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TV Channel Distribution in : 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 to Lithuania;  An 85-page PDF covering 23 countries from 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 A1/Telekom Austria; Austriasat; Liwest; Salzburg; UPC; Cosmos; Zala Belgacom; ; ; VOO; Telesat; TV Vlaanderen; KPN Bosnia Blic Analog; Blic Digital; M Tel; Analog; Telemach Digital Cable; Telemach MMDS; Total TV ; ; VIPNet Bnet Cable; VIPSat; Digi TV; Max TV/T-HT Cablenet; Cytavision; ; Primetel Czech Rep Digi TV; (formerly UPC Direct); O2; Skylink; UPC Cable Boxer; ; Stofa; TDC; Viasat; You See Estonia Elion nutitv; Starman; ZUUMtv; Viasat Canal Digital; DNA Welho Cable; DNA Welho Terrestrial; ; Plus TV; Sonera; Viasat Satellite Bbox Numericable; ; CanalSat; Free/Iliad; Numericable; Orange DSL & fiber; Orange Satellite; SFR; TNT Sat; Virgin Box ; Enertain via Sat; HD+; Kabel Deutschland; KBW; Sky Satellite; Unitymedia; Nova; OTE 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 ; UPC Ireland ; Premium; Sky; Tivu; Tivusat 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 Go DTT; Go IPTV; Melita Moldova Sun Analog; Sun Digital; Moldtelecom T-Com ; KPN Interactieve; KPN ; Tele-2 Interactive; Tele-2 Digital; UPC; Canal Digital Cable; Canal Digital Satellite; Get; Lyse; Riks TV; Fiber; Viasat Cyfra ; Inea; Multimedia Polska; NC+; TNK; TP/Orange; UPC; Vectra Cabovisao; Meo IPTV; Meo Satellite; Optimus; Vodafone; Zon Cable; Zon Fiber; Zon Satellite Digi TV Satellite RCS-RDS; Digi TV Cable RCS-RDS; Dolce IPTV Romtelecom; Dolce Satellite Romtelecom; Focussat UPC Satellite; UPC Cable Akado; Vimpelcom; MTS; NTV Plus; Orion Express Continent; Raduga; ; Tricolor .Kom; SBB Cable; ; Total TV Satellite Digi TV Satellite; Orange Satellite; Plustelka; Skylink; IPTV; Slovak Telekom Satellite; UPC cable; UPC freesat satellite Siol TV/Telekom Slovenije; T-2; Telemach S DStv; Top TV Canal Plus; Euskatel; Ono; ; Telefonica Imagenio Boxer; Canal Digital; ; Telia; Viasat ; ; UPC Cablecom D-Smart; ; Tivibu; Turksat IPNET; UA.TV; Volia; Xtra BSkyB; BT; Talk Talk; ; Freeview; Freesat

Channels/networks covered in the report:

13th Street/Calle 13 13th Street/Calle 13 HD 24 Kitchen 24 Kitchen HD Animal Planet HD 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 News Biggs Bio Bloomberg Boing Boomerang Buzz Canal Hollywood HD Cartoon Network HD CBBC Cbeebies CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Europa CBS Reality CCTV News Cinemax 2 Cinemax 2 HD Cinemax HD Club TV CNBC CNN CNN HD Cocina Central Extra Family Comedy Central/Paramount Comedy Central HD Comedy Crime and Investigation Crime and Investigation HD Ctk Decasa Discovery Channel HD Discovery Civilization Discovery HD Showcase Discovery Home & Health Discovery Max Discovery Science Discovery Science HD Discovery Travel & Discovery Travel & Living HD Discovery Turbo Xtra HD Discovery World Disney Channel HD Disney Cinemagic HD Disney Junior 2 Disney Junior HD Disney Nature Disney XD Disney XD HD Diva DMAX DMAX HD E! E! HD Eurosport 2 HD Eurosport HD Extreme Sports Extreme Sports HD Fashion TV Fashion TV HD Film 1 HD Film Cafe Film Mania Fine Living Network Food Network HD Fox Crime HD Fox HD Fox Life HD Fox Movies HD Fox Sports HD 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 Jimjam Kidsco MGM MGM HD Military History Minimax Mov Mov HD 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 MTV Pulse MTV Pulse HD MTV Rocks MTV2 Nat Geo Adventure Nat Geo Adventure HD Nat Geo Wild HD Channel National Geographic Channel HD Natura Nick Hits Nick Junior Nick Junior 2 Nickelodeon HD HD Odisea/ Outdoor Outdoor HD Panda Paprika Paramount Channel Quest Russia Today Russia Today HD Showtime Silver Silver HD Sky News HD 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 ! Style Network Sundance Channel Sundance Channel HD 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 HD TV1000 TV1000 Action TV5 Monde Universal Channel Universal Channel HD VH1 VH1 Classic Blink Viajar HD Viasat Crime Viasat Crime HD Viasat Explorer Viasat Explorer HD Viasat HD Viasat History HD Viasat Nature HD Viasat Sport Viva Viva HD Voyage XTRM XTRM HD Zone Reality

Discovery Channel has widest distribution in Europe

The Discovery Channel is the widest distributed network in Europe, according to a 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