EU (European Union) Digital TV News

TVN Group announces results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008
Feb 20, 2009 – TVN Group has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008. The 'n' DTH platform increased its subscriber base by 142 thousand in the three months ended December 31, 2008.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

PRISA's EBITDA reached €948 million
Feb 19, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS) has reported full-year revenue of 4,001.35 million euros for 2008. Average Digital+ subscriber revenue per head was 44.5 euros per month over the fourth quarter of 2008, with a total subscriber base of 2,035,000.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom (Meo) full year 2008 results
Feb 18, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2008. YTD net additions in the pay-TV service reached 291 thousand bringing the total customers to 312 thousand at the end of 2008.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

RomTelecom To Offer IPTV
Feb 16, 2009 – Romanian telecom operator RomTelecom will this year begin offering television services via IPTV, after selecting the equipment suppliers for the project.
News categories: RomTelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania

CANAL+ Cyfrowy: 2008 Financial Results
Feb 16, 2009 – CANAL+ Cyfrowy, operator of Poland's CYFRA+ digital satellite platform, finished 2008 with 1,380,000 subscribers.
News categories: Canal+ Cyfrowy, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Germany had 28 million Online Video Viewers Watch More Than 3 billion Videos in December 2008
Feb 16, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 28.5 million German Internet users viewed a video online in December 2008, up 10 percent versus the previous year.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

EU Member States on course for analogue terrestrial TV switch-off
Feb 16, 2009 – The switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV transmission in Europe is well on track. Switch-off has already been completed in five Member States and by 2010 the process should be well advanced in the whole EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Antenna Hungária extends HD test transmission of m1 and m2 on MinDig TV until end of February
Feb 16, 2009 – Owing to its popularity, Antenna Hungária (AH) is extending the HD test transmission using m1 HD and m2 HD programs on the MinDig TV digital terrestrial television platform until the end of February.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Hungary, Terrestrial

Turin DVB-SH trial enables a perfect blend of satellite and terrestrial networks for mobile TV
Feb 16, 2009 – The DVB-SH trial launched by RAI, 3 Italia, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Eutelsat has shown excellent results. The initial results demonstrated high reception performance for the technology for mobile TV on commercial terminals.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Eutelsat, 3 Italia, RAI, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, MWC24, Satellite