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Digital TV boom time ahead for Eastern Europe
May 26, 2011 – Unlike the mature markets to the west, Eastern Europe still has plenty of room for digital TV growth according to Digital TV Research Ltd. Two-thirds of homes (76 million) were still receiving analog signals at end-2010.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Cable TV, Croatia, Digital TV, Estonia, Greece, IPTV, Latvia, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovenia, Terrestrial

U.K. and French Broadcasters Take the Lead in European OTT Video Market
May 25, 2011 – An analysis of Europe's largest over-the-top (OTT) video markets by SNL Kagan finds the U.K. and France leading Europe's emerging OTT deployments, invigorating both free and pay-TV competitive dynamics from which new business models are emerging.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Streaming, UK

German CE Market Grows by 6.6% % in First Quarter of 2011
May 24, 2011 – The German market for consumer electronics saw a positive start to the year, with an increase of 6.6% in the first quarter compared to 2010, however consumer electronics products fell 1.7 percent.
News categories: GfK, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STB shipment volumes to decline by 9% in 2011
May 23, 2011 – According to Screen Digest, 199m digital set-top boxes were shipped in 2010. However, STB shipment volumes will decline by 9% in 2011 due to reduced demand for DTA STBs in North America and satellite pay TV STBs in India.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Western Europe digital TV penetration to reach 99% by 2016
May 23, 2011 – Pay TV revenues in Western Europe will not grow between 2011 and 2016 according to a new report from Digital TV Research Ltd. Digital TV penetration will reach 99% by 2016, up from 79% in 2010 - or 172 million homes compared with 133 million.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Cable TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Italy - March 2011 DTT decoder market
May 20, 2011 – The DGTVi has published its March 2011 report on the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) market in Italy. Sales of DTT IDTVs and set-top boxes totalled 2.8 million in the first quarter of 2011, down from 3.3 million in the same period of 2010.
News categories: DGTVi, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Venezuela ends Q1 2011 with 2.57 million Pay TV subscribers
May 19, 2011 – According to statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the first quarter of 2011 were 2.57 million, up from 2.42 million at the end of the same quarter of 2010.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela

IPTV Subscriptions Forecasted to Grow from 40 Million to Over 70 Million by 2014
May 19, 2011 – An analysis of the top 75 media economies across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific by the leading media information provider SNL Kagan, evidences strong growth prospects for IPTV.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Julija Jurkevic, IPTV, Market Research

Telco TV and Internet TV Capture Share from Cable TV in Mature Markets, According to ABI Research
May 19, 2011 – According to new market data from ABI Research, 11.3 million pay-TV subscribers were added at the end of first quarter of 2011 after Cable TV operators in Western Europe and North America in particular faced subscriber losses in 2010.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers