Switzerland Digital TV News

Swisscom's Bluewin TV subscribers up 117% Y-o-Y
May 6, 2009 – Swisscom's (Swiss: SCMN) Bluewin TV customer base more than doubled compared to the previous year to finish with 139,000 customers at the end of the first quarter of 2009.
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Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 5, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. The company added 216,000 RGUs in the first quarter of 2009, driven by strong growth in advanced services, especially digital cable.
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Two million films and sporting events accessed on Bluewin TV
Apr 1, 2009 – Some two million films and sport programmes have been accessed through the Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) digital TV service since its launch in November 2006, while half of Bluewin TV customers have made use of the Video on Demand service.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Switzerland

Swiss ISP Deep plans IPTV
Mar 26, 2009 – Swiss ISP Deep is planning to launch an IPTV service - Deep TV - in June 2009. The service, delivered over VDSL, will offer around 100 channels with four in high-definition.
News categories: Deep, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Switzerland

Swisscable announces 2008 cable TV numbers
Mar 20, 2009 – According to figures from Swisscable, the sectoral association for cable TV companies in Switzerland, the number of digital cable TV subscribers in the country grew by 27% last year to 510 thousand.
News categories: Swisscable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers, Switzerland

Switzerland's Teleclub Selects NDS VideoGuard® Conditional Access to Protect its Cable Business
Mar 11, 2009 – NDS has announced that Teleclub has selected NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) technology to secure its programming broadcast on its digital cable networks nationwide. The agreement represents the first customer win for NDS in Switzerland.
News categories: NDS Group, Teleclub, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Set Top Box, Switzerland

Swisscom - Stable core business with strong increase in customers
Mar 4, 2009 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) closed the 2008 financial year with net revenue up 10.0% to CHF 12,198 million and operating income (EBITDA) up 6.4% to CHF 4,789 million. By the end of 2008 Bluewin TV had doubled its customer base year-on-year to 118,000.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

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.
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ADB delivers HD DVR to Télégenève-naxoo, Switzerland
Dec 17, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX:ADBN) has announced that it has delivered the ADB-5810CX high definition cable set-top box with digital video recorder to Télégenève for the launch of its new HDTV service in Geneva and Valais regions.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Télégenève, Osmosys, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Switzerland