Digital TV News: Kabel Deutschland

Q1 2008: Premiere increases revenues to EUR 251.5 million
May 15, 2008 – As of March 31, 2008, Premiere (PRE.XE) had 4,242,467 subscribers (March 31, 2008: 3,460,572), of which 621,908 were indirect arena customers. Compared to Q1 2007 figures, the number of direct subscribers rose by 4.6 percent to 3,620,559.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland introduces newest Nagravision conditional access system and extends cooperation
May 13, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has been selected by Germany's largest cable based television provider Kabel Deutschland (KDG) to protect the content rights and revenues for its forthcoming commercial deployments.
News categories: Nagravision, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany

European cable industry sees rapid growth in digital TV, telephony and broadband internet
Apr 23, 2008 – Details of 2007 industry revenues and customer volumes were announced at the annual Cable Congress. The number of Digital cable TV customers has more than doubled in the past two years to 13.9m (+40% in 2007 compared to 9.9m in 2006).
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Kabel Deutschland reports subscriber numbers for fiscal year 2007/2008
Apr 16, 2008 – Kabel Digital pay TV RGUs increased by 12.6% to 778 thousand at March 31, 2008 (692 thousand on March 31, 2007). The overall number of digital TV RGUs amounted to 1,675 thousand (1,206 thousand in the previous year).
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland opens up to CI
Mar 28, 2008 – In a revolutionary move for European cable operators Kabel Deutschland KDG will open up its network to cable tuners with a CI (Common Interface) module.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Set Top Box

Kabel Deutschland with record growth in its Internet and Phone services
Feb 27, 2008 – The number of Kabel Deutschland (KDG) digital subscriptions increased to nearly 1.6 million (929,000 in the previous year), including the 763,000 KDG pay TV subscriptions as per December 31, 2007.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Thomson Full Year 2007 Results and Fourth Quarter Revenues
Feb 14, 2008 – Cable registered volume growth with 2.3 million cable set-top boxes (2006: 2.0 million), while volume decreased in satellite STBs to 10.1 million in 2007 (2006: 11.1 million), outweighed by the improved mix with an increased proportion of HD boxes.
News categories: Thomson, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

On Demand Deutschland to content manage Telekom Austria's AON TV VOD service
Jan 31, 2008 – On Demand Deutschland (ODD) has agreed a deal whereby ODD will supply the video on demand (VOD) content services to Telekom Austria's Aon TV VOD service. The Aon TV VOD service is adding around 1,000 new customers per week.
News categories: Telekom Austria, On Demand Group, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland accelerates growth in the internet and telephone business
Nov 29, 2007 – In the Pay TV business, Kabel Deutschland boosted the number of RGUs. The digital pay TV packages Kabel Digital Home and Kabel Digital International posted 731,000 RGUs. In the previous year this figure was 601,000.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers