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Streaming Media Player Unit Shipments Projected to Reach 3.6 Million in 2011, Says In-Stat
May 19, 2011 – The streaming media player has enjoyed significant growth over the past two years. Worldwide streaming media player unit shipments are projected to increase in 2011, finishing the year at just over 3.6 million, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Major operators in Hungary end Q1 2011 with 1.48 million digital TV subscribers
May 18, 2011 – In March 2011, the number of households with digital television subscriptions at Hungary's twelve largest broadcasters rose to 1.48 million states a flash report released by the country's National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH).
News categories: NMHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

RomTelecom Powers On-Demand TV Services With Espial MediaBase
May 17, 2011 – Espial® (TSX:ESP) has announced that RomTelecom (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has now surpassed 35,000 IPTV subscribers with access to on-demand TV services powered by Espial MediaBase. These include timeshift-TV and video-on-demand services.
News categories: Espial, RomTelecom, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Romania, Subscribers

3D TV Set Market to Grow 500% in 2011, Says In-Stat
May 17, 2011 – 3D has been popular in Hollywood at other times in the past, but the difference is that now 3D viewing is possible in the home. As a result, the 3D TV set market is poised to grow dramatically in 2011 -- by almost 500%, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

Carriers identify critical IP set-top box features in new survey
May 16, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its Set-Top Box Features and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which captures service providers' requirements for IP-based set-top boxes (STBs) to deliver video services.
News categories: Infonetics Research, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Pay-TV services market hits $240 billion
May 16, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Services and Subscribers report, which tracks the telco Internet protocol television (IPTV), cable video, and satellite video markets.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Worldwide Residential Gateway Revenues to Surpass 10 Billion in 2015
May 16, 2011 – The residential gateway market continued its rise in the broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) space. As a result, new In-Stat research forecasts that residential gateway revenues will surpass $10 billion in 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

IPTV Revenues to Reach €270 Million by the End of 2017 in CEE
May 16, 2011 – New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the IPTV Markets in Central and Eastern Europe, finds that the market earned revenues of €90 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €270 million in 2017.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Poland, Romania

InfoCom says Tablet PCs are changing the mobile TV experience
May 16, 2011 – The first Tablet TV services are appearing in several markets round the world, offered either free of charge or as paid add-ons by different kind of players: content providers, mobile operators and TV access providers.
News categories: InfoCom, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Portable, Streaming, Tablet