EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Kabel Deutschland Wins More And More Customers
Nov 26, 2008 – On September 30, 2008 the number of KDG's digital TV RGUs (including 73.3 thousand PVR RGUs) amounted to 1,888.9 thousand (1,392.6 thousand on September 30, 2007), representing a digital TV RGU penetration based on total RGUs of 16.8%.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Pace exclusively delivers +LE CUBE, its new HD PVR for Canal+ Group
Nov 26, 2008 – Europe's first Satellite/IP hybrid set-top box to use the Ethernet port for VOD services, +LE CUBE, was delivered to CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) on November 4th by Pace (LSE:PIC).
News categories: Pace plc, Canal+ Group, Digital TV, DVR, France, Satellite, Set Top Box

ONO Q3 2008 Earnings and Operating Results
Nov 25, 2008 – ONO has announced consolidated results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008. Cable television customers increased by 148,000 or 16.3% in the last twelve months, reaching 1,057,000 as of 30 September 2008.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

DiBcom teams up with LG to offer a 3G+ touchscreen phone with integrated Mobile TV
Nov 25, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its latest generation Mobile TV receiver enables free-to-air DVB-T digital TV broadcasts on LG Electronics' (Seoul:066570) new multimedia handset - the LG KB770.
News categories: DiBcom, LG Electronics, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Orange France brings high definition mobile TV to Unik
Nov 24, 2008 – Orange (Paris and NYSE:FTE) plans to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik on its 3G+ UMA platform, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels via the LG Secret KF757 handset.
News categories: Orange, 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile

Magyar Telekom to launch satellite TV service
Nov 24, 2008 – Magyar Telekom (NYSE: MTA)(Budapest: MTELEKOM) has launched a nationwide satellite TV service under the brand T-Home Sat TV. Magyar Telekom now offers TV services on three different platforms: cable TV, IPTV and satellite TV.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, T-Home, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Hungary, Satellite

Cyfrowy Polsat Launches EchoStar Europe's High Definition STBs
Nov 24, 2008 – EchoStar Europe (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced that its advanced, high definition (HD) set-top box (STB) has been introduced by Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS).
News categories: EchoStar Europe, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Four bid for Slovak DVB-T multiplexes
Nov 20, 2008 – The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (TÚ SR) has announced that four candidates have bid for the first two DVB-T multiplexes in Slovakia.
News categories: TÚ SR, ORS, Valtech Communications, Towercom, Telecom Corp, Digital TV, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Airfield Media Group Selects Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ Neighbourhood To Broadcast Belgian French-Language Channels In Its TéléSAT Platform
Nov 20, 2008 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the signature of a contract with Airfield Media Group for satellite capacity at the HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood to broadcast the five Belgian French-language channels in the new TéléSAT, pay-TV platform.
News categories: Eutelsat, TéléSAT, Belgium, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite