Digital TV News: Sogecable

Nagra powers Over-The-Top Service for Spain's leading pay-TV operator DIGITAL+
Feb 10, 2011 – Nagra (SIX:KUD.S) and Spain's DIGITAL+ have announced the launch of 'DIGITAL+ a la carta', an Over-The-Top VOD and linear TV service powered and secured by Nagra and available to subscribers of the DIGITAL+ satellite service.
News categories: Nagra, Grupo PRISA, Content Protection, Digital TV, Satellite, Spain, Streaming

FIFA and Sony to Launch First Ever Global 3D Experience of the FIFA World Cup
Apr 8, 2010 – Following the initial announcement to make the FIFA World Cup available in 3D, FIFA and Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) have unveiled insights into what football fans can expect from the undertaking to add a third dimension to the football viewing experience.
News categories: Sony Corp, FIFA, Content Distribution, Metaverse, South Africa

CANAL+ Spain to launch 3D transmissions in April
Mar 2, 2010 – CANAL+ (Madrid: PRS) will begin broadcasting a 3D channel - Canal Plus 3D - in April, the first such service in Spain. Customers will be able to receive the programming through their DIGITAL+ set-top box in conjunction with a 3D-capable TV.
News categories: Sogecable, DIGITAL+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

DIGITAL+ in Spain down 189k subscribers in 2009
Feb 19, 2010 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for 2009. The total number of Digital+ subscribers as of December 31, 2009, was 1,845,805 down 53,400 from the end of September 2009.
News categories: Sogecable, PRISA, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Spain's DIGITAL+ still losing subscribers
Oct 22, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for the period January-September 2009. DIGITAL+, Sogecable's Spanish satellite platform, had 1,899,216 subscribers at 30th September, 2009.
News categories: PRISA, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Kudelski completes transition of CA to a service model
Aug 28, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced its half year 2009 results. During this period, the Group started to reap the fruits of the migration of a significant share of its digital TV conditional access deployed base to the service model.
News categories: Kudelski, Advertising, Brazil, Cable TV, CAM, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Germany, IBCShow, IPTV, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA, Vietnam

Spain's DIGITAL+ subscribers down 34 thousand in Q1
Apr 30, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for the period January-March 2009. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+, Sogecable's Spanish satellite platform, was 2,001,000 at quarter end, down from 2,035,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

PRISA's EBITDA reached €948 million
Feb 19, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS) has reported full-year revenue of 4,001.35 million euros for 2008. Average Digital+ subscriber revenue per head was 44.5 euros per month over the fourth quarter of 2008, with a total subscriber base of 2,035,000.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Spanish judge orders open decoder market
Jan 26, 2009 – A judge of the Provincial Court of Madrid (Audiencia Provincial de Madrid) has ruled that the pay-TV operator Sogecable and its subsidiary Digital+ have to open up the market for decoders of the service.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain