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The End of Set-Top Box Domination Looms as Multiscreen Pay-TV Operators Shift to PCs, Smartphones and Tablets
Jul 10, 2012 – In 2015, 49% of all devices obtaining TV services from 43 of the largest global pay-TV operators that have commenced deployment of multiscreen services will be PCs, smartphones, tablets and other so-called multiscreen devices, according to IHS Screen Digest.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, TV Everywhere

Cisco-NDS and Google-Motorola Acquisitions Upend TV Middleware Market
Jul 10, 2012 – The TV middleware market, long led by Nagra and NDS worldwide and Motorola and Cisco in North America, is in a state of upheaval as Cisco's bid for NDS waits to close while Google has yet to give a clear direction for its Motorola business unit.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box

2012 LCD TV Forecast Lowered to 216M Units
Jul 10, 2012 – Shipments of LCD TVs are now expected to grow at a slower pace in 2012 than 2011, according to NPD DisplaySearch. In addition, the overall TV market is expected to decline this year, even as some segments continue to grow.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

One and a half million active smartcards for TivùSat
Jul 10, 2012 – As Italy's analogue terrestrial TV is switched-off, TivùSat has announced that it has more than one and a half million active smartcards for its satellite service. 5.2% of Italian families are now subscribers.
News categories: Tivù, CAM, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Subscribers

Rostelecom Reaches 1 Million Interactive TV Residential Subscribers across Russia
Jul 9, 2012 – Rostelecom (MICEX - RTS: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY), Russia's national telecommunications operator, has announced that its Interactive TV subscriber base has increased by over 40% since the beginning of the year to reach 1 million households.
News categories: Rostelecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Subscribers

87% of U.S. households still subscribe to multi-channel video services
Jul 5, 2012 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 87% of U.S. households subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service, similar to the past two years, and up from 80% in 2004.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Asia-Pacific Will Be Responsible For 50% of 220 Million Unit Set-Top Box Market From 2013
Jul 5, 2012 – A jump in cable and satellite set-top box shipments in Asia-Pacific markets is being driven by cable digitization in India and China, as well as China's rollout of digital satellite boxes to its rural households, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

RRT releases Report on Lithuanian Communications Sector for 2011
Jul 4, 2012 – Lithuania's Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) has released a Report on the Lithuanian Communications Sector for 2011. Pay TV subscribers increased by 4.1 per cent in 2011 with the number of digital subscribers going up by 21.5 per cent.
News categories: RRT, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Market Research, MMDS, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

STB demand to reach 228 million units this year
Jul 3, 2012 – Following several years of healthy growth, demand for set top boxes (STBs) continues to climb this year, on track to reach 228 million units shipped globally, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.
News categories: Futuresource Consulting, Digital TV, Gateway, Market Research, Set Top Box