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BT TV adds 106,000 subscribers in 3Q 2015
Oct 29, 2015 – BT Group (BT.L) has announced its results for the second quarter and half year to 30 September 2015. The company added 106,000 BT TV customers, its best ever quarter, taking its customer base to 1.3 million.
News categories: BT Group, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Over 75% of LatAm pay TV subscribers can access TV Everywhere services
Oct 28, 2015 – According to Dataxis, there are a total of 53 TV Everywhere (TVE) platforms up to the second quarter of 2015 in South America and Mexico, 15 corresponding to programmers and 38 belonging to Pay-TV operators.
News categories: Dataxis, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mobile

Telenor reports third-quarter 2015 results
Oct 28, 2015 – Telenor has reported third-quarter 2015 results. Fibre and cable TV subscribers decreased 8,000 in the quarter to remain at just over one million for Norway and Sweden combined. Canal Digital DTH subscribers declined by 2,000 to finish at 900,000.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Denmark, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden

KPN adds 55,000 IPTV subscribers in 3Q 2015
Oct 27, 2015 – KPN has published its third quarter 2015 results. KPN’s broadband (+33k) and IPTV (+55k) net adds showed continued good growth in Q3 2015. Broadband market share grew to 41% (Q3 2014: 40%) and TV market share increased to 28% (Q3 2014: 26%).
News categories: KPN, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Dish TV India adds 338,000 net subscribers in 3Q 2015
Oct 27, 2015 – Dish TV India (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. During the quarter, the company launched India’s first push video-on-demand service, DishFlix, and added 338 thousand net subscribers.
News categories: Dish TV India, Jawahar Goel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Comcast video subscribers down 48,000 in 3Q 2015
Oct 27, 2015 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. Video net losses improved 40.6% year-over-year to 48,000 and were the best result for a third quarter in nine years.
News categories: Comcast, Brian Roberts, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Airtel Digital TV adds 164,000 subscribers in 3Q 2015
Oct 26, 2015 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2015. At teh end of teh period, DTH had 10.6 million customers, an increase of 10.9% as compared to the corresponding quarter last year.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TV channels go direct to consumers to tap SVOD revenue
Oct 26, 2015 – The traditional TV channels business is entering a period of flux, according to IHS (NYSE: IHS). Direct to Consumer (D2C) offerings are emerging as key new services for traditional channels, spurred by the growing popularity of Netflix.
News categories: IHS Inc, Ted Hall, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers, UK, Worldwide

Virtualized Video Encoders to grow to $888 million in 2020
Oct 26, 2015 – The continued push towards cloud computing throughout the IT industry is making its way into video markets. Virtualization in the encoder market is expected to grow from 34% of the market in 2014 to 44% in 2020, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Eric Abbruzzese, Content Distribution, Market Research, Worldwide