Switzerland Digital TV News

Cablecom sales and customer figures show continuous growth
Aug 7, 2008 – Switzerland's Cablecom saw the number of digital television customers rise to 321,000 at the end of the first half-year. The demand for high resolution television (HDTV) rose significantly.
News categories: Cablecom, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Switzerland

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Western Europe smashes through 100 million digital homes barrier
Aug 5, 2008 – Research published by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households broke the 50% barrier in 2007. Informa forecasts that digital homes in the region will reach 104 million by the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

Heavy investment in Europe's cable industry begins to pay off
Jul 22, 2008 – Europe's cable industry is now in a position to compete in the increasingly competitive pay TV market place according to the latest report from media analyst Screen Digest.
News categories: Screen Digest, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Private Equity, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

Netstream Selects Entone For Swiss IPTV Deployments
Jul 9, 2008 – Entone has announced that their Hydra™ HD IPTV video gateway and Amulet™ HD IPTV receiver have been selected by Netstream for their operator's high-definition (HD) IPTV deployments in Switzerland.
News categories: Entone, Netstream, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland

Zattoo in improved quality on Swisscom's VDSL network
Jun 4, 2008 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN)(NYSE: SCM) VDSL customers are set to benefit from a partnership with Zattoo, as they will be able to receive the 20 most popular Zattoo TV channels, of the more than 70 available, in improved quality (HiQ) free of charge.
News categories: Swisscom, Zattoo, Broadband, Digital TV, Streaming, Switzerland

Cablecom - 300,000 customers with digital TV
May 8, 2008 – Cablecom's growth shows no signs of slowing. At the end of the first quarter of 2008, the number of digital TV customers exceeded the 300,000 mark.
News categories: Cablecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Switzerland

Are National Regulation Frameworks for Mobile TV ready?
May 7, 2008 – A study on terrestrial mobile broadcast TV by the bmcoforum has concluded that a significant number of countries are still lagging behind most advanced countries in defining the regulatory framework including the licensing conditions and processes.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 7, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the first quarter. At March 31, 2008 total RGUs of 24.4 million included 14.7 million video and 5.6 million broadband subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland