EU (European Union) Digital TV News

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2007 Results
Feb 26, 2008 – At December 31, 2007, the Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) video subscriber base of 14.7 million included 3.4 million digital cable and 1.1 million direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Earnings Release, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

UPC Austria Launches Digital TV at the Same Price as Analogue
Feb 26, 2008 – A new generation of digital TV is now available on UPC's cable network in Austria. The digital line-up of up to 140 TV channels, with a digital video recorder (DVR), is offered at the same price as the existing analogue Telekabel service.
News categories: UPC, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box

CANAL+ Chooses the Latest Generation of NDS Middleware to Transform Subscribers' Set-top Boxes into Digital Video Recorders
Feb 26, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that CANAL+ GROUP, France's leading Pay TV provider, has chosen the latest generation of MediaHighway® middleware to enable subscribers to transform their HD STBs into DVRs.
News categories: NDS Group, CANAL+ GROUP, Digital TV, DVR, France, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Italy - Rules for IDTV tax rebate eligibility finalised
Feb 25, 2008 – The Ministry of Communications has published the final list of IDTVs eligible for a tax rebate of up to 200 Euros designed to encourage the substitution of old analogue TV sets with new digital TVs.
News categories: Ministero delle Comunicazioni, Digital TV, Italy, Smart TV, Terrestrial

French Digital Terrestrial Free-TV TNTSAT Already Reaches 350,000 Households
Feb 25, 2008 – SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), and French pay-TV group CANAL+ have announced that 350,000 receivers have already been sold to French households.
News categories: TNTSAT, Canal+, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Austria reaches 400,000 DTT receivers
Feb 22, 2008 – Digital terrestrial television is a success in Austria, with 400,000 receivers in the market at the end of last year.
News categories: Digitales Fernsehen Förder, Austria, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q4 2007
Feb 22, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q4 2007 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are now available for download.
News categories: GfK, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

News Corporation Increases Stake in German Pay-TV Operator, Premiere AG
Feb 21, 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, increasing its total stake to 19.9 percent.
News categories: News Corporation, Premiere AG, Digital TV, Germany, MandA, Satellite

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2007 Full Year Financial Results
Feb 21, 2008 – The total number of O2 TV's customers increased to 73 thousand at the end of 2007, representing 20 thousand net adds in 4Q 2007, up from 16 thousand in 3Q 2007.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Earnings Release, Broadband, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Results