Europe Digital TV News

Record Growth for French TNTSAT on ASTRA
Feb 9, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG, LuxX:SESG) has announced that the French DTT on satellite offer TNTSAT, broadcast via ASTRA, posted strong growth with 1.85 million TNTSAT receivers sold as of end 2009.
News categories: TNTSAT, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite

MTG Acquires 50% of Russian DTH Satellite Pay-TV Platform
Feb 8, 2010 – Modern Times Group (STO:MTGA; STO:MTGB) has announced that it has acquired 50% of Raduga Holdings from Continental Media. Raduga is the sole owner of LCC DaoGeoCom, which operates Russian nationwide DTH satellite pay-TV platform Raduga TV.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Raduga, MandA, Russia, Satellite

TDC adds 24k TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 4, 2010 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial statements for the January-December 2009 period. YouSee's TV customers increased to 1.249 million at the end of September, up from 1.140 million the year before. IPTV customers reached 96,000 at year-end.
News categories: YouSee, TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Digital Set-Top Boxes Designed by Promwad Announced at CSTB-2010 Expo in Moscow
Feb 3, 2010 – Promwad electronics design center has announced a number of custom designed STB solutions based on STMicroelectronics' silicon at the 12th International CSTB-2010 Expo that takes place on February 2-4 in Moscow, Crocus Expo.
News categories: Promwad, CSTB, Middleware, Russia, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Kabel BW launches HD PVR from Humax
Feb 2, 2010 – Kabel BW has launched a new high-definition PVR for its cable TV service in Baden-Württemberg. The iHD-PVR C from Humax features a 320GB hard disk and has VideoGuard conditional access from NDS built-in.
News categories: Kabel BW, Humax, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

MinDig TV receiver sales booming in Hungary
Feb 2, 2010 – According to sales figures from GfK Hungária, at the end of December, around 4.4% of all Hungarian households, or 19.7% of terrestrial households, had a DVB-T MPEG-4 receiver capable of receiving Antenna Hungária's MinDig TV service.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, MinDig TV, GfK, Content Distribution, Hungary, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Norkring Slovenia announces DVB-T Mux B roll-out plan
Feb 2, 2010 – Norkring d.o.o. which holds the licence to operate the Multiplex B for digital terrestrial broadcasting in Slovenia, has announced plans for the launch of the multiplex for the distribution of commercial broadcasters.
News categories: Norkring, Content Distribution, Slovenia, Terrestrial

SKY Italia subscribers down 63,000 in 4Q09
Feb 2, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The SKY Italia subscriber base declined by 63,000 compared with the previous quarter-end to give a total of 4.74 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Record breaking year for Virgin Media on demand TV
Feb 1, 2010 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ, LSE: VMED) saw a record breaking 2009 with over 750 million on demand views, an increase of 50% on the previous 12 months. Over 59 per cent of Virgin Media's 3.7 million TV customers are now regularly using the service.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK