Digital TV News: Kabel Deutschland

Kabel Deutschland completes its first DVB-C2 field test
Sep 7, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland has successfully completed tests of second generation DVB cable transmission system DVB-C2 on its cable network. The tests demonstrated DVB-C2's capability to deliver more TV channels and faster internet in the same spectrum.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-C2, Germany

Kabel Deutschland launches new generation HD DVR
Sep 6, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has launched its new High Definition Digital Video Recorder (HD DVR) from Sagemcom. The HD DVR will serve as the technical platform for KDG's VoD product which will be commercially launched later in the fiscal year.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Sagemcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IFABerlin, Set Top Box

Video services market expected to top $250 billion in 2014
Jun 1, 2010 – Market research firm Infonetics Research released the first edition of its 2010 biannual Video Services and Subscribers report, which tracks telco Internet Protocol television (IPTV), cable video, and satellite video services and subscribers.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Kabel Deutschland First to Launch CI+ Modules in Germany
May 4, 2010 – NDS has announced that Kabel Deutschland, Germany's largest cable network operator and biggest triple play provider, is to introduce Common Interface Plus (CI+) modules based on the NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) system.
News categories: NDS Group, Kabel Deutschland, ANGA COM, Cable TV, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany

ReDeSign shows first public live transmission of DVB-C2
May 4, 2010 – The ReDe∫ign Project demonstrates the world's first public DVB-C2 live transmission at ANGA Cable 2010. The event marks an important milestone with respect to the introduction of the new technology in European broadband cable networks.
News categories: ReDe∫ign, ANGA COM, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-C2

KDG adds 34k Premium TV RGUs in 1Q10
Apr 26, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced its KPIs for the end of its fiscal year 2009/2010, March 31, 2010. Premium TV RGUs increase by approximately 111 thousand units year-over-year reaching 1,073 thousand on March 31, 2010.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

TechnoTrend focuses on HDTV via all receive paths at ANGA Cable 2010
Apr 21, 2010 – At ANGA Cable 2010, TechnoTrend Görler will a range of products for receiving HDTV via any transmission method. For cable, TechnoTrend will present three new cable receivers capable of receiving HDTV in the networks of Unitymedia, KDG and others.
News categories: TechnoTrend, ANGA COM, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

KDG cable subscribers down 207k in 2009
Feb 10, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Cable subscribers totaled 8.788 million on December 31, 2009, compared with 8.995 million at the end of 2008, a drop of 207 thousand over the year.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

IPTV and video equipment and service markets hampered by slowing subscriber growth
Jan 5, 2010 – Market research firm Infonetics Research has published three video-related market share and forecast reports: 'Video Infrastructure and Subscribers', 'Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers', and 'Video Services and Subscribers'.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers