EU (European Union) Digital TV News

INFO-TV-FM wins Poland's DVB-H tender
Mar 6, 2009 – In response to its tender, Poland's Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) received two bids to offer DVB-H mobile TV services in the country. The UKE has announced that the winner is INFO-TV-FM.
News categories: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej, INFO-TV-FM, Digital TV, Mobile, Poland, Regulation

HanseNet to deploy Sagem PVR
Mar 6, 2009 – HanseNet, a German subsidiary of Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT, NYSE:TI), is planning to make a new IPTV set-top box (STB) available to its Alice TV customers in the first half of 2009. The STB is a personal video recorder (PVR) supplied by Sagem.
News categories: HanseNet, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Belgacom announces 2008 results
Mar 6, 2009 – The Belgacom Group (Brussels: BELG) has reported a revenue of EUR 5,986 million for full-year 2008. In 2008, Belgacom added 201,000 new TV users, a considerable rise compared to the 166,000 users in 2007.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Dialog Telecom Selects Scopus to Power its IPTV Service in Poland
Mar 4, 2009 – Scopus Video Networks (NASDAQ: SCOP) has announced that Dialog Telecom has launched its new IPTV service using a video distribution network based on Scopus video networking solutions.
News categories: Scopus Video Network, Dialog Telecom, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland

Swisscom - Stable core business with strong increase in customers
Mar 4, 2009 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) closed the 2008 financial year with net revenue up 10.0% to CHF 12,198 million and operating income (EBITDA) up 6.4% to CHF 4,789 million. By the end of 2008 Bluewin TV had doubled its customer base year-on-year to 118,000.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

France Telecom 2008 annual results
Mar 4, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has reased its 2008 results. Digital and satellite TV subscribers rose to 2.1 million in Europe at 31 December 2008 (mainly in France), compared with 1.2 million a year earlier, an increase of 66%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom launches free-of-charge movie portal 'Videoload free'
Mar 3, 2009 – 'Videoload free', the free online video library from Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE; NYSE:DT), opens its virtual doors with more than 600 films and TV series. All content is available in high Videoload quality and is financed by advertising.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Digital TV, Germany, Streaming

FastTV launches broadband TV PVR
Mar 3, 2009 – FastTV has launched its broadband TV 160GB personal video recorder (PVR) for the Scandinavian market.
News categories: FastTV, Denmark, DVR, Norway, Set Top Box, Streaming, Sweden

Vivendi: 2008 Goals Reached
Mar 2, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues reached €25,392 million compared to €21,657 million in 2007. In 2008, the digitization of the Canal+ subscriber base accelerated with nearly 350,000 upgrades from analog to digital offers.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers