EU (European Union) Digital TV News

NetCologne and Cisco Showcase the Future of Broadband Entertainment at ANGA Cable 2008
May 27, 2008 – Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and regional telecommunications operator NetCologne are joining forces to bring broadband speeds up to 200 megabits per second (Mbps) with live streaming of high-definition Internet Protocol (IP) video to the ANGA Cable trade fair.
News categories: Cisco Systems, NetCologne, ANGA COM, Broadband, Cable TV, DOCSIS, Germany

'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique N°7' Published
May 26, 2008 – As of 31 March 2008, 51.7% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.2 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Head of Vodafone's German unit says pay TV for mobile phones has no future
May 26, 2008 – The head of Vodafone Group's German business does not see a viable business in offering pay television via mobile phones after the emergence of new handhelds that receive regular terrestrial TV signals, he told Financial Times Deutschland.
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Terrestrial

ONO Q1 2008 Earnings and Operating Results
May 22, 2008 – Grupo Corporativo ONO has announced consolidated unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008. In March 2008, ONO, the most watched pay TV platform in Spain, surpassed the milestone of one million television customers.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Unitymedia subscriber take-up in new services continues
May 21, 2008 – Unitymedia has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Digital TV Pay, Internet and Telephony grew to a total of 1.1 million new services RGUs at March 31, 2008, a 71% increase from the previous year.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

News Corporation Increases Stake in Premiere AG to 25.01 Percent
May 19, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has announced that it has secured additional shares in leading German pay-TV operator, Premiere AG (Frankfurt: PRE), increasing its total stake to 25.01 percent.
News categories: News Corp, Premiere, Digital TV, Germany, MandA, Satellite

France - Call for Proposals for a pay channel in HD: Canal+ declared eligible
May 19, 2008 – In response to the call for applications launched by the CSA on January 29, 2008 for broadcasting a pay TV channel in high definition, the submission of Canal+ SA (Euronext Paris: VIV), the only candidate to have replied, has been declared eligible.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

Orange TV will cover more than 98% of French households from July 3rd as part of its triple play offer
May 19, 2008 – As part of the deployment by France Telecom (Euronext Paris: FTE) of the Orange triple play offer (telephone, Internet, TV), 24 million French households (98.3% of the mainland population) will be able to enjoy Orange TV from July 3rd.
News categories: France Telecom, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite

Belgacom reiterates its 2008 full-year guidance based on solid business performance during Q1 2008
May 16, 2008 – Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG) continues to grow its iDTV customer base, adding 43,931 new customers during the first quarter of 2008. At the end of March 2008, the total Belgacom TV customer base counted 349,250 customers.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers