EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Com Hem digital TV subscribers pass 500,000
Aug 18, 2009 – Com Hem has reported results for the second quarter of 2009. During the period, the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 4 percent to 504,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Boxer Denmark pay-DTT from November 1st
Aug 17, 2009 – Boxer has announced November 1st, 2009 as the launch date for its DTT pay TV service in Denmark. The service includes Flex8, where the customer chooses any 8 channels from a choice of 22 with the same price regardless of which channels are chosen.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Towercom wins Slovakia DVB-T infrastructure tender
Aug 14, 2009 – Telekomunikačný úrad SR (TÚ SR), the Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic, has announced that Towercom is the winner of its re-tender for the award of operating licences for digital terrestrial television (DTT).
News categories: TÚ SR, Towercom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Lattelecom Introduces Terrestrial TV
Aug 13, 2009 – Lattelecom has introduced Terrestrial TV, thus beginning the transfer from analogue to digital television broadcasts. European Union law states that Latvia must complete this transition by 2012.
News categories: Lattelecom, Digital TV, Latvia, Terrestrial

Boxer pay TV subscribers down 7k in Sweden & Denmark in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – At the end of the second quarter 2009, DTT operator Boxer had 673,000 subscribers in Sweden and Denmark, down from 701,000 at the same time in 2008. The acquisition of Finland's PlusTV added 276,000 subscribers, to give a total of 949,000.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Finland, Results, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Digita Chooses Envivio Encoding for New DVB-H Service in Finland
Aug 13, 2009 – Envivio has announced that its Mobile Series™ video encoding platform has been installed by Digita Oy. The platform is being used to deliver ten channels of DVB-H encoded mobile television to be offered by mobile operators in Finland.
News categories: Envivio, Digita Oy, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finland, IBCShow, Mobile

Sky Deutschland subscribers down 7k in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – Sky Deutschland (PRE.XE) has announced results for the second quarter of 2009. Sky had a total of 2.364m direct subscribers at the end of Q2 2009, 7k less than in Q1 2009.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Spanish Government approves pay DTT
Aug 13, 2009 – Spain's government has agreed to allow television channels to charge viewers for digital terrestrial programming.
News categories: Digital TV, Regulation, Spain, Terrestrial

Poland's 'n' DTH adds 10k post-paid in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – TVN Group has announced its financial results for the half-year and second quarter of 2009. As of June 30, the 'n' DTH platform in Poland had activated 557,000 post-paid subscribers, an increase of over 10,000 in the quarter.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers