Europe Digital TV News

Telekomunikacja Polska digital satellite television now available
Oct 28, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has launched its satellite TV service 'neostrada tp with television' (neostrada tp z telewizją). For the same price as its neostrada tp broadband, customers additionally receive more than 30 TV channels.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Poland, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box

TeNeT connects with its customers via Appear TV's IPTV platform
Oct 28, 2008 – Appear TV and DEPS, an Appear TV regional partner, are pleased to announce the selection of Appear TV's SC2000 system as the new TeNeT IPTV head-end - the next step towards launching a commercial IPTV service in Ukraine.
News categories: Appear TV, TeNeT, DEPS, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Ukraine

TeliaSonera January-September 2008
Oct 28, 2008 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has announced its results for the period January-September 2008. The total number of TeliaSonera TV subscriptions rose to 839,000, of which 450,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Croatia's MAXtv attracts over 100,000 Customers
Oct 24, 2008 – T-Com Croatia's interactive digital television, MAXtv, has attracted over 100,000 customers, an increase in the number of customers of 40 percent since the end of June this year.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Eesti Telekom Reports 3rd Quarter and first nine months 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – Sales revenues of the Eesti Telekom Group (Tallin: ETLAT) in the third quarter of 2008 reached 100.1 million EUR (3rd quarter 2007: 103.1 million EUR). By the end of the third quarter, Elion had 75.4 thousand IP- and cable television clients.
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Freesat launches in Ireland as Sat4Free
Oct 24, 2008 – Sat4Free, based on the FreeSat service available in the UK, has launched this week in Ireland. Free satellite installation is included in the price of the set-top box, made by Grundig.
News categories: Sat4Free, Digital TV, Ireland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2008 Nine Months Financial Results
Oct 23, 2008 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic has announced its unaudited financial results for the first nine months of 2008. The total number of O2 TV's customers increased to 108 thousand at the end of 3Q 2008.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

UK - FREESAT+ Launches With Humax Foxsat-HDR In November 2008
Oct 23, 2008 – Available in UK shops from mid-November 2008, the FOXSAT-HDR is bursting with Freesat+ recording features to capture the incredible colour, sound and crystal clear images of the BBC HD channel and ITV HD red button service.
News categories: Freesat, Humax, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

Fewer than 5000 subscribers to Swisscom DVB-H
Oct 22, 2008 – The 'Bluewin TV mobile' DVB-H service from Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) is less successful than the company had hoped for, with the service currently having less than 5,000 subscribers.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, Switzerland