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Russia Leads Eastern Europe in Set Top Box Shipment Growth
May 19, 2010 – Preliminary results from IMS Research's forthcoming 2010 study on The World Market for Set-top Boxes and iDTVs has revealed that nearly 26 percent of EMEA's digital STB shipments were deployed into Eastern Europe in 2009.
News categories: IMS Research, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, Hungary, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Top 25 LTE Operators Will Reach over 200 Million LTE Subscribers by 2015
May 17, 2010 – The top 25 LTE (committed) operators will reach a 3G/UMTS subscriber base of 1,087 million, of which 226.7 million will be served with dual mode 3G/LTE devices in 2015, according to the latest Maravedis research report.
News categories: Maravedis, 5G, Broadband, Market Research, Subscribers

One in Four UK Homes will have 3D TV by 2015
May 14, 2010 – A report from Kelkoo, the shopping comparison website, reveals that almost one in four households (23%) will own a 3D enabled television set by 2015, with prices predicted to fall by 60% from £1,720 today to just £786 over the next five years.
News categories: Kelkoo, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV, UK

Spring 2010 Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Released
May 11, 2010 – MRG has announced new leaders in its global IPTV Market Leaders Report. The report ranks over vendors within the six product categories of Access Ports, Content Protection/DRM, Set-top-Boxes, Middleware, Video Headend, and Video-on-Demand.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Cable Still Dominates in Top Ten U.S. Multichannel Markets
May 10, 2010 – SNL Kagan, in partnership with MediaBiz, has released a special report on the U.S. multichannel video market, which analyzes subscriber counts, penetration and operator performance nationwide and by market.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Mediacom adds 21k digital subscribers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Mediacom added 21,000 digital customers to end the quarter with 699,000, a 56.6% penetration of basic subscribers.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

LG Telecom adds 37,000 IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – LG Telecom (Seoul:032640) has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. LG added 37,000 myLGtv IPTV subscribers in the quarter to give a total of 381,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: LG Telecom, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

TDC adds 20k TV customers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial statements for the January-March 2010 period. Since 1Q 2009, 38,000 new TV customers have joined YouSee. The customer base for the digital add-on product (YouSee Plus) increased by 31,000.
News categories: YouSee, TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

SK broadband adds 27k IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the first quarter of 2010. broad&tv IPTV subscribers were up 27,386 in the quarter to give a total of 883,387 at the end of the period.
News categories: SK broadband, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers