EU (European Union) Digital TV News

TEO results for the first quarter of 2009
Apr 17, 2009 – TEO (Vilnius:TEO1L) of Lithuania has released its first quarter 2009 results. During January-March 2009, the number of customers using the company's TV services increased by 12.7 thousand to 79.4 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

German CE turnover remains positive in 2008
Apr 17, 2009 – In 2008 the turnover for Consumer Electronics (CE) in Germany remained positive. The market in total increased by 1.7% to a volume of approx. 23.7 billion Euros. 63% of this turnover came from traditional CE products.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Germany, HD-DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Tough competition in Swedish digital-TV market continues for Boxer
Apr 16, 2009 – As at 31 March, Boxer had 680,000 digital-TV subscribers. This figure applies to both Sweden and the new operation in Denmark. Overall, the number of customers in Sweden continues to fall as a result of increasing competition.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Croatia - Iskon launches IPTV service
Apr 16, 2009 – Iskon, part of T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), has launched its Iskon.TV IPTV digital television service in Croatia. The service is available in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Pula, Osijek, Velika Gorica, Samobor, Opatija and Solina.
News categories: Iskon, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV

Lattelecom Terrestrial to be Available Throughout Latvia by Year-End
Apr 15, 2009 – Lattelecom's Terrestrial TV services will be available throughout Latvia by the end of 2009, the company has announced. The system is being tested right now and, at the end of April, Lattelecom will begin to also test pay channels.
News categories: Lattelecom, Digital TV, Latvia, Terrestrial

Spain - April DTT monthly update and annual report released
Apr 13, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, February sales of DTV tuners in Spain exceeded 576,000. The total volume of DTT receivers sold since 2003 is now around 17 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

COGECO passes 500k digital cable subscriber mark
Apr 9, 2009 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced its financial results for the latest period. Digital Television service net additions stood at 25,102 and 48,719 customers for the quarter and first six months ended February 28, 2009, respectively.
News categories: COGECO, Cabovisão, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Italy - February 2009 DTT decoder market
Apr 9, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of February 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

50 Bidders for Digital TV Networks in Bulgaria
Apr 9, 2009 – Fifty companies have declared interest in bidding for the construction of national digital television networks in Bulgaria. The analogue television switch-off should be completed in December 2012.
News categories: Bulgaria, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial