EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Hungary - Four bidders are competing for the operating rights of digital broadcasting networks
May 13, 2008 – All applicants that have submitted bids to the invitation to tender for the operating rights of the terrestrial digital television and terrestrial digital radio networks have met the formal requirements of the tender.
News categories: National Communications Authority of Hungary, Digital TV, Hungary, Regulation, Terrestrial

Kabel Deutschland introduces newest Nagravision conditional access system and extends cooperation
May 13, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has been selected by Germany's largest cable based television provider Kabel Deutschland (KDG) to protect the content rights and revenues for its forthcoming commercial deployments.
News categories: Nagravision, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany

SanomaWSOY's Interim Report 1 January-31 March 2008
May 9, 2008 – Welho's net sales increased strongly due to strong growth in pay TV, broadband subscriptions and the sale of digital set-top boxes. The 100,000-mark in Welho's broadband subscriptions was reached in January, and in pay TV services in February.
News categories: Welho, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom First quarter 2008 results
May 8, 2008 – At the end of 1Q08, Portugal Telecom (EuroNext Lisbon: PTC) (NYSE: PT) had a total base of 47 thousand pay-TV customers, having added 26 thousand subscribers during the quarter, more than doubling its customer base as at the end of 4Q07.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Mobile, Portugal, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Magyar Telekom Q1 2008 results
May 8, 2008 – Magyar Telekom (BDP:MTELEKOM) has reported its consolidated financial results for the first three months of 2008. T-Com Hungary had 12,883 IPTV subscribers and Crnogorski Telekom in Montenegro has 9,023 at the end of the period.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Crnogorski Telekom, Broadband, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Montenegro, Results, Subscribers

T-Hrvatski Telekom results for first quarter ended 31 March 2008
May 8, 2008 – Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HRTA CZ) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008. T-Com had 56,355 MAXtv IPTV customers as at 31 March 2008 (Q1 2007: 15,976).
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Broadband, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Russia will drive growth in the Eastern European pay TV market over the next five years
May 8, 2008 – The latest report from media analyst Screen Digest examines the market for pay TV in 12 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, and Russia. A total of 63m homes are forecasted to be subscribing to pay TV services by 2012.
News categories: Screen Digest, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

IPTV to drive take-up of pay TV in Western Europe, says Analysys Mason
May 8, 2008 – The pay-TV market in Western Europe is generally considered to be mature, but the increasing deployment of IPTV services will see the market enjoy a modest rate of growth in the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services.
News categories: Analysys, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Czech TV-Platform CS LINK Signs For More ASTRA Capacity
May 8, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has signed an agreement for an additional transponder at 23.5ºE for the Pay-TV platform CS Link. CS Link is the largest pay-TV platform in the Czech Republic with 400,000 customers.
News categories: SES ASTRA, CS Link, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers