From Branislav Pekic in Rome The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal increased 10.6 per cent in the 4Q 2009 to over 2.5 million or 45 per cent of total households, according to data released by the country's telecommunications regulator Anacom. The figure includes all platforms (cable, DTH, fibre and other technologies) and represents a […]
Dish Network Corp, the number 2 US satellite television operator, posted better-than-expected quarterly revenue as its subscriber base expanded in the face of a weak economy. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 1.4 per cent to $2.96 billion. Net income came in at $179 million compared with $217 million, the year-ago quarter. Dish, which is controlled by Chief […]
France's seven main legacy broadcasters – TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal +, France 5, Arte and M6 – have agreed to a simultaneous switching off of the analogue signal currently carried by Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird 3. The move will coincide with the digital switchover of the last region in metropolitan France – Languedoc-Roussillon – […]
Telefónica Spain's Imagenio service added 48,725 pay-TV subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009, taking its customer base to 702,980, up 14.8 per cent year-on-year. It said that the now had a pay-TV market share of 17 per cent, based on coverage that was limited to only 60 per cent of Spanish households. Telefónica said […]
Convergence and innovation were the keys to success and record sales of Packs, Belgacom TV has stated. In 2009, the Belgacom Group reported a net profit of E904 million. Didier Bellens, CEO of the Belgacom Group said “Not only did we obtain many new customers, but existing customers remained loyal to us, despite the fierce […]
Orange TV subscribers grew by 53 per cent to a 3.22 million total in 2009 and by 45 per cent in France to 2.76 million, where it is available via IPTV and satellite. In France there were 8.5 million VOD purchases in 209, a year-on-year increase of 67 per cent.
New Yorkers who want to watch online videos or family photos on their TVs will soon be able to do so on their own personal TV channel if they are Cablevision subscribers. Cablevision, which serves 3 million homes in the New York area, will start a trial service in June for customers who buy both […]
From Branislav Pekic in Rome At the end of December the number of Italian households equipped with a DTT receiver in the main residence reached 15.3 million, 1.5 million more than in November, according to a survey realised by Makno and commissioned by DGTVì (the association for the development of DTT in Italy). As a […]
Irdeto has announced its full compatibility with Abertis Telecom's TDT Premium content protection solution. Irdeto and Abertis Telecom, one of the leading telco infrastructure and services operators in Europe, have worked to validate the Irdeto Conditional Access System (CAS) integration into Abertis Telecom's open digital terrestrial TV TDT platform. This milestone will give Spanish TV […]
UPC Broadband will consolidate its European DTH business in order to drive efficiencies and opportunities to expand the business and services provided to customers. As a result it has centralised its activities in a new company, UPC DTH S.a.r.l. based in Luxembourg. This consolidation coincides with a recent agreement for a long term satellite position […]