Europe Digital TV News

BT cleared to offer full triple-play
Mar 19, 2009 – Ofcom has proposed that BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) should be allowed to sell a 'bundle' of phone, broadband and television services, lifting regulatory controls that have existed since privatisation.
News categories: BT Vision, Ofcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Regulation, UK

Dutch digital TV subscribers pass 4 million milestone
Mar 18, 2009 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 5.2 percent or 200,100 net additions during the fourth quarter to a total 4.014 million at the end of 2008.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers

Cable Industry Revenues Reach €18 billion
Mar 18, 2009 – Revenues in the European cable industry jumped more than 7 per cent last year to €18bn amid sharply increased demand for digital television, internet broadband and telephony services according to figures presented at the annual Cable Congress.
News categories: Cable Europe, Cable Congress, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

U.K. Online Video Viewing Audience Grows to Nearly 30 Million Viewers
Mar 17, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released January 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that the total U.K. online video viewing audience has grown 10 percent during the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers age 15 and older.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Comstar-UTS Selects New NDS Master UI™ to Enrich IPTV in Russia
Mar 16, 2009 – NDS has announced that COMSTAR-United TeleSystems (LSE: CMST) is the first customer to deploy NDS Master UI™, a user interface that transforms the way content and features are presented on screen and enhances the way users interact with them.
News categories: NDS Group, Comstar-UTS, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

ONO fourth quarter and full year 2008 results
Mar 12, 2009 – Spain's ONO has announced results for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2008. Cable television customers increased by 79,000 or 8.2% in the last twelve months, reaching 1,039,000 as of 31 December 2008.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

ASTRA Extends Digital Reach in Germany
Mar 12, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has confirmed its leading role in digitalisation and increased the number of digital TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.35 million (13.9 percent) to 11.1 million.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Western European Digital TV Breaks Through 100 Million Mark in 2008
Mar 12, 2009 – In what was a record year for digital television subscriber growth, Western European digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to a new report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain - March DTT monthly update released
Mar 11, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, January sales of DTV tuners in Spain once again exceeded one million units (1,123,439). The total volume of DTT receivers sold since 2003 is now over 16.3 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial