EU (European Union) Digital TV News

TEO net profit grew by 24.7 per cent up to LTL 163 million over the year 2007
Jan 29, 2008 – During 2007, TEO LT's number of broadband Internet access users increased by 43 per cent and at the end of the year 2007 amounted to 258.6 thousand, while the number of IPTV users increased by 3.5 times and reached almost 17.5 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Financial Results, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

The Gores Group Completes Acquisition of Sagem Communications
Jan 29, 2008 – The Gores Group has announced that it closed its acquisition of Sagem Communications from SAFRAN for an enterprise value of 383 million euros (560 million dollars at current exchange rate).
News categories: Sagem Communications, SAFRAN, The Gores Group, CIC Finance, Digital TV, DVR, France, IPTV, MandA, Private Equity, Set Top Box

Deutsche Telekom records strong mobile contract customer growth and leading position on market for new DSL customers
Jan 29, 2008 – Between the beginning of September and the end of the year, the total number of customers connected to T-Home's Entertain IPTV package was 116,000 with 150,000 packages having been sold by the end of 2007.
News categories: T-Home, Deutsche Telekom, Broadband, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

NDS Partners with Kaonmedia to Support ASTER to Launch Advanced TV Services in Poland
Jan 29, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has joined forces with Kaonmedia to deliver digital set-top boxes (STB) and DVRs, including a DVR for viewing in High Definition, to ASTER, a leading provider of media and communication services in Poland.
News categories: NDS Group, Kaonmedia, ASTER, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Set Top Box

Orange 'planning' French DTH platform
Jan 24, 2008 – Canal Plus is facing competition on the home front after it emerged that France Telecom's Orange was preparing to launch a rival DTH platform.
News categories: Orange, France Telecom, Digital TV, France, Satellite

Vodafone will be presenting its innovative mobile and home TV service at CeBIT 2008
Jan 23, 2008 – Vodafone is implementing a technological pilot project at CeBIT to demonstrate DVB-T for mobile phones. It enables the reception of all "classic" DVB-T channels on mobile phones.
News categories: Vodafone, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Terrestrial

French Service Provider Free Selects Intellon-Based HomePlug AV Powerline Connectivity for Customer-Installable Triple Play Service Packages
Jan 23, 2008 – Intellon (Nasdaq:ITLN) has announced that Free, a leading French broadband service provider, has selected Intellon's HomePlug AV-compliant powerline communication ICs for use in all Freebox HD service packages in France.
News categories: Intellon, Free, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Freeplug: Freebox HD, the first box with power line communication (PLC) technology at no additional cost
Jan 22, 2008 – Free has announced Freeplug. This innovation, which is included in the broadband offering, uses standard implementation of power line communication (PLC) technology to link two Freebox HD modems.
News categories: Iliad, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Smart Home

Italy - November 2007 DTT decoder market report released
Jan 18, 2008 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of November 2007 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial