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Fujitsu Microelectronics Shipped over 500,000 MB86H60 High Definition Set Top Boxes
Apr 12, 2010 – Fujitsu Microelectronics has announced that 500,000 set top box chips with Fujitsu's MB86H60 high definition solution have been shipped since December 2009.
News categories: Fujitsu, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Shaw surpasses 1,000,000 HD customer mark
Apr 9, 2010 – Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the second quarter ended February 28, 2010. During the quarter, digital cable customers increased 98,544 to 1,508,527. DTH customers increased 1,071.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

427,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2009
Apr 9, 2010 – The Uruguayan communications regulator URSEC has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2009. The number of Pay TV subscribers at the end of the year was 427,000 up from 416,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

Connected TVs booming in Germany
Apr 8, 2010 – In the past year, according to a survey by the GfK, 550,000 TV sets with built-in web access were sold in Germany. In 2010, based on calculations by BITKOM, that number will be around 2 million units - nearly a quadrupling of sales.
News categories: BITKOM, GfK, Germany, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

2009 worldwide STB revenue down 5% from 2008
Apr 8, 2010 – Infonetics Research has released the fourth quarter (4Q09) editions of two video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

COGECO digital cable up 26k subscribers in quarter to end-February
Apr 8, 2010 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced results for its second quarter ended February 28, 2010. For the quarter, Digital Television net additions were 14,054 customers in Canada, and 12,189 for COGECO's Cabovisão service in Portugal.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

DisplaySearch Upgrades 3D-Capable TV Shipment Forecast
Apr 8, 2010 – With the first round of 3D-capable TVs now reaching retail floors and plans for the top TV manufacturers to bring more products to market soon, DisplaySearch has increased its 2010 forecast for 3D-capable TV shipments.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

Increased HD Programming Bolsters the Integrated Receiver Decoder Shipments
Apr 8, 2010 – The professional integrated receiver decoder (IRD) market will grow unit shipments steadily over the next several years, though revenue will be hampered by falling average selling prices (ASPs), reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Content Distribution, Market Research

UK consumers switch on to HD
Apr 7, 2010 – An increasing number of UK TV viewers are switching on to high definition television services, according to new Ofcom research. Ofcom's latest Digital Progress Report reveals that sales of HD ready TVs reached almost 23 million by the end of 2009.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK