Digital TV News: Unitymedia
Cable Europe Labs Launches EU-wide Middleware Initiative
Dec 21, 2009 – Cable Europe Labs has announced the launch of its European Middleware Initiative, a project aimed at developing a next generation middleware specification for the European cable market.
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Cable Europe, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, EU, Middleware, Streaming
Liberty Global to Acquire Unitymedia
Nov 13, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Unity Media S.C.A. to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Unitymedia GmbH, Germany's second largest cable operator.
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Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, MandA
Europe's Leading Cable Operators Signal Their Support for DVB-C2
Sep 22, 2009 – Nine of Europe's leading cable network operators, representing more than 35 million connected homes, have shown their immediate support and declared their intention to exploit the operational potential of DVB-C2.
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DVB Project, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-C2, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Set Top Box, Spain, Sweden
Unitymedia digital cable subscribers down 49k in 2Q09
Aug 13, 2009 – Unitymedia has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Digitisation of its basic cable subscriber base stood at 28% at quarter end, as Unitymedia continues on its strategy to upsell premium content to its digital base.
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Unitymedia, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers
1.3 million digital cable subscribers for Unitymedia
May 14, 2009 – Unitymedia has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Unitymedia increased the digitisation of its cable subscriber base to 29% in the quarter. Take-up for the new PVR was encouraging even before the full marketing campaign in Q2.
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Unitymedia, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Subscribers
Unitymedia rolls out Samsung PVR
May 11, 2009 – Unitymedia has launched its new Samsung DCB-P850G personal video recorder (PVR) in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Hesse. The PVR is dual tuner with a 160GB hard disk.
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Unitymedia, Samsung, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box
Unitymedia Strong New Services Growth Continues
Jan 28, 2009 – Unitymedia's Digital TV Pay subscriber base grew 37,000 in the quarter to 568,000, up 25% year-on-year, driven by increasing digitisation of the basic cable subscriber base and enhanced pay TV packages.
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Unitymedia, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers
Unitymedia Q3 2008 Financial Results
Nov 19, 2008 – Unitymedia and its subsidiary arena have announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. In the coming months Unitymedia plans to introduce a DVR to further enhance the TV viewing experience of its customers.
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Unitymedia, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Satellite, Subscribers
Premiere Releases Q3 Subscriber Figures
Oct 2, 2008 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has disclosed EBITDA guidance for 2008 and released Q3 2008 subscriber numbers using a new classification. 940,000 that would have been included using the previous subscriber classification have been excluded.
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Premiere AG, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers
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