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Netflix Leads US OTT Market
Oct 31, 2012 – In 2011 Netflix accounted for just over 50% of the OTT market in North America and despite missteps during the company's separation between streaming and physical media rentals, secured the top spot in ABI Research's US OTT Competitive Assessment.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

HD+ records more than 750,000 paying households for the first time
Oct 31, 2012 – Almost three years after its launch, HD PLUS has reported that the company had more than three quarters of a million paying HD+ households at the end of September. HD+ gained over 127,000 new customers from July to September this year.
News categories: HD PLUS, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

A sustained boom forecast for global online TV and video
Oct 31, 2012 – Global online TV and video revenues will reach $28.72 billion in 2017, a massive increase from the $3.79 billion recorded in 2010 and the $11.14 billion expected in 2012, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Streaming, UK, USA

APAC now with 446m Multichannel TV homes
Oct 30, 2012 – CASBAA has released its annual estimate of Asia Pacific Multichannel TV homes, reinforcing the overall healthy state of the market. According to the report, Multichannel TV homes in the Asia Pacific region grew by 39m in the last 12 months.
News categories: CASBAA, Asia, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

Netflix Now Has Over 30 Million Streaming Members Globally
Oct 25, 2012 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) now has more than 30 million streaming members globally, including over 25 million in the US. Netflix hit the 10 million member milestone in 2009, a decade after it launched its DVD-by-mail service.
News categories: Netflix, Canada, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

700 million households still with analogue TV
Oct 25, 2012 – The Digital TV Consultancy has announced that the 'Digital TV World Databook 2012' has been added to its Market Research store. According to the report, the world still had 714 million analogue TV households at the end of 2011.
News categories: The Digital TV Consultancy, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Satellite subscriber numbers growing fastest in Uruguay
Oct 24, 2012 – The Uruguayan communications regulator Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC) has released a survey of the telecom market in Uruguay up to the end of June 2012. Over the preceding 12 months DIRECTV Uruguay grew by over 19%.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

Brazil's satellite subscribers up another 700,000 in Q3 2012
Oct 24, 2012 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended September 2012 at 15.4 million, with more than 3.5 million new subscribers being added over the preceding twelve months.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Global TV Demand Expected to be Flat in 2013
Oct 24, 2012 – With consumers all over the world facing continued economic uncertainty, global TV demand is expected to be flat in 2013, after shipments of all TV types declined by more than 4% in 2012, to 237M, according to NPD DisplaySearch.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV