Germany Digital TV News (Digital Fernsehen Nachrichten Deutschland)

IPTV subscriber numbers in seventh heaven
Dec 12, 2007 – Significant growth will result in 38.4 million IPTV homes by 2012 - or more than seven times as much as the end-2006 figure, according to a new research report published by Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, IPTV (3rd edition), China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Norway, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Germany: Consumer Electronics Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q3
Dec 6, 2007 – Results from Q1-Q3 2007 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are now available for download.
News categories: GfK, BVT, gfu, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ZVEI estimates 18mn digital set-top boxes in German homes
Dec 3, 2007 – There are currently around 18mn digital set-top boxes (STBs) in German homes, according to consumer electronics association Zentralverbandes Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie (ZVEI).
News categories: Zentralverbandes Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie (ZVEI), Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

European Commission strategy for Mobile TV in Europe endorsed by Member States
Nov 29, 2007 – EU Member States have endorsed the European Commission three pillar strategy presented in July: putting in place a joint approach to licensing; making available spectrum for services; and promoting the use of DVB-H as the mobile TV standard for Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, TV Services, UK

Kabel Deutschland accelerates growth in the internet and telephone business
Nov 29, 2007 – In the Pay TV business, Kabel Deutschland boosted the number of RGUs. The digital pay TV packages Kabel Digital Home and Kabel Digital International posted 731,000 RGUs. In the previous year this figure was 601,000.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

SNL Kagan Publishes Global HDTV Study
Nov 8, 2007 – "Global High Definition Television Trends," a new study from SNL Kagan, reports that pay-TV operators are increasingly using HDTV service to distinguish themselves in competitive markets.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Australia, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mexico, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK, USA

Deutsche Telekom stabilizes its business in Germany and grows in mobile communications
Nov 8, 2007 – Entertain - T-Home's TV entertainment product - proved its suitability for the mass market with its relaunch at IFA and had been ordered by some 50,000 customers by the end of the third quarter.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

3rd quarter 2007: Premiere posts EBITDA of EUR 22.0 million and increases subscriber numbers to 4.17 million
Nov 6, 2007 – There was a clear increase in subscriber numbers quarter-on-quarter (3,473,174 on June 30): with a net growth of 700,221 customers in the 3rd quarter 2007, Premiere registered 4,173,395 subscribers as of September 30.
News categories: Premiere AG, Key figures Q3 2007, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Nov 5, 2007 – Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million subscribers in June 2007. Broadband penetration rates increased from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
News categories: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Broadband Statistics Portal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA