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Unitymedia adds 53k digital cable subscribers in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – Unitymedia has provided information for the three months ended March 31, 2010. A highlight of the last twelve months has been the addition of 211,000 digital cable RGUs, of which 53,000 were in Q1 2010.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Belgacom TV adds 62,000 subscriptions in 1Q10
May 7, 2010 – In the first quarter of 2010, Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) added 62,000 new Belgacom TV-customers resulting in a total customer base of 814,000 customers. Compared to one year ago Belgacom's TV customer base has grown by almost 50%.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

China Set-top Box Shipments Post Significant Increase in 2009
May 7, 2010 – Set-top box (STB) shipments in China increased sharply in 2009 in line with the country's higher consumption of LCD-TVs, according to iSuppli. However, STB shipments in 2010 are projected to fall approximately 10 percent.
News categories: iSuppli, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Vietnam pay-TV in bloom
May 7, 2010 – Vietnam's pay-TV sector is one of the fastest developing markets in the Asia Pacific. While it is a comparatively small market, the opportunities are immense as the industry focuses on the dual subscription and advertising revenue streams.
News categories: CASBAA, Cable TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam

Bell TV Canada adds 20k subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the first quarter of 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 19,889 this quarter. At the end of the quarter, there were 1,968,766 TV subscribers.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Multimedia Polska adds 1.7k digital TV subscribers in Q1"²10
May 6, 2010 – The Multimedia Polska Group (Warsaw:MMP) has published its report for the three months ended 31 March 2010. At the end of the quarter the Group had 108,100 digital television subscribers in both technologies (DTV and IPTV).
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Consolidated Communications adds 1,800 IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq:CNSL) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Broadband products grew at a strong pace in the quarter with IPTV increasing by 1,800 to 24,900 subscribers.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Charter digital video customers increase 95,800 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Charter Communications has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Digital video customers increased by approximately 95,800 during the quarter to reach approximately 3.3 million at the end of March.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Liberty Global adds 286k digital cable and loses 5k DTH subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter 2010. Digital cable was the strongest product with 286,000 organic additions to give 6.0 million digital cable RGUs at the end of the period.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland