Europe Digital TV News

Skylink DTH exceeds 900,000 active cards
Jan 13, 2010 – Skylink, the DTH satellite service operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has announced that it now has more than 900,000 active customers. Skylink has 660 thousand active cards in the Czech Republic and 240 thousand in Slovakia.
News categories: Skylink, Czech Republic, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers

VECTOR deploys IPTV for WIST Telecommunications Cooperative in Poland
Jan 13, 2010 – Systems integrator VECTOR has completed the deployment of an IPTV system for the WIST telecommunications cooperative in Poland. The system, based on ADSL2+, launched this month in the city of Rzeszów.
News categories: VECTOR, WIST, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland

Cogeco digital cable up 32k subscribers in quarter to end-November
Jan 13, 2010 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced results for the quarter ended November 30, 2009. In Canada Digital Television service net additions stood at 16,106. In Europe (Cabovisão) Digital Television service customers grew by 16,114.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Subscribers

Growth of the number of television channels and multi-channel platforms in Europe continues despite the crisis
Jan 13, 2010 – The information in the MAVISE database shows that despite the economic crisis in 2009, the number of channels and the number of television platforms continues to grow in Europe (EU 27 + two candidate countries, Croatia and Turkey).
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Panasonic Selects NXP Silicon Tuner for Blu-ray Disc Recorder
Jan 12, 2010 – NXP Semiconductors has announced that Panasonic has selected NXP's industry leading DVB-T silicon tuners for terrestrial broadcasting reception in its high-end Blu-ray disc recorders.
News categories: NXP, Panasonic, Blu-ray, France, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Spain - January DTT monthly update released
Jan 12, 2010 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 785,000 DTT receivers were sold in November, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 24.2 million units. Based on reporting from TNS Sofres, penetration of DTT in Spanish households was 77.4% in December.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVB-MHP, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

IPTV subscribers reach 1 million in Russia
Jan 11, 2010 – According to a pay TV report from ComNews Research, the number of IPTV subscribers in Russia reached 1 million at the end of 2009. The segment with the highest growth in absolute terms was satellite with 2 million subscribers being added in the year.
News categories: ComNews Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

DNA in Finland selects ENENSYS for their DVB-T2 trial
Jan 11, 2010 – DNA Oy, Finland's second largest pay television operator, has successfully launched DVB-T2 HDTV test broadcasts in Lahti. The project has reached the test transmission phase thanks to a ENENSYS DVB-T2 modulator and T2 Gateway.
News categories: ENENSYS, DNA Oy, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, Finland

CS Link pay TV card sales exceed 500,000
Jan 11, 2010 – Media Vision, the operator of the CS Link satellite TV platform, has announced that in the last quarter of 2009, sales of pay TV cards passed the 500,000 mark, making a total of over 419 thousand active customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
News categories: CS Link, CAM, Czech Republic, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers