EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Deutsche Telekom's Entertain IPTV sells 210,000 subscriptions
May 15, 2008 – In a speech at the Deutsche Telekom AG (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) 2008 Shareholders' Meeting, René Obermann, Chairman of the Board of Management said that Deutsche Telekom's 'Entertain' IPTV service had sold over 210,000 packages.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Subscribers

Q1 2008: Premiere increases revenues to EUR 251.5 million
May 15, 2008 – As of March 31, 2008, Premiere (PRE.XE) had 4,242,467 subscribers (March 31, 2008: 3,460,572), of which 621,908 were indirect arena customers. Compared to Q1 2007 figures, the number of direct subscribers rose by 4.6 percent to 3,620,559.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Eutelsat Communications reports 8.9% revenue increase
May 15, 2008 – Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) has reported financial information for the third quarter ended March 31, 2008. The markets of Russia, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East account for almost 60% of new video channels.
News categories: Eutelsat, Africa, Digital TV, Germany, Middle-East, Poland, Results, Russia, Satellite, Turkey, UK

Telekom Austria (aonTV) Results for the First Quarter 2008
May 14, 2008 – Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has announced its results for the first quarter 2008 ending March 31, 2008. aonTV had 38,600 customers at the end of the period.
News categories: Telekom Austria, Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Telefonica posts a 22.4% increase in net profit in the first quarter to €1,538 million
May 14, 2008 – Telefónica (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF) has increased global pay TV subscribers by +64.4%. In Spain, Telefonica added 42,958 new IPTV customers in the quarter (35,591 in the same period of 2007) to give a total of 554,045 at the end of March 2008.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, MMDS, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Vivendi: Very Good First Quarter - 2008 Outlook Confirmed
May 14, 2008 – Vivendi's revenues from pay-TV operations in France increased to €971 million (+5%), mainly driven by Canal+ and CanalSat portfolio growth, up 180,000 subscriptions compared to the same period last year, and higher advertising revenues.
News categories: Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cyfrowy Polsat: record financial results in the first quarter of 2008
May 14, 2008 – The size of the Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) subscriber base has increased by 720 thousand (almost 50%) in the course of the past year to reach 2.19 million.
News categories: Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Spain - May DTT monthly update released
May 14, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in March, 427,000 DTT receivers (209,000 IDTVs) were sold, with cumulative receiver sales over the past 12 months of around 5.2 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Swedish Media Operator Teracom to Offer IPTV Services with Dreampark Middleware
May 13, 2008 – Dreampark has announced that Teracom has chosen Dreampark's Dreamgallery™ IPTV Middleware solution. Teracom plans to offer IPTV services using Dreamgallery through its recent acquisition of IPTV operator Svenska Basboxbolaget.
News categories: Dreampark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Sweden