. has been authorised by Croatia's Electronic Media Council (Vijeća za elektroničke medije) to begin experimental DVB-T broadcasting of its Kapital Network business channel in the country.
News categories: Vijeća za elektroničke medije, Croatia, Digital TV, Terrestrial

DCS (AKTA) to launch digital cable in Romania
Feb 11, 2010 – Digital Cable Systems S.A., operator of the AKTA TV satellite and cable TV services in Romania, plans to launch digital cable TV in March 2010, expecting to attract 10,000 customers in the first year.
News categories: AKTA TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Romania

Welho adds 9k pay TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – Sanoma Group (Helsinki:SAA1V) has released its 2009 year-end statement. Welho increased the number of its pay TV subscribers, both quarter-on-quarter (9 thousand) and year-on-year (8 thousand), to reach 76 thousand.
News categories: Welho, Sanoma, Cable TV, Finland, Results, Subscribers

The Universal Set Top Box - a Major Innovation Introduced by Sagemcom and SoftAtHome
Feb 11, 2010 – Sagemcom and SoftAtHome have collaborated to develop a hybrid MPEG-4 HD Set Top Box that combines IPTV, Satellite and Terrestrial delivery and content sharing through DLNA with a removable hard disk drive. The box is being deployed by Orange.
News categories: Sagemcom, SoftAtHome, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

Viasat adds 30,000 premium pay-TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the period ended 31 December 2009. For the quarter, Viasat added 21,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 9,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine