EU (European Union) Digital TV News

ADB Selected by Telekom Austria
Feb 28, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it has been selected to supply high definition, Advanced Video Coding (AVC) ADB-3800W IPTV set-top boxes (STB) to Telekom Austria for their IPTV television services.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Telekom Austria, Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Portugal - Subscription television services continue to grow
Feb 28, 2008 – In the fourth quarter of 2007 Portugal had 1.96 million subscribers to the services of subscription TV supported by cable distribution networks or satellite (DTH) - around 2% more than the number recorded in the previous quarter.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica posts a 43% increase in net profit to a record 8,906 million euros
Feb 28, 2008 – Telefónica's pay TV subscribers at the end of the quarter exceeded 1.7 million, 64.3% more than in 2006, with operations up and running in Spain, the Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Earnings Release, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Amino Communications Sued for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
Feb 28, 2008 – MPEG LA has announced that several leading companies and a university have filed separate patent enforcement actions in Germany against Amino Communications for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard.
News categories: MPEG LA, Amino Communications, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box

Telekom Austria Results for the Financial Year 2007
Feb 27, 2008 – Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has announced its results for the Financial Year 2007 and the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2007. aonTV had 20,900 customers by year-end 2007.
News categories: Telekom Austria, Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

ZON announces Full Year 2007 Consolidated Results
Feb 27, 2008 – The last quarter of 2007 was excellent for ZON Multimédia (ex-PT Multimedia). The digital extended basic package ('Funtastic Life') reached 382 thousand subscribers in 2007, with 112 thousand net additions during this period.
News categories: TV Cabo, Earnings Release, Results Presentation, Cable TV, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland with record growth in its Internet and Phone services
Feb 27, 2008 – The number of Kabel Deutschland (KDG) digital subscriptions increased to nearly 1.6 million (929,000 in the previous year), including the 763,000 KDG pay TV subscriptions as per December 31, 2007.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Portugal - Opening of tenders for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)
Feb 27, 2008 – The regulations associated with the public tenders in respect of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) have been published in 'Diário da República'.
News categories: Anacom, Portugal, Regulation, Terrestrial, TV Services

Multimedia Polska quarterly report for the three and twelve months
Feb 26, 2008 – As at 31 December 2007, the Group had 23,055 digital television subscribers in both technologies (DTV and IPTV). In addition, Multimedia Polska Group launched video on demand to selected cable locations in large cities on 27 September 2007.
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Report for Q4 2007, 2007 Q4 results presentation, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers