Netherlands (Holland) Digital TV News

Directive on the protection of conditional-access services: Commission consultation of interested parties
Feb 11, 2008 – The European Commission is launching an open consultation and is asking all interested parties to submit information on services that use conditional-access systems, such as pay-TV or video on demand.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DRM, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

KPN Full year results 2007 and strategy update 2008-2010
Feb 5, 2008 – In January 2008, KPN reached the milestone of half a million TV subscribers. Growth continued to accelerate in Q4 2007, adding 83k new customers, compared to 77k in Q3. TV growth was mainly driven by Digitenne, KPN's DVB-T proposition.
News categories: KPN, Earnings Release, Presentation, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

In Europe, IPTV grows stronger in less 'cabled' TV markets
Jan 16, 2008 – According to the newest edition of TV Markets Quarterly Monitoring from InfoCom, during 2Q07 most of the television viewers in Western Europe still prefer receiving television service over terrestrial.
News categories: InfoCom GmbH, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

KPN has half a million TV viewers
Jan 15, 2008 – KPN has 500,000 digital television viewers for its two television services. In the first quarter of 2007 the total stood at 296,000 TV customers. By the end of the third quarter this had risen to 414,000.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SecureMedia Protects The Caribbean's First IPTV Deployment
Jan 14, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that Bonairean telecom operator Telefonia Bonairiano NV (Telbo) has launched 'mitv', its new Digital TV over ADSL 2+ network protected by the Encryptonite ONE System.
News categories: SecureMedia, Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo), Broadband, Caribbean, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands

Commission sees need for a stronger more consumer-friendly Single Market for Online Music, Films and Games in Europe
Jan 3, 2008 – The European Commission has decided to give a new boost to Europe's online content sector. EU citizens should be able to enjoy easier and faster access to a rich variety of music, TV programmes, films or games via the Internet, mobile phones or other devices.
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, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, UK

Telefonia Bonairiano Launches IPTV Under the Name of 'MITV' as A First in the Caribbean Region
Dec 20, 2007 – Telefonia Bonairiano has launched IPTV under the name of "mitv" to its residential and business subscribers, becoming the first in the Caribbean and Central America to establish a triple play (video, voice and data) offering.
News categories: Telbo, Broadband, Caribbean, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands

Dutch digital TV connections to reach 4 million in Q2 2008
Dec 19, 2007 – The total number of Dutch TV connections grew slightly during the third quarter to 7.88 million on 30 September 2007.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers

Entropic and CAIW Join Forces to Deploy Affordable Triple-Play Services in Europe
Dec 11, 2007 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR), in conjunction with Dutch Cable Operator CAIW, has announced the first deployment of Entropic's c.LINK Access technology in Europe.
News categories: Entropic Communications, CAIW, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Netherlands, Semiconductor, Smart Home