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Telefônica Brasil TV accesses up 9.7% in 2015
Feb 25, 2016 – Telefônica Brasil (Bovespa: VIVT3/VIVT4; NYSE: VIV) has announced results for 4Q15 and 2015. TV accesses totaled 1.8 million in 4Q15, 9.7% up y-o-y, with strong growth in premium accesses (IPTV and interactive DTH).
News categories: Telefônica, Brazil, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Hrvatski Telekom TV customer base down 1.5% in 2015
Feb 24, 2016 – Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: HT.ZA; Bloomberg: HTRA CZ) has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The TV customer base decreased by 1.5% from 393,000 customers at the end of 2014 to 388,000 of customers at the end of 2015.
News categories: Hrvatski Telekom, Cable TV, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Downturn in video spending correlates with Netflix availability
Feb 24, 2016 – IHS (NYSE: IHS) has announced findings from its report measuring spend on movies and TV shows. According to the report, there is a clear correlation between the launch of Netflix and a decline in video spending.
News categories: IHS Inc, Helen Davis Jayalath, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK, USA, Worldwide

Global media technology revenues decline 4.3% in 2015
Feb 24, 2016 – The total market for media technology products and services declined 4.3% to $49.3bn in 2015, according to the 2016 Global Market Valuation and Strategy Report (GMVR), published by IABM DC, a joint venture between IABM and Devoncroft Partners.
News categories: IABM, Devoncroft Partners, Peter White, Joe Zaller, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Worldwide

Cable TV digital conversion passes 90% in India
Feb 23, 2016 – India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has released minutes of the 14th Meeting of the country's Task Force on Implementation of digital cable TV. At the meeting the Joint Secretary gave an overview of progress on cable TV digitisation.
News categories: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

75,000 Telstra TV boxes in the market
Feb 19, 2016 – Telstra has released financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2015. Foxtel from Telstra grew 17.9% year-on-year to 660,000 subscribers. IPTV subscribers were also up 17.9%. There are now 75,000 Telstra TV boxes in the market.
News categories: Telstra, Andy Penn, Australia, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers

Ecuador adds 140,000 pay TV subscribers in 2015
Feb 18, 2016 – Ecuador's telecoms regulator ARCOTEL has released pay TV statistics for the country to the end of 2015. Ecuador finished the year with 1,351,470 pay TV subscribers, up 140,895 versus the end of 2014.
News categories: ARCOTEL, Cable TV, Ecuador, Satellite, Subscribers

450 million CI+ devices deployed
Feb 18, 2016 – CI Plus LLP has announced that the number of CI Plus compatible devices has now exceeded 450 Million units deployed in the market and has also outlined its vision for the future of CI Plus.
News categories: CI Plus LLP, Africa, Asia, CAM, Content Protection, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Smart TV

DISH Network subscribers down 81,000 in 2015
Feb 18, 2016 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported 2015 results. DISH ended 2015 with approximately 13.897 million Pay-TV subscribers compared with approximately 13.978 million at the end of 2014.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA