EU (European Union) Digital TV News

KDG adds 34k Premium TV RGUs in 1Q10
Apr 26, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced its KPIs for the end of its fiscal year 2009/2010, March 31, 2010. Premium TV RGUs increase by approximately 111 thousand units year-over-year reaching 1,073 thousand on March 31, 2010.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Telenet adds 65,000 Digital TV customers in 1Q10
Apr 26, 2010 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announced its results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. At the end of March 2010, Telenet served 1,065,000 digital TV subscribers, up 37% compared to the prior year period.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers

TechniSat Digital and IMAGIN in cooperation
Apr 26, 2010 – TechniSat Digital will supply its Digit HD4 CX CSP set-top box for the IMAGIN service operated by the cable networks of Eltrona Interdiffusion and Nokia Siemens Networks in Luxembourg.
News categories: TechniSat, IMAGIN, Eltrona, Nokia Siemens Networks, Cable TV, Digital TV, Luxembourg, Set Top Box

Telekomunikacja Polska adds 45k IPTV and DTH subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 22, 2010 – The Management Board of Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has provided operating data related for the first quarter of 2010 ended on 31st of March 2010. TP's IPTV and satellite offer reached 417k customers, a grown of more than 100% versus Q1 2009.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Omer Telecom to offer DVB-H mobile TV in France
Apr 22, 2010 – Omer Telecom is planning to launch mobile TV under the Virgin Mobile brand which it operates in France. The service will use a DVB-H multiplex network provided by TDF.
News categories: Virgin Mobile, TDF, Digital TV, France, Mobile

TechnoTrend focuses on HDTV via all receive paths at ANGA Cable 2010
Apr 21, 2010 – At ANGA Cable 2010, TechnoTrend Görler will a range of products for receiving HDTV via any transmission method. For cable, TechnoTrend will present three new cable receivers capable of receiving HDTV in the networks of Unitymedia, KDG and others.
News categories: TechnoTrend, ANGA COM, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

TeliaSonera adds 13,000 IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 20, 2010 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has released its report for the period January-March 2010. The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 135,000 from the first quarter of 2009 to 823,000, of which 633,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Viasat Nordic DTH down 15,000 in 1Q10
Apr 20, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 March 2010. For the period, Viasat added 3,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 8,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Portugal to switch off analogue in April 2012
Apr 20, 2010 – Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) has approved its draft detailed plan for the cessation of analogue terrestrial broadcasting in the country.
News categories: ANACOM, Digital TV, Portugal, Regulation, Terrestrial