TV Channel Distribution in Europe: Table of Contents
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TV Channel Distribution in Europe: Table of Contents This report covers 270 international channels/networks (up from 238 in the previous edition) across 212 major operators (up by 39% from 152 in the previous edition) in 43 EMEA countries (up from 34 in the last edition). From the total, 86 channels (32%) transmit in high definition (HD). The report shows the reader which international channels are carried by which operator – and which tier or package the channel appears on. The report allows for easy comparison between operators, revealing the gaps and showing the different tiers on different operators that a channel appears on. Published in September 2013, this 516-page electronically-delivered report comes in four parts: A 96-page PDF giving an executive summary and comparison tables; An 85-page PDF covering 22 countries from Albania to Lithuania; An 85-page PDF covering 23 countries from Luxembourg to the UK; A 250-page excel workbook allowing you to manipulate the data between countries and by channel. Countries and operators covered: Country Operator Albania Digitalb DTT; Digitalb Satellite; Tring TV DTT; Tring TV Satellite Austria A1/Telekom Austria; Austriasat; Liwest; Salzburg; UPC; Sky Belarus Cosmos; Zala Belgium Belgacom; Numericable; Telenet; VOO; Telesat; TV Vlaanderen; KPN Bosnia Blic Analog; Blic Digital; M Tel; Telemach Analog; Telemach Digital Cable; Telemach MMDS; Total TV Bulgaria Blizoo; Bulsatcom; Vivacom Croatia VIPNet Bnet Cable; VIPSat; Digi TV; Max TV/T-HT Cyprus Cablenet; Cytavision; Nova; Primetel Czech Rep Digi TV; freeSAT (formerly UPC Direct); O2; Skylink; UPC Cable Denmark Boxer; Canal Digital; Stofa; TDC; Viasat; You See Estonia Elion nutitv; Starman; ZUUMtv; Viasat Finland Canal Digital; DNA Welho Cable; DNA Welho Terrestrial; Elisa; Plus TV; Sonera; Viasat Satellite France Bbox Numericable; Bouygues Telecom; CanalSat; Free/Iliad; Numericable; Orange DSL & fiber; Orange Satellite; SFR; TNT Sat; Virgin Box Germany Deutsche Telekom; Enertain via Sat; HD+; Kabel Deutschland; KBW; Sky Satellite; Unitymedia; Vodafone Greece Nova; OTE Hungary Digi TV Cable; Digi TV Satellite; Invitel Cable; Invitel IPTV; MinDig; T-Home IPTV; T-Home Satellite; UPC Cable; UPC Direct Satellite Iceland Siminn; Skjarinn Ireland Sky Ireland; UPC Ireland Israel HOT; YES Italy Mediaset Premium; Sky; Tivu; Tivusat Latvia Baltcom; Izzi; Lattelecom IPTV; Lattelecom DTT; Viasat Lithuania Cgates Cable; Cgates DTT; TEO DTT Digital Gala; TEO IPTV Interactive Gala; Viasat Luxembourg Eltrona; Numericable; Tele des P&T Macedonia Blizoo Analog; Blizoo Digital; Boom; Max TV Malta Go DTT; Go IPTV; Melita Moldova Sun Analog; Sun Digital; Moldtelecom Montenegro T-Com Netherlands Canal Digitaal; KPN Interactieve; KPN Digitenne; Tele-2 Interactive; Tele-2 Digital; UPC; Ziggo Norway Canal Digital Cable; Canal Digital Satellite; Get; Lyse; Riks TV; Telenor Fiber; Viasat Poland Cyfra Polsat; Inea; Multimedia Polska; NC+; TNK; TP/Orange; UPC; Vectra Portugal Cabovisao; Meo IPTV; Meo Satellite; Optimus; Vodafone; Zon Cable; Zon Fiber; Zon Satellite Romania Digi TV Satellite RCS-RDS; Digi TV Cable RCS-RDS; Dolce IPTV Romtelecom; Dolce Satellite Romtelecom; Focussat UPC Satellite; UPC Cable Russia Akado; Beeline Vimpelcom; MTS; NTV Plus; Orion Express Continent; Raduga; Rostelecom; Tricolor Serbia I.Kom; SBB Cable; Telekom Srbija; Total TV Satellite Slovakia Digi TV Satellite; Orange Satellite; Plustelka; Skylink; Slovak Telekom IPTV; Slovak Telekom Satellite; UPC cable; UPC freesat satellite Slovenia Siol TV/Telekom Slovenije; T-2; Telemach S Africa DStv; Top TV Spain Canal Plus; Euskatel; Ono; Telecable; Telefonica Movistar Imagenio Sweden Boxer; Canal Digital; Com Hem; Telia; Viasat Switzerland Naxoo; Swisscom; UPC Cablecom Turkey D-Smart; Digiturk; Tivibu; Turksat Ukraine IPNET; UA.TV; Volia; Xtra United Kingdom BSkyB; BT; Talk Talk; Virgin Media; Freeview; Freesat Channels/networks covered in the report: 13th Street/Calle 13 13th Street/Calle 13 HD 24 Kitchen 24 Kitchen HD Al Jazeera Animal Planet Animal Planet HD Animax AXN AXN Black AXN Black HD AXN Crime AXN HD AXN Sci-Fi AXN Spin AXN Spin HD AXN White AXN White HD Baby TV BBC Entertainment BBC HD BBC Knowledge BBC Knowledge HD BBC Lifestyle BBC World News Biggs Bio Bloomberg Boing Boomerang Buzz Canal Hollywood Canal Hollywood HD Cartoon Network Cartoon Network HD Cartoon Network Too Cartoonito CBBC Cbeebies CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Europa CBS Reality CCTV News Cinemax Cinemax 2 Cinemax 2 HD Cinemax HD Club TV CNBC CNN CNN HD Cocina Comedy Central Extra Comedy Central Family Comedy Central/Paramount Comedy Central HD Comedy Crime and Investigation Crime and Investigation HD Ctk Decasa Deutsche Welle Discovery Channel Discovery Channel HD Discovery Civilization Discovery HD Showcase Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Max Discovery Real Time Discovery Science Discovery Science HD Discovery Shed Discovery Travel & Living Discovery Travel & Living HD Discovery Turbo Discovery Turbo Xtra HD Discovery World Disney Channel Disney Channel HD Disney Cinemagic Disney Cinemagic HD Disney Junior Disney Junior 2 Disney Junior HD Disney Nature Disney Playhouse Disney XD Disney XD HD Diva DMAX DMAX HD E! 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HD Euronews Eurosport Eurosport 2 Eurosport 2 HD Eurosport HD Eurosport News Extreme Sports Extreme Sports HD Fashion TV Fashion TV HD Film 1 HD Film Cafe Film Mania Fine Living Network Food Network Food Network HD Fox Fox Business Fox Crime Fox Crime HD Fox HD Fox Life Fox Life HD Fox Movies Fox Movies HD Fox News Fox Retro Fox Sports Fox Sports HD France 24 Fuel Fuel HD FX FX HD HBO ….and there are a lot more: HBO 2 HBO 2 HD HBO 3 HBO 3 HD HBO Cinema HBO Comedy HBO Comedy HD HBO HD History History HD Horror Channel Investigation Discovery Jimjam Kidsco Megamax MGM MGM HD Military History Minimax Mov Mov HD Movies 24 MTV MTV Base MTV Base HD MTV Brand New MTV Classic MTV Dance MTV HD MTV Hits MTV Idol MTV Idol HD MTV Live MTV Live HD MTV Music MTV Pulse MTV Pulse HD MTV Rocks MTV2 Nat Geo Adventure Nat Geo Adventure HD Nat Geo Wild Nat Geo Wild HD National Geographic Channel National Geographic Channel HD Natura Nick Hits Nick Junior Nick Junior 2 Nickelodeon Nickelodeon HD Nicktoons Odisea HD Odisea/Odisseia Outdoor Outdoor HD Panda Paprika Paramount Channel Quest Russia Today Russia Today HD Showtime Silver Silver HD Sky News Sky News HD Sky Sports News Sky Sports News HD Sol Musica Somos Sony Entertainment TV Sony Entertainment TV HD Sony Movies Sony Sci-FI Sony Turbo Sony Turbo HD Sony TV Spektrum Spektrum HD Spektrum Home Sport 1 Sport 1 Golf Sport 1 HD Sport 1 Select HD Sport 2 Sport 2 HD Sport 5 Sport M Star! Studio Universal Style Network Sundance Channel Sundance Channel HD Syfy HD Syfy/SciFi TCM TCM Autor TCM HD TCM Cinema HD TCM2 Teen Nick TLC TLC HD TMF TNT TNT Film TNT Film HD TNT HD TNT Serie TNT Serie HD Travel Channel Travel Channel HD TV1000 TV1000 Action TV5 Monde Universal Channel Universal Channel HD VH1 VH1 Classic Viacom Blink Viajar Viajar HD Viasat Crime Viasat Crime HD Viasat Explorer Viasat Explorer HD Viasat HD Viasat History Viasat History HD Viasat Nature Viasat Nature HD Viasat Sport Viva Viva HD Voyage XTRM XTRM HD Zone Reality Zone Romantica Discovery Channel has widest distribution in Europe The Discovery Channel is the widest distributed network in Europe, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. Covering 270 international channels/networks across 212 major operators in 43 EMEA countries, the TV Channel Distribution in Europe report concluded that the Discovery Channel was available on 171 platforms. Top 10 channels by carriage Group Channel No of operators Discovery Discovery Channel 171 Fox National Geographic Channel 169 Eurosport Eurosport 164 Viacom MTV 160 Turner CNN 157 Disney Disney Channel 154 BBC BBC World News 153 Turner Cartoon Network 149 Eurosport Eurosport 2 145 Discovery Animal Planet 140 Source: Digital TV Research HD channels are growing in importance as operators are eager to give subscribers something new. Of the 270 total tracked, 86 channels (32%) transmit in high definition (HD). National Geographic provides the most distributed HD channel. The UK’s BSkyB leads in HDTV provision, by offering more than 67 HD channels. Top 10 HD channels by carriage Group Channel No of operators Fox National Geographic Channel HD 126 Eurosport Eurosport HD 122 Fox Nat Geo Wild HD 85 Discovery Discovery HD Showcase 74 AETN History HD 65 Viacom MTV Live HD 62 Discovery Animal Planet HD 61 Eurosport Eurosport 2 HD 59 Fox Fox HD 46 HBO HBO HD 38 Source: Digital TV Research Companies stress the importance that a stable of channels has for pan- European success. In this report, 14 groups contributed 257 channels – or 95% of the total. In fact, these groups provided 83 of the 86 HD channels covered. For more information about the TV Channel Distribution in Europe report, please contact: Simon Murray, [email protected], Tel: +44 20 8248 5051 .