Digital TV News: TNS

Eutelsat HOT BIRD™ Neighbourhood Consolidates Reach In Italy
Mar 19, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced that the results of its two-yearly survey on satellite television trends in Italy. The number of homes equipped for DTH reception has increased by 13% over two years to 7.1 million homes in the country.
News categories: Eutelsat, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Spain - February DTT monthly update released
Feb 9, 2009 – According to Impulsa-TDT, at the start of 2009, Spain's technical coverage of the digital signal reaches over 92% of the population which means that in terms of equipment, well over 15 million tuners have been sold since the re-launch of DTT.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

City Telecom (bbTV) Announces Annual Results 2008
Nov 17, 2008 – City Telecom (Hong Kong: 1137; NASDAQ: CTEL) has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2008. The Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) IPTV service (bbTV) increased its subscriptions by 21.9% to 156,000 as of 31 August 2008.
News categories: City Telecom, HKBN, bbTV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Spain - November DTT monthly update released
Nov 12, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the month of September, 546,000 DTT receivers were sold in Spain which places the cumulative sales figure at 13 million tuners.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 23, 2008 – NDS (Nasdaq: NNDS) has announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. 95.4 million active devices were protected by NDS conditional access and 98.7 million middleware clients were deployed at the end of the period.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Private Equity, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

NDS and TNS Join Forces to Develop Set-top Box Audience Measurement Solution
Sep 9, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) and TNS Media Research (LSE:TNS) have announced a global partnership to create and market an end-to-end STB audience measurement solution for digital TV operators.
News categories: NDS Group, TNS Media Research, Content Distribution, DVR, IBC2023, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

SanomaWSOY's Interim Report 1 January-31 March 2008
May 9, 2008 – Welho's net sales increased strongly due to strong growth in pay TV, broadband subscriptions and the sale of digital set-top boxes. The 100,000-mark in Welho's broadband subscriptions was reached in January, and in pay TV services in February.
News categories: Welho, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

ONO Fourth quarter and full year 2007 results
Mar 25, 2008 – ONO's cable television customers increased by 51,000 or 5.6% in the quarter to reach 960,000 as of 31 December 2007. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2007, 90% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

2007: Another Successful Year for ASTRA In Germany
Mar 12, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that it has increased the number of digital satellite TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.72 million to 9.75 million households (+21.5%).
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial