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J:COM cable TV subscribers up 6.9% in 2011
Jan 19, 2012 – J:COM (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that as of December 31, 2011 the number of cable TV subscribing households served by J:COM's 16 consolidated franchises reached approximately 2.88 million, up 184,400 or 6.9% from December 31, 2010.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Wi-Fi Home Video Devices to Approach 600 Million Units Shipped in 2015
Jan 18, 2012 – Increasingly, home video entertainment devices are coming to the market Wi-Fi-connected. In-Stat research shows that the evolution of the home network will drive the number of in-home video WLAN-enabled video devices to approach 600 million in 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Mobile Penetration and IPTV Services Fuel Brazil's Market through 2016, Pyramid Finds
Jan 17, 2012 – Brazil is undergoing a cultural and economic transformation that will cause mobile penetration to grow from 118% in 2011 to 153% in 2016 and IPTV services to increase from 21,000 subscriptions in 2011 to 1.5 million in 2016, according to Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Brazil, IPTV, Market Research

Growth in connected TV, mobiles and tablets fuels record viewing figures for BBC iPlayer in 2011
Jan 16, 2012 – New figures show that the growing popularity of internet-connected TVs, smartphones and tablets helped BBC iPlayer hit record-breaking numbers in 2011, with 1.94 billion TV and radio programme requests across all platforms.
News categories: BBC iPlayer, Blu-ray, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet, UK

Standard definition switch off looms
Jan 15, 2012 – HDTV household penetration will soon be high enough in developed countries for broadcasters and pay TV operators to consider ending their Standard Definition transmissions, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Russia, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in 3Q 2011 to 54.4 million
Jan 12, 2012 – Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show that IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally. Asia is the fastest growing region for IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

ViXS delivers over 30 Million XCode Multimedia Processors
Jan 11, 2012 – ViXS' XCode network media processors, now extending to the XCode 5100 family, have been designed into headed gateways, advanced set-top boxes, headless gateways, residential gateways, and standalone media gateways.
News categories: ViXS Systems, CES2025, Market Research, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Smart Home

TiVo Research Shows OTT and Recorded TV Surpassing Live TV
Jan 11, 2012 – As consumer television viewing habits continue to shift, TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has released research showing that the consumption of recorded television and Internet-delivered programming is quickly surpassing live TV viewership.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Terrestrial

A Third of Pay TV Subscribers to Use 'TV Everywhere' Services by 2016
Jan 10, 2012 – According to TDG's latest analysis, by 2016 more than 30 million households will use operator-provided 'TV Everywhere' services to access their favorite video programs on their net-connected devices.
News categories: TDG, Digital TV, Market Research, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet