Europe Digital TV News

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Digital video, including both cable and DTH, remained the strongest product with 363,000 additions.
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

News Corporation Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009
Nov 5, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported first quarter operating income of $953 million. Sky Italia had net subscriber additions of 359,000 over the past 12 months, bringing the total to over 4.6 million at quarter end.
News categories: Sky Italia, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TDC: Increased earnings but continued pressure on revenue
Nov 5, 2008 – EBITDA for TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) increased by 4.4% to DKK 9.8bn during the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period last year. YouSee cable TV subscribers increased to 1.134 million from 1.098 million one year ago.
News categories: TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, Results, Subscribers

Switzerland - Cablecom offers high definition recorder
Nov 5, 2008 – Cablecom is launching its HD mediabox recorder for high definition TV (HDTV). The HD mediabox recorder has an integrated hard disk and can record two programmes simultaneously. The HDTV recording package is available for 25 CHF per month.
News categories: cablecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Switzerland

Swisscom releases January-September 2008 Interim Report
Nov 5, 2008 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) closed the first nine months of 2008 with net revenue of CHF 9,085 million. At the end of September 2008 'Bluewin TV' was used by 95,000 paying customers, a growth of 43,000 compared with the previous year.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Poland's 'n' exceeds 400,000 subscribers
Nov 4, 2008 – On 31 October 2008 Poland's DTH service 'n' exceeded the number of 400,000 subscribers and recorded 20,000 pre-paid television clients. Over the past two months 'n' has recorded a nearly 100% sales growth year on year.
News categories: ITI Group, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Slovenia announces DVB-T receiver specifications
Nov 4, 2008 – APEK has released a requirements specification for DVB-T receivers for use in the Republic of Slovenia. The document is applicable for stand-alone SD and HD set-top boxes (STB) and also for integrated receivers (IDTVs).
News categories: APEK, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Slovenia, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Telenet announces First Nine Months 2008 results
Nov 3, 2008 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announces its results for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. At quarter end, Telenet had 519,000 digital television subscribers, a net increase of 128,000 subscribers for the first nine months of 2008.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

NTV"PLUS and NEOTION signed a Letter of Intent shaping an extremely buoyant future
Nov 3, 2008 – NEOTION has been selected by NTV-PLUS to co-develop with them a dedicated silicon comprising advanced proprietary descrambling engines capable of securing valuable content that could then be monetized over time.
News categories: NEOTION, NTV-PLUS, Content Protection, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Semiconductor, Ukraine