EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Europe's first live trial of LTE Broadcast
Feb 25, 2014 – Vodafone Germany has announced that it is the first European carrier to conduct live tests with LTE Broadcast. The trial, in collaboration with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Samsung, took place at Borussia Mönchengladbach's stadium on Saturday 22 February.
News categories: Ericsson, Vodafone, Eric Kuisch, Thomas Norén, 5G, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile

'Vodafone Box' STB launches in Spain
Feb 24, 2014 – Vodafone Spain has launched its Vodafone Box home multimedia platform, a set-top box that allows access to DTT channels as well as IP content from the Yomvi service from CANAL+.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Smartphone, Spain, Tablet, Terrestrial

Belgacom launches TV Replay in Dutch-speaking parts of Belgium
Feb 17, 2014 – TV Replay is a Belgacom service which allows Belgacom TV customers to watch programs up to 36 hours after they've been broadcast, on their TV, computer, tablet or smartphone.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, TV Everywhere

Kabel Deutschland joins RDK community
Feb 11, 2014 – Kabel Deutschland has announced that it has licensed the Reference Design Kit from RDK Management aimed at accelerating the development of in-home devices and video services.
News categories: RDK Management, Kabel Deutschland, Lorenz Glatz, Steve Heeb, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Licensing, RDK, Set Top Box

Sky Italia subscribers unchanged in 4Q 2013 at 4.76 million
Feb 6, 2014 – Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX; ASX: FOXLV, FOX) has reported results for the three months ending December 31, 2013. SKY Italia maintained its subscriber base during the quarter, with total subscribers at 4.76 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, Twenty-First Century Fox, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Poland's Vectra adds 89,000 digital TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – According to Wirtualnemedia.pl, Polish cable TV operator Vectra ended 2013 with around 880,000 pay TV subscribers, up 55,000 from 822,000 at the end of 2012. Digital TV subscribers grew by 89,000 over the year.
News categories: Vectra, Cable TV, Poland, Subscribers

Sky Deutschland adds 304,000 direct subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – Sky Deutschland has announced its Q4 2013 results. In 2013, the number of direct subscribers grew by 304,000 to 3,667,000 customers at year end (2012: 3,363,000).
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Germany, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland adds 76,000 pay TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 5, 2014 – Kabel Deutschland (KDH) has released results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. The recovery of the Premium TV business continued in Q3 with 86 thousand RGU net adds quarter on quarter after a weaker H1.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Subscribers

TDC TV stable over 2013 with 1.38 million subscribers
Feb 4, 2014 – TDC has published results for the fourth quarter of 2013. Continued TV net adds in TDC brand (5k) and Fullrate TV relaunch (4k) compensated for the loss of YouSee customers in the organized market (-10k in Q4).
News categories: YouSee, TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, Results