Switzerland Digital TV News

Cablecom expands its TV service for cable and Internet
Nov 27, 2007 – On 27 November, cablecom is to launch its high-definition television service (HDTV) with three channels. The HD offer, which includes digital TV and radio, can be received via the HD mediabox at a cost of 15 CHF per month.
News categories: Cablecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Switzerland

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 8, 2007 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Digital cable additions continued to accelerate in the third quarter, with the addition of 234,000 organic RGUs, a 19% improvement over the comparable period in 2006.
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

Increase in customers helps Swisscom grow and increase profits
Nov 7, 2007 – After adjustments for the takeover of Fastweb and special effects in the previous year, Swisscom's business proved stable. By the end of September, over 60,000 customers had chosen Bluewin TV.
News categories: Swisscom, Interim Report, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Nov 5, 2007 – Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million subscribers in June 2007. Broadband penetration rates increased from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
News categories: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Broadband Statistics Portal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA

Swisscom to shut down interactive TV ops Betty TV in Switzerland
Nov 1, 2007 – Swisscom AG is to shut down its interactive television operation Betty TV in Switzerland, said a spokesman for the group in an interview in the internet edition of Swiss daily Heute.
News categories: Betty TV, Swisscom, Digital TV, Switzerland

ComCom awards licence for mobile TV to Swisscom Broadcast
Sep 28, 2007 – Within the framework of a competition based on criteria, Switzerland's Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) is awarding the national licence for DVB-H to Swisscom Broadcast AG.
News categories: ComCom, Federal Office of Communications, Swisscom, Mobile TV Schweiz, Digital TV, Mobile, Switzerland

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 8, 2007 – Liberty Global had 23.1 million total RGUs at June 30, 2007, with 14.7 million video, 4.9 million broadband Internet and 3.5 million telephony subscribers. The 14.7 million video subscribers consisted of 10.9 million analog cable, 2.8 million digital cable and 1.0 million DTH subscribers.
News categories: Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

ComCom calls for tenders for mobile TV
Jun 5, 2007 – In autumn 2007 the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) will award a national licence for mobile TV on the basis of a criteria-based competition. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, Switzerland

Switzerland - Orange tests the digital future on the broadband network of ewz
May 24, 2007 – 55 households in Zürich will be able as of autumn to try out the digital entertainment of the future for a period of six months. In a pilot project, Orange is offering HD TV, videos on demand, Ultra High Speed Internet and fixed-line telephony. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Switzerland