Europe Digital TV News

Premiere announces results for Q3 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – In the third quarter 2008, Premiere AG (PRE.XE) posted total revenues of EUR 244.6 million (Q3 2007: EUR 247.5 million). Premiere had a total of 2.411m direct subscribers at the end of Q3 2008 (Q3 2007: 2.535m).
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

BT Second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – BT Vision (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) now has 340,000 customers. Of the new customers added in the quarter, an average of 83% chose to take a subscription pack, nearly three times as many as last year. September also saw the launch of a new HD movie service.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Netia SA reports 2008 third quarter results
Nov 13, 2008 – Netia (WSE: NET) has announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. Netia is preparing to launch, along with 'n' (Luxembourg: ITIH.LU), an IPTV pilot project in the cities of Warsaw and Wrocław in Q4 2008.
News categories: Netia, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Trident's DVB-T System Software Enters European DTV Market
Nov 12, 2008 – Trident Microsystems (Nasdaq: TRID) has announced that its European DVB-T system software, powered by its HiDTV™ PRO-FX system-on-a-chip (SoC), has been integrated into Grundig Elektronik's New City Line full HD digital televisions for Europe.
News categories: Trident Micro, Grundig Elektronik, Digital TV, Europe, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Multimedia Polska report for the three and nine months ended 30 September 2008
Nov 12, 2008 – As at 30 September 2008, Multimedia Polska (Warsaw: MMP) had around 59,700 digital television subscribers to both Cable DTV and IPTV. The Company expects to see a significant growth in the number of DTV users in the coming quarters.
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Spain - November DTT monthly update released
Nov 12, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the month of September, 546,000 DTT receivers were sold in Spain which places the cumulative sales figure at 13 million tuners.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Mediaset: approval for the results of the first 9 months of 2008
Nov 11, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Mediaset (Italy: MS) has approved the company's quarterly report. On 30 September, active Mediaset Premium cards totalled around 2.5 million, compared with around 1.6 million in the first nine months of 2007.
News categories: Mediaset, CAM, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

IPTV Takes Root in Central and Eastern Europe, IDC Says
Nov 11, 2008 – A recent study published by IDC indicates that despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous years, total IPTV subscriber connections in CEE are poised to grow more than 100% in 2008, from approximately 290,000 connections in 2007.
News categories: International Data Corp, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers

Premiere encryption system fully secure again
Nov 10, 2008 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has today switched off its former encryption signal. All smartcards for the new CA systems of Nagravision and NDS Videoguard have been swapped.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite