Netherlands (Holland) Digital TV News

Kudelski Group to Enhance and Secure New HDTV PVR and Push-Video-on-Demand Satellite Service for CanalDigitaal and TV-Vlaanderen
Sep 7, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD) has announced that CanalDigitaal and TV-Vlaanderen have selected a suite of Kudelski Group products to enhance and secure their new high definition television (HDTV) subscription video-on-demand (S-VOD) service scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: Belgium, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Netherlands, Satellite

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 8, 2007 – Liberty Global had 23.1 million total RGUs at June 30, 2007, with 14.7 million video, 4.9 million broadband Internet and 3.5 million telephony subscribers. The 14.7 million video subscribers consisted of 10.9 million analog cable, 2.8 million digital cable and 1.0 million DTH subscribers.
News categories: Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Broadcasters Focus on Mobile TV & IPTV at IBC 2007
Aug 8, 2007 – The roles of mobile TV and IPTV relative to traditional broadcast TV are set to be thoroughly debated when 45,000 broadcasters and film-makers gather for IBC 2007 in Amsterdam, September 6-11.
News categories: Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands

KPN - Solid Q2 performance driven by Mobile
Jul 30, 2007 – The number of TV subscriptions accelerated in the second quarter with 41k net additions, an increase of 47% compared to Q2 2006, to 337k. KPN's market share of the digital TV market at the end of Q2 was 14%, equivalent to 5% of the total TV market.
News categories: KPN, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

OpenTV expands its solutions offering with Casema
Jul 26, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that Casema, one of the Netherlands' leading cable providers, has selected OpenTV to provide solutions enabling its new high definition, interactive digital television services.
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Netherlands, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

T-Systems runs initial mobile TV tests in the Netherlands
Jul 11, 2007 – The T-Systems business area Media&Broadcast has launched a test broadcaster for mobile TV in The Hague. For the first time, five TV stations will be available on cell phones in the Netherlands.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Netherlands

Dutch digital TV connections grow 5.9% to 2.12 mln
Jul 9, 2007 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew 5.9 percent to pass the 2 million mark during the first quarter, ending the period with 2.12 million subscribers. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands

First DMB test in Holland
Jun 19, 2007 – The newly formed Dutch company MTVNL (Mobiele Televisie Nederland) has started the first DMB test broadcasts in the city of The Hague, the company announced.
News categories: MTVNL, Digital TV, Mobile, Netherlands

How many will watch IPTV?
Jun 6, 2007 – At the end of 2006, Europe held the largest IPTV market share. For the four largest continental countries, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, the number of IPTV users in 2005 has doubled to some 1.65 million at the end of 2006.
News categories: InfoCom, Austria, Belgium, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK