Europe Digital TV News

Sky to launch 3D TV in 2010 following record Sky+HD growth
Jul 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the number of customers choosing Sky+HD has increased to 1.313 million following record growth. In the next step in the Sky+HD journey, Sky has announced that it will launch the UK's first 3D channel next year.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

ONO cable TV customers down 2.5% in 2Q09
Jul 29, 2009 – Spain's cable operator Grupo Corporativo ONO has announced results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2009. Cable television customers decreased by 25,000 or 2.5% in the quarter, reaching 991,000 as of 30 June 2009.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

O2 Czech Republic adds 5k IPTV subscribers in 2Q09
Jul 29, 2009 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s. announces its unaudited financial results for the first half of 2009. The total number of O2 TV customers reached 133 thousand at the end of June 2009, up by 35% year-on-year.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Invitel Delivers Network PVR, TimeShift-TV & VOD Services Using Espial MediaBase
Jul 28, 2009 – Espial (TSX:ESP) has announced that Invitel Hungary (previously Vivendi Telecom) has successfully launched and is now expanding its on-demand services (VoD, nPVR and Timeshift TV) using Espial MediaBase VOD servers.
News categories: Invitel, Espial, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Middleware

Thomson Supplies STBs and Home Networking To Bouygues Telecom
Jul 27, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced that it is providing a range of home networking solutions to Bouygues Telecom for the roll out of its 'Bbox' gateway, launched at the end of 2008.
News categories: Thomson, Bouygues Telecom, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Thomson provides HD set-top boxes to Orange
Jul 27, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has started deliveries of a new version of its hybrid terrestrial/IPTV/satellite HD set-top box to Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) for its television service.
News categories: Thomson, Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Canal Digital is first customer of Pace's new MultiDweller™ head-end equipment
Jul 27, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that Canal Digital (Oslo:TEL) is the first customer of its new MultiDweller™ technology. Canal Digital will use the equipment to help increase its reach amongst multidweller-subscribers in the Nordic market.
News categories: Pace plc, Canal Digital, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Sweden, Terrestrial

Pace wins new business with Sky Deutschland for HD rollout
Jul 27, 2009 – German pay TV operator Sky has selected high definition (HD) technology from Pace (LSE:PIC) for its set-top box deployments in Germany and Austria. The deployment, rolling out from August 2009, is to support Sky's HD expansion plans.
News categories: Pace plc, Sky Deutschland, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Germany, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

European cable TV bucks recessionary trends
Jul 27, 2009 – Research from Screen Digest, in collaboration with Cable Europe, reveals that Europe's cable industry showed strong performance in 2008, experiencing an increase in total revenues of 5.4 percent, considering the challenging economic climate.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers, UK