EU (European Union) Digital TV News

724k subscribers for n DTH in Poland at end-1Q10
Apr 19, 2010 – TVN S.A. has provided selected data for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The 'n' DTH platform had 724 thousand subscribers while 'Telewizja na kartę' (TNK) had 307 thousand active pre-paid customers at the end of the period.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TEO LT adds 6k DVB-T and IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 19, 2010 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has released its results for the first quarter of 2010. During January-March 2010, the number of TV subscribers increased 6.1 thousand (DVB-T users up 3.9 thousand; IPTV users up 2.2 thousand) to a total of 108.5 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Selects Harmonic for Digital Transition Project
Apr 13, 2010 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) has selected Harmonic's IP-based digital terrestrial transmission technologies and related services to support CyBC's rollout of digital public television.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, CyBC, Content Distribution, Cyprus, NABShow, Terrestrial

Edgeware Advances Amis TV in Slovenia and Croatia
Apr 12, 2010 – Edgeware has announced that Amis Telekom has selected the company's video servers to power their advanced on-demand TV services, which have been rolled out in record time in Slovenia and Croatia.
News categories: Edgeware, Amis Telekom, Content Distribution, Croatia, IPTV, Slovenia

CSA authorises 16 DVB-H channels for France
Apr 9, 2010 – France's CSA has issued broadcasting licences to 13 private channels that it has selected following a call for applications to provide mobile TV (TMP). It has also granted licences to three public channels selected by the Government.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Regulation

Connected TVs booming in Germany
Apr 8, 2010 – In the past year, according to a survey by the GfK, 550,000 TV sets with built-in web access were sold in Germany. In 2010, based on calculations by BITKOM, that number will be around 2 million units - nearly a quadrupling of sales.
News categories: BITKOM, GfK, Germany, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

Orange to offer Roland-Garros Tennis to its subscribers in 3D
Apr 8, 2010 – Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has signed multi-year agreements covering Orange's broadcasting of the Roland-Garros Tennis Championships. Orange will enable its broadband and fibre-optics subscribers to experience the event in 3D.
News categories: Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Metaverse

COGECO digital cable up 26k subscribers in quarter to end-February
Apr 8, 2010 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2010. For the quarter, Digital Television net additions were 14,054 customers in Canada, and 12,189 for COGECO's Cabovisão service in Portugal.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Ziggo prepares for 3D
Apr 6, 2010 – Dutch cable company Ziggo has held a press conference at which it showed, using TVs from Samsung, that it is capable of offering 3D TV to its customers. Ziggo is hoping to be ready to broadcast the World Cup in 3D.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Metaverse, Netherlands, Set Top Box, Smart TV