EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Kapital Net wins experimental DVB-T authorisation in Croatia
Feb 11, 2010 – Kapital Net d.o.o. has been authorised by Croatia's Electronic Media Council (Vijeća za elektroničke medije) to begin experimental DVB-T broadcasting of its Kapital Network business channel in the country.
News categories: Vijeća za elektroničke medije, Croatia, Digital TV, Terrestrial

DCS (AKTA) to launch digital cable in Romania
Feb 11, 2010 – Digital Cable Systems S.A., operator of the AKTA TV satellite and cable TV services in Romania, plans to launch digital cable TV in March 2010, expecting to attract 10,000 customers in the first year.
News categories: AKTA TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Romania

Welho adds 9k pay TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – Sanoma Group (Helsinki:SAA1V) has released its 2009 year-end statement. Welho increased the number of its pay TV subscribers, both quarter-on-quarter (9 thousand) and year-on-year (8 thousand), to reach 76 thousand.
News categories: Welho, Sanoma, Cable TV, Finland, Results, Subscribers

The Universal Set Top Box - a Major Innovation Introduced by Sagemcom and SoftAtHome
Feb 11, 2010 – Sagemcom and SoftAtHome have collaborated to develop a hybrid MPEG-4 HD Set Top Box that combines IPTV, Satellite and Terrestrial delivery and content sharing through DLNA with a removable hard disk drive. The box is being deployed by Orange.
News categories: Sagemcom, SoftAtHome, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

Viasat adds 30,000 premium pay-TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the period ended 31 December 2009. For the quarter, Viasat added 21,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 9,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

TeliaSonera adds 59k IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has released its report for the period January-December 2009. The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 141,000 from the end of 2008 to 798,000, of which 620,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Spain - February DTT monthly update released
Feb 11, 2010 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 1.36 million DTT receivers were sold in December, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 25.5 million units. Penetration of DTT in January was 80.8%, up by 3.4 percentage points since the end of 2009.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

ADB Supports Telekom Austria For Europe's First DivX®-Enabled Digital TV Service
Feb 11, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) [SIX:ADBN] has announced that Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has introduced advanced 'connected home' capabilities on its aonTV IPTV service using ADB set-top devices and software technology.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Telekom Austria, DivX, Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

16.7 million DTT receivers sold in Italy in 2009
Feb 10, 2010 – The DGTVi publishes a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. Sales of integrated digital TVs (IDTVs) were 6.7 million, and sales of DTT set-top boxes (STBs) were 10.0 million in 2009.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial