Digital TV News: Bell TV

Watch TV anywhere with the new Bell TV app
Aug 19, 2013 – Bell Canada has announced the launch of its Bell TV app that lets customers watch popular channels that they receive in their programming package at home on tablet or smartphones at no extra charge.
News categories: Bell Canada, Apps, Canada, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Smartphone, Tablet, TV Everywhere

Cord-cutting in Canada's traditional TV service market accelerates in Q2 2013
Aug 13, 2013 – Canada's publicly traded television service providers lost an estimated 19,624 TV subscribers combined in the second quarter of 2013, according to new research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services.
News categories: Boon Dog Professional Services, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Bell TV Canada subscriber base up 2.5% in 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2012. Bell Fibe TV added 48,234 net new customers. Satellite TV net additions were negative. The Bell TV subscriber base totalled 2,155,983 at the end of Q4.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telesat Successfully Launches Nimiq 6 Satellite
May 18, 2012 – Telesat has successfully launched its Nimiq 6 direct broadcast satellite. Nimiq 6 carries 32 high powered Ku-band transponders that are fully contracted to Bell TV (TSX, NYSE: BCE) for 15 years.
News categories: Telesat, Bell TV, Canada, Content Distribution, Satellite

Bell Fibe TV launches in Toronto and Montréal
Sep 13, 2010 – Bell Canada (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has announced the launch of Bell Fibe TV, its advanced Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service, in several Toronto and Montréal neighbourhoods, delivered using the latest fibre optic technology.
News categories: Bell Canada, Kevin Crull, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box

Bell TV Canada adds 20k subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the first quarter of 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 19,889 this quarter. At the end of the quarter, there were 1,968,766 TV subscribers.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Bell TV adds 41k subscribers in 4Q09; plans IPTV in 2010
Feb 4, 2010 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Bell announced plans for the introduction of IPTV later in 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 41,000 in the quarter to give 1,949,000 TV subscribers at year-end.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Bell TV first in Canada to offer 100 High Definition TV channels
Nov 2, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has announced that Bell has reaffirmed its TV leadership in Québec and across Canada by becoming the first television provider in the country to offer 100 High Definition channels.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, Digital TV, Satellite

Bell adds 12,000 video subscribers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the first quarter of 2009. Bell added 12,000 net new video subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 to give a total video subscriber base of 1,864,000.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers