Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

Kabel Deutschland Digital Pay TV up 10.9%
Feb 3, 2009 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced subscriber figures for its 2008/9 third quarter (October 1 to December 31). At the end of December, the subscription figure for KDG's Digital Pay TV offering was up 82,900 on the year before to 846,300.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Germany, Subscribers

Germany's number of IPTV customers grows to over half a million
Feb 1, 2009 – According to BITKOM, the voice of the information technology, telecommunications, and new media industry in Germany, the number of IPTV subscribers in Germany at the end of 2008 was 536,000, up from 180,000 at the end of 2007.
News categories: BITKOM, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Subscribers

Unitymedia Strong New Services Growth Continues
Jan 28, 2009 – Unitymedia's Digital TV Pay subscriber base grew 37,000 in the quarter to 568,000, up 25% year-on-year, driven by increasing digitisation of the basic cable subscriber base and enhanced pay TV packages.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

German Blu-ray Player market exhibits dynamic growth in Q4 2008
Jan 26, 2009 – The development of the Blu-ray Player market in Germany has been quite positive in the last three months of 2008. Sales figures of Blu-ray Players finally reached the 100,000 mark in December when more than 30 thousand units were sold.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Germany, Market Research

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q3 2008
Dec 17, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q3 2008 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are available for download.
News categories: GfK Retail and Technology, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

FTTH Council Issues First Official European Ranking Of FTTH Market Penetration
Dec 15, 2008 – The first official European Fibre"to"the"Home (FTTH) ranking shows smaller countries leading the way in FTTH connections. Mid-term projections show, however, that bigger economies are closing the gap.
News categories: FTTH Council, Broadband, Denmark, Estonia, Europe, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Subscribers, Sweden

MEDIA BROADCAST completes Germany upgrade to digital terrestrial television
Dec 10, 2008 – MEDIA BROADCAST has upgraded its terrestrial TV transmitter networks in Germany to DVB-T in les than 5 years between 2003 and 2008. The company thereby completed the digitization process two years earlier than determined by the German government.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Germany, Terrestrial

Commission issues guidelines to get Mobile TV on Europeans' mobile phones
Dec 10, 2008 – The European Commission has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK