Digital TV News: Canal+ Group

France - Canal+ launches first HD DTT channel
Aug 27, 2008 – On the 8th of August, CANAL+ Group, a Vivendi (Paris: VIV) subsidiary, launched CANAL+ in High Definition on digital terrestrial. The launch, the first in France, coincided with the Olympics and the start of the French football season.
News categories: Vivendi, CANAL+, Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

Vivendi Reports First Half 2008 Revenues Up 10.2%
Jul 24, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) had revenues in the first half 2008 of €11,268 million. As of June 30, 2008, 80% of TPS subscribers had been transferred to the CanalSat platform confirming the goal of having a single platform by end 2008.
News categories: Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

CANAL+ Group and Nagravision Expand Partnership in Securing Content Protection and Revenues
Jun 23, 2008 – CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) is adopting the newest version of the Nagravision (SWX:KUD) conditional access system (CAS) and is in the process of replacing all smart cards for more than 3 million subscribers.
News categories: Nagravision, CANAL+ Group, CAM, Conditional Access, France, Satellite

Vivendi: Very Good First Quarter - 2008 Outlook Confirmed
May 14, 2008 – Vivendi's revenues from pay-TV operations in France increased to €971 million (+5%), mainly driven by Canal+ and CanalSat portfolio growth, up 180,000 subscriptions compared to the same period last year, and higher advertising revenues.
News categories: Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

NDS Group plc Reports Third Quarter Results
May 1, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. NDS had 86.9 million active digital TV smart cards, 83.1 million cumulative middleware clients deployed and 12.1 million cumulative DVR clients deployed.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

CANALSAT Expands Video over DSL Service with Harmonic's MPEG-4 High Definition and Standard Definition Encoders
Apr 10, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that CANALSAT, part of the CANAL+ Group, has expanded its ADSL video service with MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) based digital video solutions from Harmonic.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, CANAL+ Group, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, IPTV

Iliad Financial Results 2007
Mar 12, 2008 – During 2007, Iliad delivered strong operational and financial growth. The Group's strategy, which is based on the unbundling of the local loop and growing use of optional value-added services with the Freebox, has enabled a significant improvement in the Group's profitability.
News categories: Iliad, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

CANAL+ Chooses the Latest Generation of NDS Middleware to Transform Subscribers' Set-top Boxes into Digital Video Recorders
Feb 26, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that CANAL+ GROUP, France's leading Pay TV provider, has chosen the latest generation of MediaHighway® middleware to enable subscribers to transform their HD STBs into DVRs.
News categories: NDS Group, CANAL+ GROUP, Digital TV, DVR, France, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

CANAL+ Group exceeds 250,000 Mobile TV subscribers
Feb 14, 2008 – CANAL+ Group has over 250,000 3G/3G+ and EDGE customers with its partners SFR and Bouygues Telecom.
News categories: CANAL+, 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Subscribers