Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

SKY Italia subscribers down another 51,000 in 1Q 2013
May 8, 2013 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the three months ending March 31, 2013. SKY Italia experienced a net reduction of approximately 51,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing total subscribers to 4.78 million.
News categories: Sky Italia, News Corp, Germany, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefonica Europe pay TV subscribers continue to decline
May 8, 2013 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its first quarter (January to March) 2013 results. Pay TV accesses in Latin America reached 2.5 million, up 7% year-on-year. In Europe pay TV subscribers declined to 852 thousand from 1.03 million at the end of March 2012, a fall of 17%.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Gaming Consoles Lead Global Connected TV Usage
Apr 9, 2013 – With growing interest in streaming content, online gaming, and apps on TVs, households are increasingly finding ways to connect their TVs to the Internet. In several developed countries, game consoles have become the most popular way to make that connection, according to NPD DisplaySearch.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Blu-ray, China, Digital TV, DVD, France, Gaming, Germany, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, UK, USA

Deutsche TV-Plattform Hybrid-TV/Smart-TV White Book available for download
Mar 12, 2013 – The proportion of devices offering Internet services in addition to linear television on the TV screen is constantly increasing. The publication 'White Book Hybrid-TV / Smart-TV' from German TV-Platform (Deutsche TV-Plattform), offers an overview of recent developments of technology and market, and is now available in English for download.
News categories: Deutsche TV-Plattform, Apps, Germany, HbbTV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

Deutsche Telekom adds 413,000 Entertain TV subscribers in 2012
Feb 28, 2013 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has released results for 2012. The number of customers with the company's Entertain television service went up by 26.6 percent year-on-year to 2.0 million. Entertain via Sat, available since September 2011, made up 299,000 of the total.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers

Telefónica pay TV subscribers stable over 2012 at 3.3 million
Feb 28, 2013 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its fourth quarter and 2012 results. The company finished 2012 with 3.3 million pay TV subscribers, 0.8% up on the end of 2011. Losses in Europe and Brazil were offset by growth elsewhere in Latin America.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Sky Deutschland customer base up 351,000 in 2012
Feb 28, 2013 – Sky Deutschland has released 2012 full-year results. Sky's customer base grew by 351,000 (or 12%) to 3,363,000 at year's end. The number of Sky+ customers increase by 126% to 929,000.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, DVR, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland adds 422,000 Premium TV RGUs in 2012
Feb 20, 2013 – Kabel Deutschland has released its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. At the end of the year, the Company accounted for 1,970 thousand Premium TV RGUs, representing an annual growth of 422 thousand RGUs or 27.3%.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

18.07 million satellite households in Germany at end-2012
Feb 19, 2013 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012, an increase of 524,000 households from year-end 2011.
News categories: SES S.A, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial