EU (European Union) Digital TV News

MTG Results for Period Ending 30 September 2008
Oct 21, 2008 – Modern Times Group MTG AB (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2008. Viasat Broadcasting's net sales were up 14% y-o-y to SEK 2,308 million.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Broadcast Service Danmark Selects Cisco Technology to Launch Digital TV Services Across Denmark
Oct 20, 2008 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that Broadcast Service Danmark (BSD) has selected a Cisco® MPEG encoding and Internet Protocol (IP) video system to help meet the upcoming requirements of new MPEG-4 nationwide DTT multiplexes in Denmark.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Broadcast Service Danmark, Content Distribution, Denmark, Terrestrial

HD Channels On ASTRA Increase By 30 Percent In Three Months
Oct 20, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the number of HD channels broadcast via the ASTRA Satellite System has increased significantly in the last three months. At the beginning of October, the number of HD channels reached 55.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Austria, Belgium, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Satellite, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Bulgaria's Leading Network Operator Deploys SecureMedia's Content Security For Its New IPTV Triple Play Offering
Oct 20, 2008 – Megalan Network and SecureMedia have announced that Megalan Network has launched its comprehensive end-to-end IPTV Triple Play services in the capital city of Sofia, protected by SecureMedia's flagship product, the Encryptonite ONE System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Megalan Network, Bulgaria, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Video Exchange

Malta - GO Plus TV hits 30,000 subscriber mark
Oct 17, 2008 – GO Plus TV has hit the 30,000 subscriber mark in just eighteen months of commencing commercial operations on its digital TV service. GO has scored success in keeping its promise to provide Malta and Gozo with a state-of-the-art digital TV service.
News categories: GO p.l.c., Digital TV, Malta, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Canal+ launches +LE CUBE designer set-top box
Oct 16, 2008 – CANAL+ (Paris: VIV) has launched a new internet-connected HD satellite PVR called +LE CUBE. Designed by fuseproject, +LE CUBE has a gyroscopic sensor that enables the display to rotate allowing it to be used in both a horizontal and vertical position.
News categories: Canal+, fuseproject, Digital TV, DVR, France, Satellite, Set Top Box

TEO revenues grew by 5.3 per cent for the nine months of 2008
Oct 16, 2008 – The total consolidated revenue of TEO LT, AB Group (Vilnius:TEO1L) for the nine months of 2008 was LTL 613 million. The total number of main telephone lines in service was 772.1 thousand, while the number of TV users (IPTV and DVB-T) - 47.5 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain - DIGITAL+ 2,061,000 subscribers at end-Q3
Oct 16, 2008 – PRISA (Madrid: PRS.MC) has announced its January-September 2008 results. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+ at September 30th 2008 stood at 2,061,000 subscribers. At September 30th 2007, the subscriber base stood at 2,046,000.
News categories: Sogecable, PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Telenet Digital TV successfully launched in Interkabel regions
Oct 15, 2008 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) Digital TV has been successfully launched in the former Interkabel regions. This means that the interactive digital television platform is now available for customers from Maaseik to Ostend and from Ypres to Wuustwezel.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV