Switzerland Digital TV News

Swisscom announces Q1 2008 results
May 7, 2008 – At the end of March 2008 Swisscom's «Bluewin TV» was used by 64,000 paying customers. Net growth in the first quarter of 2008 amounted to around 5,000 customers.
News categories: Swisscom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Latens CAS Selected for Transition to Digital of Swiss Cable Operator ESR
Apr 29, 2008 – Latens Systems and L'Energie de Sion-Région SA (ESR), a utility company in the Sion region of Switzerland, have announced that ESR has selected Latens CAS to protect its new DVB-C cable system.
News categories: Latens, ESR, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Switzerland

Swisscom brings Bluewin TV to your mobile
Apr 18, 2008 – Swisscom is adding a new service to its mobile TV offering. Bluewin TV mobile will be available on the new DVB-H network in a quality which customers have so far only experienced on home television sets.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, Mobile, Switzerland

Swisscom - more customers, profitable growth
Mar 5, 2008 – Broadband communications experienced strong growth year-on-year, with the number of broadband customers rising by 17.1% to 1.6 million. By the end of 2007, around 70,000 customers had signed up for Bluewin TV.
News categories: Swisscom, Earnings Release, Annual Report, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Cablecom achieved 1.048 billion Swiss francs turnover in 2007
Feb 27, 2008 – Digital television contributed to cablecom's positive business performance, with an increase of 82% to 253,000 customers.
News categories: Cablecom, Liberty Global, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Bluewin TV: first channels in HD quality and new TV offering for first-time users
Feb 26, 2008 – Swisscom has added four channels in high-definition quality (HDTV) to its Bluewin TV channel line-up. In addition, for first-time users, Bluewin TV basic, is now available without a hard-disk recorder for CHF 19 a month.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Switzerland

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2007 Results
Feb 26, 2008 – At December 31, 2007, the Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) video subscriber base of 14.7 million included 3.4 million digital cable and 1.1 million direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Earnings Release, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

In Europe, IPTV grows stronger in less 'cabled' TV markets
Jan 16, 2008 – According to the newest edition of TV Markets Quarterly Monitoring from InfoCom, during 2Q07 most of the television viewers in Western Europe still prefer receiving television service over terrestrial.
News categories: InfoCom GmbH, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

Swisscom Mobile TV network to be set up as planned
Dec 12, 2007 – At the end of September 2007 ComCom awarded Swisscom the licence to set up DVB-H mobile TV in Switzerland. Despite the withdrawal of the two partners - Sunrise and Orange - Swisscom is continuing with its plan to provide the service in time for the European Football Championships.
News categories: Swisscom, Digital TV, Mobile, Switzerland