Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

Germany: Consumer Electronics Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q4 2007
May 30, 2008 – Results from Q1 2008 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are now available for download.
News categories: GfK, Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

NetCologne and Cisco Showcase the Future of Broadband Entertainment at ANGA Cable 2008
May 27, 2008 – Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and regional telecommunications operator NetCologne are joining forces to bring broadband speeds up to 200 megabits per second (Mbps) with live streaming of high-definition Internet Protocol (IP) video to the ANGA Cable trade fair.
News categories: Cisco Systems, NetCologne, ANGA COM, Broadband, Cable TV, DOCSIS, Germany

Head of Vodafone's German unit says pay TV for mobile phones has no future
May 26, 2008 – The head of Vodafone Group's German business does not see a viable business in offering pay television via mobile phones after the emergence of new handhelds that receive regular terrestrial TV signals, he told Financial Times Deutschland.
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Terrestrial

Unitymedia subscriber take-up in new services continues
May 21, 2008 – Unitymedia has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Digital TV Pay, Internet and Telephony grew to a total of 1.1 million new services RGUs at March 31, 2008, a 71% increase from the previous year.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

News Corporation Increases Stake in Premiere AG to 25.01 Percent
May 19, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has announced that it has secured additional shares in leading German pay-TV operator, Premiere AG (Frankfurt: PRE), increasing its total stake to 25.01 percent.
News categories: News Corp, Premiere, Digital TV, Germany, MandA, Satellite

Deutsche Telekom's Entertain IPTV sells 210,000 subscriptions
May 15, 2008 – In a speech at the Deutsche Telekom AG (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) 2008 Shareholders' Meeting, René Obermann, Chairman of the Board of Management said that Deutsche Telekom's 'Entertain' IPTV service had sold over 210,000 packages.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Subscribers

Q1 2008: Premiere increases revenues to EUR 251.5 million
May 15, 2008 – As of March 31, 2008, Premiere (PRE.XE) had 4,242,467 subscribers (March 31, 2008: 3,460,572), of which 621,908 were indirect arena customers. Compared to Q1 2007 figures, the number of direct subscribers rose by 4.6 percent to 3,620,559.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Eutelsat Communications reports 8.9% revenue increase
May 15, 2008 – Eutelsat (Euronext Paris: ETL) has reported financial information for the third quarter ended March 31, 2008. The markets of Russia, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East account for almost 60% of new video channels.
News categories: Eutelsat, Africa, Digital TV, Germany, Middle-East, Poland, Results, Russia, Satellite, Turkey, UK

Kabel Deutschland introduces newest Nagravision conditional access system and extends cooperation
May 13, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has been selected by Germany's largest cable based television provider Kabel Deutschland (KDG) to protect the content rights and revenues for its forthcoming commercial deployments.
News categories: Nagravision, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany