EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Q2 2008: Premiere increases revenues to EUR 272.4 million
Aug 7, 2008 – As of June 30, 2008, Premiere (PRE.XE) had a total of 4,157,810 customers: 3,554,696 direct subscribers (June 30, 2007: 3,473,174) and 603,114 indirect arena customers.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, CAM, Conditional Access, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Commission starts selection procedure for operators of pan-European mobile satellite services
Aug 7, 2008 – A competition for providers of communication services via satellite across Europe has been launched by the European Commission. Satellite operators will be able to offer services, such as mobile TV, under a single European selection procedure.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Premiere: Decisive phase in the fight against the organized theft of rights
Aug 5, 2008 – Premiere (PRE.XE) has developed and successfully tested an extensive security package together with its encryption partners NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) to ensure that all pirate viewers will be greeted with a blank screen soon.
News categories: Premiere AG, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Western Europe smashes through 100 million digital homes barrier
Aug 5, 2008 – Research published by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households broke the 50% barrier in 2007. Informa forecasts that digital homes in the region will reach 104 million by the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

Telenet announces First Half 2008 results
Aug 5, 2008 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announced its consolidated results for the six months ended June 30, 2008. As of June 30, 2008, Telenet had 479,000 subscribers to its digital TV service, a net increase of 88,000 subscribers for the first half of 2008.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

News Corp. 4th Qtr FY08 - June 30, 2008
Aug 5, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported fourth quarter net income of $1.1 billion. SKY Italia added more than 366,000 net subscribers over the previous 12 months, bringing it's subscriber base to 4.56 million at quarter end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corporation, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

France - August 'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique'
Aug 4, 2008 – TDF, in conjunction with NPA Conseil, has published its quarterly status report on the French digital TV market. At end-June 2008, 56% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.3 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, NPA Conseil, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Croatia - DTT services to launch in September
Aug 4, 2008 – The Croatian government has published its Strategy for Digital Switchover which calls for the launch of DTT services on 1 September 2008.
News categories: Croatia, Digital TV, Terrestrial