Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

TechnoTrend supplies NDS receivers to Tele Columbus
Sep 29, 2008 – TechnoTrend AG has agreed on a cooperation with the Tele Columbus Group. TechnoTrend will develop and deliver a new receiver model with the encryption system NDS VideoGuard by the beginning of the year 2009.
News categories: TechnoTrend, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, IBCShow, Set Top Box

IPTV in Wonderland
Sep 24, 2008 – The latest report from Screen Digest examines the challenges faced by telcos and their IPTV services in 26 countries across Europe. 'IPTV Business Models: Profit and Loss in the Telco TV Space' discusses the likely success of their strategies.
News categories: Screen Digest, Belgium, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

Sony launches PlayTV DTT PVR box for the PS3
Sep 19, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment has launched its PlayTV box in the UK, Germany, Italy and Poland. PlayTV allows a Playstation 3 to act as a dual-tuner terrestrial free-to-air PVR.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, PlayTV, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Germany, Italy, Poland, Terrestrial, UK

The Kudelski Group continues its fight against piracy initiatives
Sep 11, 2008 – A court in Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany has prohibited Heinrich Zehnder from importing, possessing, or marketing a model of TV decoders containing an electronic mechanism that makes possible the circumvention of conditional access systems.
News categories: Kudelski, Heinrich Zehnder, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany, Set Top Box

From 26.3 Million Mobile TV Users in 2007 to 51.6 Million at the End of 2008
Sep 4, 2008 – On the basis of monthly adoption data for all commercial broadcast Mobile TV networks, Issue No 5 of the quarterly TeleAnalytics Mobile TV Tracking Service calculates that the end 2008 Mobile TV user count will be 51.6 million.
News categories: TeleAnalytics, Austria, Brazil, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Switzerland, USA

Germany - Digital cable TV in more households than DTT
Sep 2, 2008 – According to ANGA, taking results from a survey report by Gemeinsamen Stelle Digitaler Zugang (GSDZ) released at IFA in Berlin, more households in Germany now recieve digital television via cable than via DTT.
News categories: Association of German Cable Operators, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Motorola and Deutsche Telekom Collaborate on IPTV
Sep 1, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE; NYSE:DT) have announced a collaboration to deliver IPTV in Germany and Deutsche Telekom will use Motorola's High Definition (HD)-ready IPTV set-tops for its 'T-Home Entertain' services.
News categories: Motorola, Deutsche Telekom, Joe Cozzolino, Christian Illek, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IFABerlin, IPTV, Set Top Box

Tele Columbus and Kaon cooperate on HD PVR
Aug 29, 2008 – Cable operator Tele Columbus is working with set-top box manufacturer Kaon Media on the joint development of an HDTV PVR. The new product is planned to be launched in Germany in the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: KAON, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box

Primacom Quarterly report for Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
Aug 28, 2008 – The digital TV revenues of Primacom AG (Frankfurt:PRC) increased by 149.1%, from €0.2m in the first six months of 2007 to €0.5m in the first six months of 2008. Customer numbers increased from 4,244 on June 30, 2007 to 16,005 on June 30, 2008.
News categories: Primacom, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers