Europe Digital TV News

Philips retails Pace set top boxes for CANAL+ Group
Nov 2, 2009 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the retail launch of its new range of CANAL+ (Paris:VIV) set-top boxes. All the devices are 'CANAL READY', meaning consumers can access free-to-air digital broadcasts with the option to upgrade to pay-TV.
News categories: Pace plc, CANAL+, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

T-Hrvatski Telekom MAXtv adds 19,000 subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 30, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ) has announced results for the first nine months of 2009. MAXtv, T-HT's IPTV service now has approximately 190,000 subscribers with nearly 19,000 net adds in Q3 2009.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Cogeco latest quarter shows 10k digital TV adds in Canada and 23k in Portugal
Oct 30, 2009 – Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced results for the fourth quarter and 2009 fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. In the quarter, digital TV net additions stood at 9,674 customers in Canada with 23,456 added by Cabovisão in Portugal.
News categories: Cogeco, Cabovisão, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Belgacom TV adds 75,000 customers in 3Q09
Oct 30, 2009 – Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) has reported results for the first nine months of 2009. Over the period July to September 2009, the Belgacom TV customer base grew by 75,000 customers compared to 52,000 for the same period last year.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Broadband, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

MinDig TV starts to take off in Hungary
Oct 30, 2009 – According to the latest sales figures from Antenna Hungária, in Hungary there was a 50% growth in the sales of DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible DTT receivers in September compared with the previous month.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, MinDig TV, GfK, Digital TV, Hungary, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Telenet Digital TV adds 64,000 subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – Telenet Group Holding (Brussels: TNET) has announced results for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. At the end of September 2009, Telenet's digital cable TV subscriber base totaled 916,000.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers

France Telecom adds 246k digital TV customers in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its third quarter 2009 results. France Telecom had 2.9 million digital TV subscribers (IPTV and satellite) at the end of the period, a 67% increase year on year.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

France's Multiplay Success Drives FTTH Interest
Oct 29, 2009 – By 2014, 50 percent of households in France will subscribe to a triple-play offer as operators invest in FTTH to stay competitive, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, Fibre, France, IPTV, Market Research

Canal Digital DTH loses 8,000 subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the third quarter of 2009. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 8,000 in the quarter. Cable TV subscribers were up 1,000.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial