Europe Digital TV News

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2008 Results
Feb 23, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. With 501,000 additions during Q4, digital video remained the strongest growing business for the seventh consecutive quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Nagravision selected as CAS supplier for Tivù Sat
Feb 23, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) will provide the conditional access system (CAS) for Tivu Sat. Tivu Sat is the free-to-air (FTA) satellite service jointly owned by Italian broadcasters RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media.
News categories: Nagravision, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite

Telenet Full Year 2008 results
Feb 20, 2009 – Telenet Group (Brussels: TNET) has announces its results for the year ended December 31, 2008. Telenet had 674,000 subscribers to its digital television services - 609,000 Telenet Digital TV subscribers and 65,000 INDI subscribers.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

TVN Group announces results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008
Feb 20, 2009 – TVN Group has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008. The 'n' DTH platform increased its subscriber base by 142 thousand in the three months ended December 31, 2008.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Philips introduces simple and easy internet access on your TV
Feb 19, 2009 – Signaling the start of a new generation of multimedia televisions, Net TV from Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) enables simple, fast access to a wide range of entertainment and information websites from the online start page on the TV screen.
News categories: Philips, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV

PRISA's EBITDA reached €948 million
Feb 19, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS) has reported full-year revenue of 4,001.35 million euros for 2008. Average Digital+ subscriber revenue per head was 44.5 euros per month over the fourth quarter of 2008, with a total subscriber base of 2,035,000.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

India Satellite TV Market is Bright Spot, Propelling Worldwide Market
Feb 19, 2009 – The worldwide market for pay-Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television rose significantly in 2008, with an estimated 18 percent rise in subscriptions, reports In-Stat. The primary reason for this increase was strong growth in the Indian market.
News categories: In-Stat, China, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Russia, Satellite

Portugal Telecom (Meo) full year 2008 results
Feb 18, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2008. YTD net additions in the pay-TV service reached 291 thousand bringing the total customers to 312 thousand at the end of 2008.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

RomTelecom To Offer IPTV
Feb 16, 2009 – Romanian telecom operator RomTelecom will this year begin offering television services via IPTV, after selecting the equipment suppliers for the project.
News categories: RomTelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania