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Time Warner Cable video subscribers down 306,000 in 3Q 2013
Oct 31, 2013 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2013. Residential video revenue decreased driven by declines in video subscribers and premium network revenue.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

BT adds 70,000 TV customers in 3Q 2013
Oct 31, 2013 – BT Group (BT.L) has announced its results for the second quarter and half year to 30 September 2013. Over the period, the company added 70,000 TV customers taking the base to over 900,000.
News categories: BT Group, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Gains in Asia and Latin America STB markets won’t offset declines in N. America, W. Europe
Oct 31, 2013 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Set-Top Boxes and Pay TV Subscribers report. There are real STB unit shipment declines occurring in America and Europe that won’t be offset by growth in Asia Pacific and Latin America until 2014.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Jeff Heynen, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Comcast video customers down 129,000 in 3Q 2013
Oct 30, 2013 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Customers increased by 337,000 in the quarter, driven by growth in high-speed Internet and voice customers, partially offset by video customer losses.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

LG Uplus adds 118,000 IPTV subscribers in 3Q 2013
Oct 28, 2013 – LG Uplus Corp. (KRX: 032640) has announced the release of its 2013 3Q Earnings Material. At the end of the quarter the company had 1.439 million IPTV subscribers, adding 118 thousand in the quarter, and 459 thousand year-on-year.
News categories: LG Uplus, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Installed base of set-top box conditional access clients to pass 1 billion mark next year
Oct 25, 2013 – According to IHS (NYSE: IHS), the global installed base of conditional access (CA) clients in set-top boxes (STB) is expected to exceed 1 billion units for the first time in 2014 as growth is driven by expanding demand in emerging markets.
News categories: IHS, Daniel Simmons, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Dish TV India adds 164 thousand subscribers in 3Q 2013
Oct 23, 2013 – Dish TV India (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The company added 164 thousand subscribers in the period, taking its net subscriber base to 11 million at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Dish TV India, Jawahar Goel, India, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

MRG releases silicon TV tuner market report
Oct 23, 2013 – MRG has released its latest report, Worldwide Silicon TV Tuners in Six Regions. MRG expects that the worldwide annual value of this market will remain flat to slightly negative over the coming years, hovering around the US$500 million per year level.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Gerry Kaufhold, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

International channels to earn $5.5 billion by 2018
Oct 23, 2013 – Viacom ($749 million) will reap the highest revenues of any international channel group in Europe in 2013, according to this report covering 225 international channels/networks, released by Digital TV Research.
News categories: Simon Murray, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, Market Research