Europe Digital TV News

KPN - Solid third quarter results
Oct 22, 2008 – At 30 September 2008, KPN (Amsterdam:KPN) served over 37 million customers, of which 29.8 million in wireless services, 4.0 million in wireline voice, 2.5 million in broadband Internet and 0.7 million in TV.
News categories: KPN, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Russia - Tricolor TV DTH reaches 3 million subscribers
Oct 21, 2008 – The number of subscribers to Russia's Trikolor TV satellite DTH service has reached three million, after passing the 1 million mark only in January this year. Tricolor is signing up households at a rate of 7000 per day.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

MTG Results for Period Ending 30 September 2008
Oct 21, 2008 – Modern Times Group MTG AB (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2008. Viasat Broadcasting's net sales were up 14% y-o-y to SEK 2,308 million.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Broadcast Service Danmark Selects Cisco Technology to Launch Digital TV Services Across Denmark
Oct 20, 2008 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that Broadcast Service Danmark (BSD) has selected a Cisco® MPEG encoding and Internet Protocol (IP) video system to help meet the upcoming requirements of new MPEG-4 nationwide DTT multiplexes in Denmark.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Broadcast Service Danmark, Content Distribution, Denmark, Terrestrial

BBC and Sky partner to offer access to BBC iPlayer via Sky Player
Oct 20, 2008 – The BBC and Sky (LSE:BSY) have announced that BBC iPlayer can now be accessed via Sky Player, Sky's online TV service. Sky Player now includes a series of BBC branded sections, with listings and links to all TV programmes on the iPlayer service.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Sky Player, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, UK

HD Channels On ASTRA Increase By 30 Percent In Three Months
Oct 20, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the number of HD channels broadcast via the ASTRA Satellite System has increased significantly in the last three months. At the beginning of October, the number of HD channels reached 55.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Austria, Belgium, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Satellite, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Bulgaria's Leading Network Operator Deploys SecureMedia's Content Security For Its New IPTV Triple Play Offering
Oct 20, 2008 – Megalan Network and SecureMedia have announced that Megalan Network has launched its comprehensive end-to-end IPTV Triple Play services in the capital city of Sofia, protected by SecureMedia's flagship product, the Encryptonite ONE System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Megalan Network, Bulgaria, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Video Exchange

Malta - GO Plus TV hits 30,000 subscriber mark
Oct 17, 2008 – GO Plus TV has hit the 30,000 subscriber mark in just eighteen months of commencing commercial operations on its digital TV service. GO has scored success in keeping its promise to provide Malta and Gozo with a state-of-the-art digital TV service.
News categories: GO p.l.c., Digital TV, Malta, Subscribers, Terrestrial

UK - Freeview set for HD channels
Oct 17, 2008 – Ofcom has decided to reserve a Freeview slot for ITV and another slot for Channel 4 with S4C to broadcast HD programmes, joining the BBC in being able to broadcast HD services on Freeview, starting with the UK's Granada region from late 2009.
News categories: Ofcom, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Regulation, Terrestrial, UK