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AT&T Dares Cable Cos. to Cut Cable with Wi-Fi STB
Mar 4, 2011 – The Cisco ISB7005 for AT&T U-Verse cleared the FCC today. This is the first set-top box that IMS Research has observed beyond those from the Turkish company AirTies that is designed to receive pay-TV over a Wi-Fi interface.
News categories: IMS Research, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Total Residential Gateway Unit Shipments to Surpass 50 Million in 2011
Mar 2, 2011 – The residential gateway market continues to gain in importance in the home networking infrastructure market. As a result, In-Stat forecasts that residential gateway shipments will surpass 50 million units in 2011.
News categories: In-Stat, Gateway, Market Research

10 million subscribers for CMMB in China
Mar 1, 2011 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has said that China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; Hong Kong: 0941) CMMB mobile phone TV service, available in 331 cities across the country, has a user base approaching 10 million.
News categories: SARFT, China Mobile, China, Mobile, Subscribers

Over 35 million In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) Systems Expected to Ship in 2015
Mar 1, 2011 – Automakers have begun to integrate in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems into a wider range of automobiles in order to reenergize new vehicle sales. In-Stat forecasts that over 35 million IVI systems will ship in 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Automotive, Market Research

IMS Research Expects Hybrid STBs and OTT to Enhance Operators' VOD
Feb 28, 2011 – IMS Research projects that in 2011, 72% of VOD requests via pay-TV platforms will be free transactions. OTT content delivered via set-tops will account for a fair share of free transactions.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Pay-TV in Indonesia to Double By 2015
Feb 28, 2011 – There is enormous room for growth on the pay-TV front in Indonesia, with segment service revenue growing at an 18.3 percent CAGR between 2010 and 2015, reaching $778 million by the end of the period, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Indonesia, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

1 million HD customers for Sky Deutschland
Feb 27, 2011 – In its Q4 2010 results Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) announced that it had an HD viewing customer base of over 900,000 at the end of 2010. Sky has now announced that this total has passed the 1 million mark.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Dishtv India crosses the 10 million subscriber mark
Feb 24, 2011 – Dishtv has became Asia's first DTH company to acquire 10 million subscribers. Dishtv attained this leadership position with an unparalleled over 1 million subscriber additions in less than three months.
News categories: Dishtv, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

New VDSL Subscribers to Quadruple by 2014
Feb 23, 2011 – New VDSL subscribers are set to nearly quadruple by 2014 as more competitors begin to ramp up their support for the technology, according to new IHS iSuppli research. A total of 23.3 million new VDSL subscribers were added in 2010.
News categories: iSuppli, Broadband, Market Research, Semiconductor, Subscribers