Digital TV News: TISCALI TV

8 out of 10 UK TV screens now get digital
Sep 29, 2009 – A surge in the conversion of secondary TV sets boosted the total number of UK digitally-enabled TV sets to 80 per cent by the end of June 2009 (up by seven percentage points in three months), new Ofcom research has revealsed.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Tiscali closes Italian IPTV service
Dec 29, 2008 – Italian ISP Tiscali will suspend its IPTV service Tiscali TV for an undetermined period, starting from 1 January 2009, according to Italian press reports.
News categories: Tiscali, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy

BSkyB Results for the three months ended 30 September 2008
Oct 31, 2008 – In the three months to 30 September 2008 net British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) DTH growth was 87,000, taking the total base to over nine million customers (9.067 million).
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

BSkyB results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – In the three months to 30 June 2008 British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) net customer additions were 92,000, bringing the total customer base to 8.98 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

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

BSkyB 3rd Quarter Results
Apr 30, 2008 – British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) third quarter net customer additions increased by 10% to 56,000 to 8.888 million with improved churn more than offsetting lower gross additions.
News categories: BSkyB, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Tiscali UK Expands MPEG-4 AVC Video Service with Harmonic's DiviCom® Electra™ Encoders
Mar 12, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Tiscali UK is expanding and upgrading its IPTV service with Harmonic's latest generation DiviCom® Electra® 5400 standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) multi-channel encoders.
News categories: Harmonic Inc., Tiscali, Content Distribution, IPTV, UK, Video Exchange

Freewire TV signs up more than 40,000 in the UK
Feb 14, 2008 – Inuk Networks has announced that 40,000 people are now receiving digital television through the company's Freewire TV IPTV service.
News categories: Inuk Networks, Freewire, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers, UK

BSkyB Results for the half year ended 31 December 2007
Feb 6, 2008 – BSkyB has announced its results for the half year ended 31 December 2007. New DTH customer additions were 385,000 for the quarter.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK