EU (European Union) Digital TV News

European cable industry sees rapid growth in digital TV, telephony and broadband internet
Apr 23, 2008 – Details of 2007 industry revenues and customer volumes were announced at the annual Cable Congress. The number of Digital cable TV customers has more than doubled in the past two years to 13.9m (+40% in 2007 compared to 9.9m in 2006).
News categories: Cable Europe, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

PT and the three FTA operators reach agreement for Digital Terrestrial Television contest
Apr 22, 2008 – Portugal Telecom has announced that it has reached an agreement with the three free-to-air (FTA) operators - RTP, SIC and TVI - in connection with PT's bid in the upcoming Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) contest.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, Portugal, Regulation, Terrestrial

MTG Q1 2008 Results for Period Ending 31 March 2008
Apr 22, 2008 – Modern Times Group (MTG) (The OMX Nordic Exchange Large Cap market: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2008.
News categories: MTG, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

IPTV Gathering Steam: Almost 10 Million Television-Over-Broadband Subscribers Worldwide
Apr 18, 2008 – A new report from Telecommunications Management Group (TMG), 'IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application,' forecasts that there will be nearly 60 million Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010.
News categories: Telecommunications Management Group, Asia, China, Digital TV, Europe, France, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Subscribers, USA

Multimedia Polska - Over One Million RGUs Sold
Apr 17, 2008 – Sales of digital cable TV (DTV) have been on the rise. In Q1 2008, Multimedia Polska acquired 15.6 thousand new DTV subscribers, against 10.6 thousand in Q4 2007. As at the end of March 2008, the company had over 35 thousand DTV users.
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, Digital TV, Poland, Subscribers

TEO revenues grew by 11.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2008
Apr 17, 2008 – During January-March 2008 TEO's total number of broadband Internet access users increased by 11 thousand and at the end of March was 270.1 thousand, while the number of TV users reached almost 25 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers

VIACCESS chosen by Vest@vision to secure content of new offer TNtop
Apr 17, 2008 – Vest@vision has chosen Viaccess' innovative solution of content security for its TNTop offer, an offer which will give a secured access to all channels of the Digital Terrestrial Television.
News categories: Viaccess, TNTop, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, NABShow, Terrestrial

ORF Starts HDTV Channel on ASTRA
Apr 17, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has announced the launch of ORF HD on ASTRA. The new channel will start broadcasting first of May and offer the complete program of ORF1 in HD format.
News categories: SES ASTRA, ORF, Austria, Digital TV, Satellite

France - CSA plans analogue switch-off time table
Apr 17, 2008 – The French media authority CSA has published a preliminary timetable for the country's analogue switch off.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial