EU (European Union) Digital TV News

T-HT delivered strong performance in 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced its consolidated audited results for the financial year 2008. MAXtv has been a major success with a 210.0% increase in subscribers to 135,573.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Antenna Hungária and TechniSat Digital cooperate for MinDigTV
Feb 27, 2009 – TechniSat Digital will start to supply DVB-T MPEG-4 HD digital terrestrial set-top-boxes to Antenna Hungária from May 2009. The receiver design was specially developed according to the technical requirements of Antenna Hungária.
News categories: TechniSat, Antenna Hungária, MinDig TV, Digital TV, Hungary, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Deutsche Telekom exceeds financial targets for 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) exceeded its financial targets in the 2008 financial year. The number of Entertain triple-play lines activated climbed to around 353,000 by year-end.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers

Portuguese pay TV market continues to grow
Feb 26, 2009 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of December 2008 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.29 million, 75 thousand more than in the previous quarter.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) Group selected data
Feb 26, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided selected data for the full year ended December 31, 2008. TV subscribers nearly doubled in the fourth quarter to 113 thousand, owing to the launch of TP's satellite TV service.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland with double digit growth rates in revenue and EBITDA
Feb 26, 2009 – KDG was able to further expand its customer base despite the financial and economic crisis. RGUs for digital pay TV grew by 82,900 to a total of 846,300 units. At the end of 2008 the number of all digital pay TV users reached 2 million.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

FASTWEB Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 26, 2009 – The Board of Directors of FASTWEB (Milan: FWB) has approved the draft financial statement for the year ending 31 December 2008. The IPTV service recorded a positive trend, with subscribers increasing by 13% in the year.
News categories: FASTWEB, IPTV, Italy, Results

Cyfrowy Polsat report for the three months to 31 December 2008
Feb 26, 2009 – As at 31 December 2008 Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) had 2,726,993 subscribers, 31.8% more than as at 31 December 2007, when the number was 2,068,328.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica Quarterly Results 2008 January - December
Feb 26, 2009 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its 2008 results. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2.2 million at the end of 2008, up almost 30% on the prior year, driven by net adds of 109,500 in the fourth quarter and some 519,500 in the year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela