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AT&T adds 190,000 U-verse TV subscribers in 2Q 2014
Jul 23, 2014 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported second-quarter 2014 results. U-verse TV added 190,000 subscribers in the second quarter to reach 5.9 million in service. U-verse TV penetration was more than 21 percent.
News categories: AT&T, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Ultra HD TVs make gains but still lack market penetration
Jul 23, 2014 – Ultra-high-definition televisions (UHD TVs) continued to make slow and steady inroads throughout the world, but their share of the overall flat-panel TV market remained minimal by the end of May, according to IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS Technology, Jusy Hong, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Worldwide

Satellite TV revenues to reach $100 billion
Jul 23, 2014 – Satellite TV revenues will reach $99.9 billion in 2020, up from $87.8 billion in 2013 and $69.3 billion in 2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Simon Murray, Africa, Asia, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Subscribers, Worldwide

Pay TV operator software spending shrinks in developed markets
Jul 22, 2014 – ​Pay TV Operator spending on middleware, conditional access, DRM and other elements of pay TV software contracted 5% in North America and Western Europe during 2013, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite

Digital TV in 84% of Dutch households
Jul 22, 2014 – According to the first-half 2014 Media Standard Survey (MSS), digital television is now in 84% of Dutch households, with more than one in three households (36%) having a hard disk recorder.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Dish TV India adds 332 thousand subscribers in 2Q 2014
Jul 22, 2014 – Dish TV India (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) has reported first quarter fiscal 2015 results. Dish TV added 332 thousand net subscribers during the quarter ended June 30, 2014 to give a total subscriber base of 11.7 million.
News categories: Dish TV India, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Verizon adds 100,000 FiOS Video connections in 2Q 2014
Jul 22, 2014 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported results for the second quarter of 2014. In the quarter, Verizon added 139,000 net new FiOS Internet connections and 100,000 net new FiOS Video connections.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Comcast video subscribers down 144,000 in 2Q 2014
Jul 22, 2014 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Video customer net losses improved year-over-year and were also the best result for a second quarter in six years.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Most sub-Saharan countries to miss 2015 TV switchover deadline
Jul 22, 2014 – Ovum has found that most sub-Saharan countries will not achieve the ITU deadline to switch off their analogue TV due to a lack of public awareness, inadequate funding of TV infrastructure and insufficient supplies of set-top boxes.
News categories: Ovum, Adam Thomas, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Nigeria, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial