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27% of U.S. broadband households own a streaming media device
Apr 30, 2015 – Parks Associates has announced research showing that 27% of U.S. broadband households now own a streaming media device and nearly 90% of these households have these devices connected to the Internet.
News categories: Parks Associates, Barbara Kraus, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

TWC has first quarter of positive video net additions since 2009
Apr 30, 2015 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Residential video net additions in the quarter were 30,000 – the first positive quarterly net additions since the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

Linear TV via satellite to remain robust in face of OTT threat
Apr 29, 2015 – According to NSR, despite increasing concerns about web-based OTT video, the Linear TV via Satellite market will continue to show solid growth. By 2024 the market will see an increase of over 21,000 channels across both DTH and video distribution platforms.
News categories: NSR, Alan Crisp, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Worldwide

Strong growth ahead for Latin America Satcom market
Apr 29, 2015 – According to Euroconsult, total satellite capacity usage in Latin America increased at an 8% CAGR over 2009-2014, driven by growing requirements for satellite pay-TV (+1,600 channels), VSAT services (+50,000 VSATs), trunking and backhaul.
News categories: Euroconsult, Nathan de Ruiter, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite

ADB with 2 millionth solution for Polish nc+
Apr 28, 2015 – ADB has announced that it has delivered its 2 millionth solution for the most technologically advanced Polish satellite operator – nc+. nc+ – just as its predecessor ‘n’ platform – has been an ADB customer since October 2006.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, nc+, Peter Balchin, Digital TV, Market Research, Poland, Set Top Box

Airtel adds 263,324 Digital TV subscribers in 1Q 2015
Apr 28, 2015 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. DTH had 10.1 million customers at the end of the quarter. Net customer additions for Digital TV during the quarter were 263,324.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

NAGRA enables CANAL+ France to deploy multiscreen TV services on over one million Android devices
Apr 27, 2015 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that CANAL+ has deployed multiscreen services on more than one million Android devices in France using NAGRA software. NAGRA's MediaLive Secure Player forms part of the CANAL+ 'MyCanal' app.
News categories: NAGRA, CANAL+ Group, Jean-Michel Puiatti, Frédéric Vincent, Apps, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Media Player, Mobile, Satellite, TV Everywhere, Video Exchange

Minimal impact for cord-cutting in Western Europe
Apr 27, 2015 – Despite signs of market maturity, cord-cutting is not expected to make much of an impact in Western Europe, according to Digital TV Research. Pay TV penetration is expected to grow from 56.7% at end-2014 to 60.4% in 2020.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Simon Murray, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Pay TV growing fastest in the MENA region
Apr 26, 2015 – According to IHS (NYSE: IHS), 2014 was another year of substantial growth for the pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with pay TV revenues jumping from €702 million in 2013 to €873 million in 2014.
News categories: IHS Inc, Constantinos Papavassilopoulos, Algeria, Bahrain, Digital TV, Egypt, IPTV, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Market Research, Middle-East, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, Subscribers, Tunisia, UAE