EU (European Union) Digital TV News

ZON announces 1H08 Consolidated Results
Jul 30, 2008 – ZON Multimédia (Lisbon:ZON) has announced unaudited results for the First Half of 2008. During 1H08, ZON's Pay TV customer base grew by 9.9 thousand customers to 1,557 thousand.
News categories: ZON Multimédia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telekomunikacja Polska selected operating and financial data 2Q 2008
Jul 30, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided operating data related to the activities of TP Group for the six months ended June 30, 2008. IPTV clients have more than doubled to 54,000 up from 19,000 one year ago.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland Presents Record Results
Jul 29, 2008 – Kabel Deutschland has significantly advanced digitization in its cable households: on March 31, 2008 the number of digital TV subscriptions increased to 1.7 million (previous year 1.2 million) including the 778,500 KDG pay TV RGUs.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Ruckus Wireless Delivers First Carrier-Purposed 802.11n System, Enabling Picture-Perfect High Definition IPTV Without Cabling
Jul 28, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that Belgacom has selected its new MediaFlex™ 7000 series, an 802.11n system developed to distribute IPTV content throughout a subscriber's home without costly and time-consuming cable installation.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Router, Smart Home

TEO revenues grew by 8.3 per cent and net profit by 16 per cent in the first half of 2008
Jul 25, 2008 – During January-June 2008, the number of TEO LT IPTV users reached 28 thousand and the number of digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) service users amounted to 6.6 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Belgacom releases 2008 half year report
Jul 25, 2008 – Year-over-year, the Belgacom Group (Brussels: BELG) revenue decreased by 2.5% to EUR 2,962 million. Belgacom added 86,141 TV customers in the first half of 2008. By end of June, Belgacom had a TV customer base of 391,460.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Greece - Digital television frequency chart unveiled
Jul 24, 2008 – The frequency plan for Greek digital television has been unveiled. A digital broadcast trial will be launched on November 1, 2008 with the switch-over being completed by 2015 at the latest.
News categories: Digital TV, Greece, Regulation, Terrestrial

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2008 First Half Financial Results
Jul 24, 2008 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic is pleased to announce its unaudited financial results for the first half of 2008. The total number of O2 TV's customers increased to 98 thousand at the end of 2Q 2008.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Vivendi Reports First Half 2008 Revenues Up 10.2%
Jul 24, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) had revenues in the first half 2008 of €11,268 million. As of June 30, 2008, 80% of TPS subscribers had been transferred to the CanalSat platform confirming the goal of having a single platform by end 2008.
News categories: Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers