Spain Digital TV News

Sogecable (DIGITAL+) First Quarter 2008 consolidated results
Apr 4, 2008 – As of March 31st 2008, the subscriber base of Sogecable's DIGITAL+ stood at 2,080,000. During the quarter, DIGITAL+ has continued growing the subscriber base with a net figure of 15,000 new clients joining.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Launch of MAVISE - a new database on television channels and television companies in the European Union
Apr 1, 2008 – On 9 April 2008, the European Commission and the European Audiovisual Observatory will launch a new TV database set up to provide basic data on all the television channels accessible in the EU and the two candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey).
News categories: European Commission, European Audiovisual Observatory, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

ONO Fourth quarter and full year 2007 results
Mar 25, 2008 – ONO's cable television customers increased by 51,000 or 5.6% in the quarter to reach 960,000 as of 31 December 2007. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2007, 90% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Satellite Leads European Digitalisation
Mar 18, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that according to its most recent annual reach study 83 per cent of the satellite TV households in Europe and North Africa are digitalized.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Africa, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, UK

Mobile TV across Europe: Commission endorses addition of DVB-H to EU List of Official Standards
Mar 17, 2008 – The European Commission has decided to add the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld standard (DVB-H) to the EU List of Standards, which serves as a basis for encouraging the harmonised provision of telecommunications across the EU.
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, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Worldwide iPTV Service Revenues to Cross US$42.6 Billion by 2014, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Mar 12, 2008 – Worldwide Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service revenues are forecast to cross US$42.6 billion by 2014. The number of IPTV subscribers in worldwide market is projected to exceed 248 million by that time.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Asia, Canada, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middleware, Russia, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

ONO Passes One Million TV Customer Milestone
Mar 10, 2008 – ONO, the Spanish cable TV operator, has announced that it has passed the hurdle of one million television customers.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Spain, Subscribers

Spain - March DTT monthly update released
Mar 10, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, the number of DTT receivers purchased by households over the Christmas period (December 2007 - January 2008) was 1,371,000, a 48% increase over the previous Christmas season.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Telefónica posts a 43% increase in net profit to a record 8,906 million euros
Feb 28, 2008 – Telefónica's pay TV subscribers at the end of the quarter exceeded 1.7 million, 64.3% more than in 2006, with operations up and running in Spain, the Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Earnings Release, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers