Digital TV News: Telia

Norway - 17,000 NetCom customers watched the Olympics on MobilTV
Aug 19, 2008 – Since NetCom launched free Olympics TV on cell phones, the broadcasts from Beijing have been watched by up to 2,500 unique users daily.
News categories: Teliasonera, NetCom, Digital TV, Mobile, Norway, Subscribers

Ruckus Wireless Delivers First Carrier-Purposed 802.11n System, Enabling Picture-Perfect High Definition IPTV Without Cabling
Jul 28, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that Belgacom has selected its new MediaFlex™ 7000 series, an 802.11n system developed to distribute IPTV content throughout a subscriber's home without costly and time-consuming cable installation.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Router, Smart Home

TeliaSonera January-June 2008
Jul 24, 2008 – The total number of TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) TV subscriptions rose to 816,000, of which nearly 430,000 were IPTV subscriptions. In Sweden alone, the push for IPTV resulted in a year-on-year rise of 162,000 new subscriptions to 320,000.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

MTG financial results for the second quarter and six months ended 30 June 2008
Jul 22, 2008 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its financial results for the second quarter. The number of subscribers with ViasatPlus Personal Video Recorders increased from 82,000 at the end of the first quarter to 95,000 at the end of the second.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

Sweden - Slight fall for Boxer in Q2
Jul 3, 2008 – On 30 June, Boxer had 701,000 digital TV subscribers, a fall of 8,000 during the second quarter this year, but still 23,000 more than on the same date last year.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Verimatrix Secures TeliaSonera's Leading IPTV Service
Jun 24, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that TeliaSonera has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV for the tier one telecommunications operator's successful IPTV services in the Nordic region, Estonia and Lithuania.
News categories: Verimatrix, TeliaSonera, Content Protection, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden

Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customers
Jun 9, 2008 – According to the latest research from media analysts Screen Digest, IPTV is rapidly becoming a commodity - bundled for no extra cost with a broadband and/or telephony package.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

HGI puts energy saving on the agenda
May 28, 2008 – The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) has today announced that it will be working towards a set of specifications that will outline energy saving solutions for the home gateway.
News categories: Home Gateway Initiative, Broadband, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV

No increase in subscribers for Sweden's Boxer in the first quarter
Apr 9, 2008 – At the end of March, Boxer had 709,000 digital TV subscribers, the same number as at the end of December 2007.
News categories: Boxer, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial