Netherlands (Holland) Digital TV News

KPN adds 38k DTT and IPTV subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 27, 2009 – KPN Group (Amsterdam:KPN) has released its results for Q3 2009. KPN sees continued growth in TV (Digitenne DTT + IPTV), with IPTV taking an increasing share (~70k subscribers). The company is on track to exceed 1 million TV subscribers in 2010.
News categories: KPN, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Neotion to supply Irdeto CI Plus Modules to Ziggo
Oct 23, 2009 – Neotion (ALTERNEXT:ALNEO) has signed an agreement with Dutch cable operator Ziggo to supply Irdeto Conditional Access Modules (CAM) for use in CI Plus-ready television sets.
News categories: Neotion, Ziggo, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Netherlands, Smart TV

More than 700 on-demand audiovisual services available in Europe
Oct 16, 2009 – The European Audiovisual Observatory and the Direction du développement des médias (France) have published a new study entitled Video on Demand and Catch-Up Television in Europe.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, DDM, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Thomson Supplies Energy-Saving and Compact Cable Set-top Boxes to UPC
Oct 5, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced that UPC Broadband is the first operator to take up the latest design of its energy-efficient set-top boxes. The PVR-equipped STB is rolled out on the UPC Broadband network in Europe.
News categories: Thomson, Liberty Global, Austria, Cable TV, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Switzerland

Ziggo adds 387k digital TV subscribers Y-o-Y to end 2Q09
Sep 30, 2009 – Ziggo has released its half year statement for the period ended June 30, 2009. In the first half of 2009, the market for digital television grew rapidly. This resulted in a year-on-year increase of 387,000 customers to a total base of 1,382,000.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

Western Europe: Pay TV revenues hit by triple-play growth
Sep 29, 2009 – New research by Informa Telecoms & Media shows digital TV penetration of Western European households will maintain its present strong growth going from 62% at the end of 2008 to 93% at the end of 2014.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, France, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK

Europe's Leading Cable Operators Signal Their Support for DVB-C2
Sep 22, 2009 – Nine of Europe's leading cable network operators, representing more than 35 million connected homes, have shown their immediate support and declared their intention to exploit the operational potential of DVB-C2.
News categories: DVB Project, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-C2, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Set Top Box, Spain, Sweden

Amino Selected By Tele2 For Netherlands MPEG-4 IPTV Rollout
Sep 21, 2009 – Tele2 Netherlands has selected Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) as the supplier of MPEG-4 set-top boxes (STBs) for the provision of IPTV services. Amino is expected to supply Tele2 with STBs over an 18-month period.
News categories: Amino, Tele2, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Netherlands, Set Top Box

UPC Broadband using Pace HD set-top box to reduce energy consumption
Sep 17, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has developed a new high definition (HD) set-top box for UPC Broadband (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) to help the operator to meet targets as it digitises its cable network and rolls out HD services across its European footprint.
News categories: Pace plc, UPC, Austria, Cable TV, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Switzerland