EU (European Union) Digital TV News

KDG cable subscribers down 207k in 2009
Feb 10, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Cable subscribers totaled 8.788 million on December 31, 2009, compared with 8.995 million at the end of 2008, a drop of 207 thousand over the year.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

TEO LT TV subscribers exceed 100k in 4Q09
Feb 10, 2010 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has released its fourth quarter 2009 results. The number of IPTV service users increased by 38.6% to 56 thousand and the number of DTT users increased 1.8 times and at the end of the year exceeded 46 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Canal Digital DTH loses 11,000 subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 10, 2010 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the fourth quarter of 2009. The number of DTH subscribers decreased by 11,000, and the number of cable TV subscriptions decreased by 3,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Denmark, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden

Record Growth for French TNTSAT on ASTRA
Feb 9, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG, LuxX:SESG) has announced that the French DTT on satellite offer TNTSAT, broadcast via ASTRA, posted strong growth with 1.85 million TNTSAT receivers sold as of end 2009.
News categories: TNTSAT, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite

TDC adds 24k TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 4, 2010 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial statements for the January-December 2009 period. YouSee's TV customers increased to 1.249 million at the end of September, up from 1.140 million the year before. IPTV customers reached 96,000 at year-end.
News categories: YouSee, TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Kabel BW launches HD PVR from Humax
Feb 2, 2010 – Kabel BW has launched a new high-definition PVR for its cable TV service in Baden-Württemberg. The iHD-PVR C from Humax features a 320GB hard disk and has VideoGuard conditional access from NDS built-in.
News categories: Kabel BW, Humax, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

MinDig TV receiver sales booming in Hungary
Feb 2, 2010 – According to sales figures from GfK Hungária, at the end of December, around 4.4% of all Hungarian households, or 19.7% of terrestrial households, had a DVB-T MPEG-4 receiver capable of receiving Antenna Hungária's MinDig TV service.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, MinDig TV, GfK, Content Distribution, Hungary, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Norkring Slovenia announces DVB-T Mux B roll-out plan
Feb 2, 2010 – Norkring d.o.o. which holds the licence to operate the Multiplex B for digital terrestrial broadcasting in Slovenia, has announced plans for the launch of the multiplex for the distribution of commercial broadcasters.
News categories: Norkring, Content Distribution, Slovenia, Terrestrial

SKY Italia subscribers down 63,000 in 4Q09
Feb 2, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The SKY Italia subscriber base declined by 63,000 compared with the previous quarter-end to give a total of 4.74 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers