EU (European Union) Digital TV News

France Telecom 2007 annual results: a very good Group performance
Feb 6, 2008 – ADSL Multiservices were up significantly at 31 December 2007, with 1.149 million ADSL television subscribers (IPTV), twice the number of a year ago, accompanied by the success of video on demand services (VOD), with 2.5 million paying downloads recorded in 2007.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Results Presentation, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Consolidated Interim Report of AS Eesti Telekom for the IV Quarter and year 2007
Feb 6, 2008 – In the last quarter, the number of Elion triple package users increased by 8,750, reaching 53.5 thousand as of 31 December. By the end of the year, the total number of Elion IP and cable television clients reached 58 thousand.
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

BSkyB Results for the half year ended 31 December 2007
Feb 6, 2008 – BSkyB has announced its results for the half year ended 31 December 2007. New DTH customer additions were 385,000 for the quarter.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Spain - February DTT monthly update released
Feb 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in December 2007 a new historic high was achieved with sales of 685,584 DTT receivers, 50% more than in December of 2006 and 80% more than the monthly sales average of that year.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Sogecable Consolidated results as of December 31st 2007
Feb 5, 2008 – DIGITAL+ closed the year 2007 with 2,065,000 subscribers after resuming growth in its customer base in the fourth quarter, in which 19,000 new customers were added to its services.
News categories: Sogecable, Earnings Release, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

KPN Full year results 2007 and strategy update 2008-2010
Feb 5, 2008 – In January 2008, KPN reached the milestone of half a million TV subscribers. Growth continued to accelerate in Q4 2007, adding 83k new customers, compared to 77k in Q3. TV growth was mainly driven by Digitenne, KPN's DVB-T proposition.
News categories: KPN, Earnings Release, Presentation, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Viasat Extends and Broadens Partnership with NDS to Embrace Suite of Solutions for High Definition TV
Feb 5, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and Viasat have inked a new agreement whereby NDS is to commence supplying Viasat with market-leading MediaHighway® middleware, XTV® DVR technology, and a customized EPG to secure and power its new HD pay TV service.
News categories: NDS Group, Modern Times Group, Conditional Access, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Middleware, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Sweden

Three applicants for Danish pay-TV
Feb 5, 2008 – The Mediesekretariatet in Denmark has received three applications for the operation of pay-TV services on the DTT network.
News categories: Mediesekretariatet, Denmark, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

France - SIMAVELEC holds annual press conference
Feb 4, 2008 – At a SIMAVELEC press conference held on February 4, 2008, its Chairman, Mr. Benedict Lelièvre, CEO of Philips Consumer Lifestyle, said that industrialists in the sector were confident for the year 2008 - the year of HD.
News categories: SIMAVELEC, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, France, HD-DVD, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial