Italy Digital TV News

EU sales record for digital set-top boxes
Jun 29, 2010 – The European market for digital set-top boxes is set to rise by an estimated 9.6 per cent to 2.2 billion euros in 2010 according to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO).
News categories: EITO, Digital TV, EU, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Spain, UK

Global IPTV subscribers grow 8% in Q1 2010
Jun 16, 2010 – Broadband subscription growth took an upswing during the first quarter of 2010. The Broadband Forum figures show that the number of IPTV subscribers grew to 36.3 million. China and the USA are the top two countries for both broadband and IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Broadband, BroadcastAsia, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Russia, Spain, Subscribers, USA

Swisscom TV adds 45k subscribers in 1Q10
May 5, 2010 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) has released its 2010 first quarter results. The number of Swisscom TV customers almost doubled in the space of a year to 275,000 at the end of March 2010, up 45,000 in the quarter.
News categories: Swisscom, Fastweb, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

SKY Italia subscribers down 39,000 in 1Q10
May 4, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the third quarter ended March 31, 2010. SKY Italia reported a quarter-end subscriber base of 4.7 million, a decline of 39,000 from the previous quarter end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

ADB Group delivers a mid-period business update
Apr 27, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has given an update on the development of its business. Demand for Group's products and services continues to be strong, especially in Italy and Eastern Europe.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Italy, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Telecom Italia and Intel announce collaboration for next-generation online TV and internet services
Mar 5, 2010 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have announced a collaboration to distribute next-generation online internet and TV services via the open source MeeGo software platform.
News categories: Telecom Italia, Intel Corp, Digital TV, Italy, Middleware, Semiconductor, Streaming

Increased dynamics of mobile broadcast TV around the world in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – An updated bmcoforum report describes the recent regulatory framework and implementation status as of the beginning of 2010 in countries with existing mobile TV service offers.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mobile, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Smart TV, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, Uruguay, USA

FTTH growth accelerates in Europe
Feb 24, 2010 – In 2009, growth in terms of subscribers and Homes/Buildings passed has accelerated in Europe. In EU36 (including Russia), there were nearly 3.5 million FTTH/B subscribers and more than 25 million Homes/Buildings Passed.
News categories: IDATE, FTTH Council, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, Europe, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Lithuania, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden

Swisscom TV adds 44k subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) has released its Annual Report for 2009. The number of Swisscom TV customers almost doubled in the space of a year to end 2009 at 230,000.
News categories: Swisscom, Fastweb, IPTV, Italy, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Switzerland