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NDS Reaches 20 Million Digital Homes in India
Oct 19, 2011 – NDS has announced that in the Indian pay-TV market its technology is providing an enhanced TV viewing experience in 20 million homes. With an estimated average of five people per household, NDS is enabling TV for 100 million viewers.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite

Newport Media Achieves Key Milestone of 50 Million Broadcast TV ICs Shipped Worldwide
Oct 18, 2011 – Newport Media has announced that it has reached a key milestone in company history with cumulative shipments of more than 50 million complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) SoCs that address multiple global standards for broadcast Mobile TV.
News categories: Newport Media, Market Research, Semiconductor

42 Million Homes Now Watching Connected TV
Oct 17, 2011 – The number of homes using the internet to watch television shows and movies on the TV screen has reached more than 42 million across the US and Europe, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics' Connected Home Devices (CHD) service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

Beltelecom registers 400-thousandth ZALA subscriber
Oct 14, 2011 – Beltelecom has announced that the number of subscribers to its ZALA interactive television service in Belarus has reached 400,000. Beltelecom presented the 400-thousandth ZALA subscriber with a certificate for a free one-year subscription.
News categories: Beltelecom, ZALA, Belarus, IPTV, Subscribers

DVRs now in 44% of U.S. TV households
Oct 13, 2011 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group has found that 44% of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and one-third of DVR households have more than one DVR.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Economic Concerns Reduce TV Shipments in Q2
Oct 13, 2011 – Shipments of flat-panel TVs dipped slightly in the second quarter due to soft demand from consumers amid an uncertain global economic climate, with the plasma segment performing much better than the dominant LCD space, according to iSuppli (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: iSuppli, Market Research, Smart TV

Global online TV and video revenues to nudge $22 billion by 2016
Oct 13, 2011 – Global online TV and video revenues will reach $21.52 billion in 2016, a massive increase from the $3.48 billion recorded in 2010, according to the Online TV and Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Market Research, Streaming

Germany: Video market continues to decline
Oct 12, 2011 – The Video market in Germany has continued to record negative results, declining by 11.8% in units in 2011, according to GfK. Robust sales of Blu-ray players (30.5%) was not enough to rescue the drop in demand for traditional DVD players.
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart Home

TV Shipments in Developed Markets to Decline in 2011
Oct 11, 2011 – The forecast published by DisplaySearch in its Quarterly Advanced Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report shows a further reduction in the demand outlook for TVs worldwide. Total TV shipments are not forecast to grow from 2010 to 2011.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV