Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

2007: Another Successful Year for ASTRA In Germany
Mar 12, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that it has increased the number of digital satellite TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.72 million to 9.75 million households (+21.5%).
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Amino Rejects Patent Infringement Claims in Germany
Mar 7, 2008 – Amino has announced that it rejects the claim that it has infringed patents relating to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard and that it has not been served with any patent enforcement actions.
News categories: Amino Communications, MPEG LA, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box

Tele Columbus Group to Use NDS VideoGuard® to Protect its Service Portfolio
Mar 6, 2008 – The Tele Columbus Group has announced that it will protect its independent networks with conditional access technology from NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS).
News categories: NDS Group, Tele Columbus, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

Leading Companies and University Sue Alba for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
Mar 4, 2008 – MPEG LA has announced that several leading companies and a university have filed patent enforcement actions in District Court Dusseldorf, Germany against Alba for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard.
News categories: MPEG LA, Alba, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Europe's HDTV Transition Falters As Economic Reality Kicks In
Mar 4, 2008 – The closure of two of Germany's HDTV channels in recent weeks has cast a shadow over European hopes for a rapid transition to High Definition Television, according to analysis published by the Strategy Analytics Broadband Network Strategies service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research

Primacom nearly quadruples Digital TV activations
Feb 29, 2008 – The cable operator PrimaCom has seen a rise in the number of new digital TV subscribers with a gain of more than 300 percent to nearly 14,000 activations.
News categories: PrimaCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers

Amino Communications Sued for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
Feb 28, 2008 – MPEG LA has announced that several leading companies and a university have filed separate patent enforcement actions in Germany against Amino Communications for infringing patents essential to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard.
News categories: MPEG LA, Amino Communications, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Licensing, Patent, Set Top Box

Kabel Deutschland with record growth in its Internet and Phone services
Feb 27, 2008 – The number of Kabel Deutschland (KDG) digital subscriptions increased to nearly 1.6 million (929,000 in the previous year), including the 763,000 KDG pay TV subscriptions as per December 31, 2007.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q4 2007
Feb 22, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q4 2007 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