Europe Digital TV News

Poland's 'n' DTH adds 10k post-paid in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – TVN Group has announced its financial results for the half-year and second quarter of 2009. As of June 30, the 'n' DTH platform in Poland had activated 557,000 post-paid subscribers, an increase of over 10,000 in the quarter.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Unitymedia digital cable subscribers down 49k in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – Unitymedia has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Digitisation of its basic cable subscriber base stood at 28% at quarter end, as Unitymedia continues on its strategy to upsell premium content to its digital base.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Inverto announces receiver upgrade for HD+
Aug 12, 2009 – Inverto Digital Labs has released a plan for Inverto-branded products in Germany to deliver to the German consumer products and accessories designed for the new HD+ service from HD PLUS GmbH, a subsidiary of SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG).
News categories: Inverto, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box

More than one million households have digital pay TV in Hungary
Aug 12, 2009 – According to Hungary's National Communications Authority (NHH), at the end of June more than one million households in the country had digital pay TV out of a total of nearly 3 million pay TV households.
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

TDC (YouSee) adds 28k subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 12, 2009 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial statements for the second quarter of 2009. TDC (YouSee) TV customers increased 6.3% year-on-year to reach 1.195 million at the end of the second quarter.
News categories: TDC, YouSee, Cable TV, Denmark, Results, Subscribers

Swisscom's Bluewin TV adds 26k subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 11, 2009 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) has released results for the first half of 2009. Bluewin TV customers more than doubled in number y-o-y, reaching 165,000 at the end of the quarter, partially thanks to ongoing expansion of VoD and exclusive sports content.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

On-screen text-to-speech 'talking' chipset to be launched
Aug 11, 2009 – On-screen text such as TV programme guides, digital displays and menus are set to be brought to life with the power of speech thanks to a new 'talking' chipset resulting from a collaboration between the RNIB and leading digital technology companies.
News categories: RNIB, Ocean Blue Software, TW Electronics, Digital Technology Advisory, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK

Ericsson Nikola Tesla signs IPTV contract in Georgia
Aug 10, 2009 – Ericsson Nikola Tesla (Zagreb: ERNT-R-A) has signed an IPTV contract with Georgian mobile operator Magticom for an end-to-end IPTV solution including provision of middleware, headend, VoD, satellite antenna subsystem and set-top boxes.
News categories: Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Magticom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Georgia, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Motorola to Deploy Mobile TV Network for Info-TV-FM in Poland
Aug 7, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that it has been selected by INFO-TV-FM to design and deploy a mobile TV network, based on DVB-H and OMA BCAST, for Poland. Deployment is planned for Warsaw and 9 other Polish cities by the end of 2009.
News categories: INFO-TV-FM, Motorola, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, Mobile, Poland