EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Continued growth for Com Hem in 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – Com Hem is continuing its strong growth in all three service areas. Digital TV is still strong: during the fourth quarter of 2008, the number of subscriptions increased by 4 percent to 468,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

TeliaSonera January-December 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) net sales increased 12.7 percent to SEK 28,096 million (24,921). The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 98,000 from year-end 2007 to 867,000, of which 477,000 were IPTV subscriptions, up 99,000.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Mobiele TV Nederland gets DMB licence
Feb 12, 2009 – The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has decided to issue a national DAB+DMB licence to Mobiele TV Nederland. The company plans to launch a mobile TV service in The Netherlands using the DMB standard.
News categories: MTVNL, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Digital TV, Mobile, Netherlands, Regulation

MTG (Viasat) Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – MTG (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its results for the fourth quarter 2008. The number of subscribers with ViasatPlus Personal Video Recorders increased from 103,000 at the end of the third quarter to 115,000 at the end of the fourth.
News categories: MTG, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Iliad (Free) 2008 Revenues
Feb 12, 2009 – Iliad Group (Paris: ILD)'s 2008 consolidated revenues were €1,565 million, a 29% increase compared to 2007. Free gained 485,000 new subscribers, net of churn, to a total of 3,389,000 subscribers at the end of 2008.
News categories: Iliad, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

RTL to broadcast in MPEG-4 in Stuttgart
Feb 11, 2009 – From mid-2009, RTL, VOX, Super RTL and RTL II are expected to begin broadcasting via DVB-T in the Stuttgart region using MPEG-4 compression.
News categories: RTL, Digital TV, Germany, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Telenor (Canal Digital) Fourth quarter and preliminary results for 2008
Feb 11, 2009 – Canal Digital (Oslo:TEL) revenues increased primarily due to a higher number of cable TV subscribers and higher sales of additional services both to cable and DTH subscribers. The number of DTH subscribers decreased by 12,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Sanoma (Welho)'s Year-End Statement 2008
Feb 10, 2009 – Sanoma (Helsinki:SAA1V) Entertainment's net sales from other operations increased clearly in 2008 due to Welho's strong pay TV and broadband sales. Pay TV business was boosted by investments focused on offering more High Definition (HD) channels.
News categories: Welho, Cable TV, Finland, Results, Subscribers

TEO revenues grew by 4.1 per cent up to LTL 826 million over the year 2008
Feb 10, 2009 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has announced results for the twelve months of 2008. The number of IPTV users increased by 2.3 times and reached almost 40.4 thousand. The number of customers using the DVB-T service was 26.3 thousand at the end of the year.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial