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US Flat-Panel TV Prices Surge in Early 2012 as Brands and Retailers Shift Strategy
May 8, 2012 – Although flat-panel TV shipments are expected to decline in the U.S. this year, the sophistication of features used in the sets is on the rise, causing a rare, sharp increase in pricing during the first four months of the year, according to iSuppli (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: iSuppli, Market Research, Smart TV, USA

240 million Mobile Smartphone Users to Stream TV Services by 2014
May 8, 2012 – A report from Juniper Research finds that the number of streamed mobile TV users on smartphones will increase to 240 million by 2014. This increase will be driven by a rise in smartphone penetration and a growth in the usage of internet TV and IPTV services.
News categories: Juniper Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smartphone, Streaming, Subscribers, TV Everywhere

DIRECTV Announces First Quarter 2012 Results
May 8, 2012 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2012 results. DIRECTV Latin America set an all-time record for gross and net additions with 1.0 million and 593,000 respectively in the quarter. DIRECTV U.S. added 81,000 new subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Chile's Pay TV subscribers passed 2 million mark in 2011
May 7, 2012 – Chile's Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has releases pay TV statistics for 2011. During the year satellite subscribers increased from 853,000 to 930,000 whereas wired (cable TV and IPTV) subscribers grew from 1.076 million to 1.138 million.
News categories: Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Only 20% to 30% of European connected TVs are actually online
May 7, 2012 – The European Commission has presented a report on the application of its Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The report says that although many of the TV sets sold in Europe are connectable, only 20% to 30 % are actually online.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, UK

DISH Network Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
May 7, 2012 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. DISH gained approximately 104,000 net subscribers during the quarter compared to approximately 58,000 additions in the first quarter of 2011.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Demand for Digital Entertainment and Growing Internet Users to Drive Global Market for Internet TV
May 3, 2012 – According to GIA, the market for Internet TV is forecast to reach US$81.2 billion by the year 2017, driven by soaring demand for digital media entertainment, growing penetration of high-bandwidth broadband, and rapid proliferation of Internet-enabled devices.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Market Research, Streaming

Connected TV Set Shipments Will Grow to 70 Percent during 2016
May 2, 2012 – Approximately 25% of the TV sets shipped globally in 2011 were internet-connected, a figure forecasted to approach 70% of total TV shipments during 2016, resulting in more than $117 billion in revenues, according to a new report by IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

BSkyB is Britain's Number 1 Choice for TV, Broadband and Home Phone
May 2, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that more than 3.2 million Sky homes now take the 'triple play' of services from Sky. 3.9 million Sky homes now take their broadband from Sky, with over 3.6 million subscribing to Sky Talk.
News categories: BSkyB, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK