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HDTV sets now in three-quarters of U.S. households
Feb 8, 2013 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 75% of households in the United States have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set -- up from 23% five years ago. Over the past five years, 52% of US households adopted HDTV.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

651,000 pay TV subscribers for Ecuador at end-January 2013
Feb 7, 2013 – Ecuador's Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUPERTEL) has released pay TV statistics for the country at the end of January 2013. There were 650,870 subscribers in the Republic at that date.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Cable TV, Ecuador, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

StarHub subscribers in Singapore down 5,200 in 4Q 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – StarHub has announced results for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2012. At the end of 2012, StarHub's Pay TV subscriber base totaled 536,000 after the quarter's net churn of 5,200 subscribers. Compared to a year ago, this was 8,700 subscribers or 1.6% lower.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Bell TV Canada subscriber base up 2.5% in 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2012. Bell Fibe TV added 48,234 net new customers. Satellite TV net additions were negative. The Bell TV subscriber base totalled 2,155,983 at the end of Q4.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Swisscom adds 183,000 TV customers in 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – Swisscom has released its results report for 2012. The number of Swisscom TV connections increased year-on-year by 183,000 to 791,000 (+63,000 in the fourth quarter). Fastweb's bundled TV and broadband offering in partnership with Sky Italia has attracted 151,000 customers to date.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Telstra Half Year ended 31 December 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – Telstra has released Financial Results for the Half Year ended 31 December 2012. TV revenue grew by 0.9% to $333 million, driven primarily by IPTV Content. Cable revenue increased by 5.2% to $61 milllion. The FOXTEL subscriber base was up 1.7% in the period to just under 2.3m.
News categories: Telstra, Australia, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Sky Italia subscribers down 28,000 in 4Q 2012
Feb 6, 2013 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the three months ending December 31, 2012. SKY Italia experienced a net reduction of approximately 28,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing total subscribers to 4.83 million.
News categories: Sky Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Virgin Media Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2012 Results
Feb 6, 2013 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) has announced results for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2012. Virgin Media added 896,900 more TiVo customers during 2012, including 187,300 in the fourth quarter to reach a total of 1.33m or 35% of its TV customer base.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Venezuela adds 599,000 pay TV subscribers in 2012
Feb 5, 2013 – According to preliminary statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of 2012 were 3.40 million, up from 2.80 million at the end of 2011.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela