Romania Digital TV News

Romania proposes DTT set-top box subsidy
Mar 26, 2009 – The Romanian government is proposing to subsidise the purchase of set-top boxes for the 1.4 million households who would be left with no TV signal after analogue switch-off in 2012.
News categories: MCSI, Digital TV, Romania, Terrestrial

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2008 Results
Feb 23, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. With 501,000 additions during Q4, digital video remained the strongest growing business for the seventh consecutive quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

RomTelecom To Offer IPTV
Feb 16, 2009 – Romanian telecom operator RomTelecom will this year begin offering television services via IPTV, after selecting the equipment suppliers for the project.
News categories: RomTelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania

EU Member States on course for analogue terrestrial TV switch-off
Feb 16, 2009 – The switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV transmission in Europe is well on track. Switch-off has already been completed in five Member States and by 2010 the process should be well advanced in the whole EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Planned EU tax could kill mobile TV
Dec 23, 2008 – European Commission plans to introduce a 14 percent tax on cellphones with TV receivers would kill the potentially lucrative market before it ever takes off, a senior official at DiBcom has said.
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Commission issues guidelines to get Mobile TV on Europeans' mobile phones
Dec 10, 2008 – The European Commission has published a set of guidelines for the authorisation of Mobile TV to accelerate roll-out of the service across Europe.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Romanian Pay-TV subscribers up 22%
Dec 3, 2008 – According to the latest half yearly report published by Romania's Autoritatii Nationale pentru Comunicatii (ANC), the total number of pay TV subscribers in the country has risen from 4.56 million at the end of June 2007 to 5.58 million by mid-2008.
News categories: Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

OTE Group Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results
Nov 26, 2008 – OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. At quarter-end, the number of RomTelecom DTH customers in Romania amounted to 559K. OTE's Greek IPTV commercial launch is expected in early 2009.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV Takes Root in Central and Eastern Europe, IDC Says
Nov 11, 2008 – A recent study published by IDC indicates that despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous years, total IPTV subscriber connections in CEE are poised to grow more than 100% in 2008, from approximately 290,000 connections in 2007.
News categories: International Data Corp, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers