Europe Digital TV News

Belgacom TV adds 49k in January-March quarter
May 15, 2009 – Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) has reported results for the period January to March 2009. At the end of March, Belgacom TV counted 555,000 subscribers, including 49,000 net adds in the first quarter.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom adds 72 thousand 'meo' subscribers in 1Q09
May 14, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. In 1Q09, net additions to the 'meo' satellite and IPTV pay-TV service reached 72 thousand bringing the total customer base to 384 thousand.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Multimedia Polska adds 10k digital subscribers in Q1'09
May 14, 2009 – In the first quarter of 2009, Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) recorded a net increase in RGUs of 33,250 (after churn), including 12,724 CATV RGUs (including the addition of 2,301 analog cable TV RGUs, 580 IPTV RGUs and 9,843 DTV RGUs).
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Canal+ France adds 75,000 subscriptions Y-o-Y to end-Q1
May 14, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. With the launch of the 'neufbox by SFR', SFR added 163,000 net new broadband customers in the period. Canal+ France year-on-year portfolio growth was 75,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, SFR, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Poland's 'n' has 544 thousand activations at end-Q1
May 14, 2009 – TVN Group has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. In March 2009 TVN took control of the 'n' DTH platform. By the end of the quarter, 'n' had signed up 549,000 postpaid subscribers of which over 544,000 had been activated.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Premiere subscribers down 28k in Q1 '09
May 14, 2009 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has announced results for Q1 2009. Premiere had a total of 2.371m direct subscribers at the end of Q1 2009, a reduction of 28k from 2.399m at 31 December 2008.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

BT Vision adds 47k installations in first three months of 2009
May 14, 2009 – BT Group (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) has released preliminary results for the fourth quarter and year to 31 March 2009. The BT Vision customer base reached 423,000 customers at 31 March 2009.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Cosmos TV launches DVB-T in Minsk
May 14, 2009 – Belarussian broadcaster Cosmos TV has completed preparations for the launch of a DVB-T terrestrial TV service in Minsk. The service consists of a basic package of 32 standard definition channels and a set-top box.
News categories: Cosmos TV, Belarus, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

European Commission paves the way for European mobile satellite services
May 14, 2009 – The European Commission has selected two operators, Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobile, to provide mobile satellite services, such as high-speed internet access, mobile television and radio or emergency communications, across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Inmarsat, Solaris Mobile, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK