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Indian DTH Industry Showing Incredible Growth
May 4, 2011 – Despite the fact that Indian DTH Industry faces several issues, the industry currently has about 30 million subscribers and is poised to grow to 69 million subscribers by 2014 end, according to a new research report from RNCOS.
News categories: RNCOS, India, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

TV Everywhere to reach over 80% of North American Pay-TV Subscribers in 2011
May 3, 2011 – By mid-2011, TV Everywhere services will be available to 81% of U.S. and Canadian pay-TV subscribers through their current service provider, according to a Parks Associates' report.
News categories: Parks Associates, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Portable, Satellite, Streaming

2011 Flat Panel TV Growth to be Half that of 2010; Growth Shifting to Emerging Markets
May 2, 2011 – According to the latest DisplaySearch Quarterly Advanced Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, total TV shipments grew by nearly 18% Y/Y in 2010 to 248 million units. However, shipment growth is expected to slow to less than 4% Y/Y in 2011.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Market Research, Smart TV

DEG releases U.S. First Quarter 2011 Home Entertainment Report
May 2, 2011 – According to DEG, Blu-ray Disc hardware increased, with sales up more than 13 percent over first quarter 2010, and nearly seven million HDTVs were sold to U.S. consumers in first quarter 2011, up 11 percent over first quarter 2010.
News categories: Digital Entertainment Group, Blu-ray, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

New TV service HD+ in Germany successfully established
May 2, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris; LuxX: SESG) has announced the first official figures on viewers and customers of its new TV service HD+. As of March 31, 2011, 769,000 households in Germany received the HD+ offer via satellite.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

491,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2010
May 2, 2011 – The Uruguayan communications regulator, URSEC, has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2010. The number of Pay TV subscribers at year-end was 491,000.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

India ends 2010 with 32 million DTH subscribers
Apr 29, 2011 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' for the 2010 fourth quarter. According to the report, at the end of 2010 the reported DTH subscriber base was 32.05 million.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Brazil adds 650,000 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2011
Apr 28, 2011 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended March 2011 at 10,418,829, up 649,836 in the quarter, with satellite adding nearly 550,000 during the period.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Pay TV Cord Cutting is Red Flag, Not Death Knell
Apr 27, 2011 – US Cable operators saw over two million video customers evaporate from their rolls in 2010. A new report by Strategy Analytics suggests that the US Cable industry may not be taking the news seriously enough.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA