Market Research (Reports, Surveys, Forecasts, Subscribers, …) News

Major operators in Hungary end 2009 with 1.141 million digital TV subscribers
Mar 2, 2010 – According to a flash report released by NHH, in December 2009 the number of households with digital television subscriptions in the network of Hungary's fourteen largest broadcasters rose to 1,141,000, an increase of 23,000 in the month.
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Charter digital video customers increase 43,300 in 4Q09
Mar 2, 2010 – Charter Communications has reported results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2009. Digital video customers increased by approximately 43,300 and basic video customers decreased by approximately 56,900 during the fourth quarter.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Nearly 846 Million Pay TV Subscribers in 2014, Says ABI Research
Mar 2, 2010 – Despite a depressed economy, global pay TV markets continue to grow. According to the latest market data from ABI Research, they will expand by a quarter from 2009 to 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Multimedia Polska adds 8k digital subscribers in Q4"²09
Mar 1, 2010 – Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) has released results for 2009. In the fourth quarter Multimedia Polska recorded a net increase in RGUs of 27,060, including 10,848 CATV RGUs consisting of 2,503 analog cable TV RGUs, 594 IPTV RGUs and 7,751 DTV RGUs.
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

127k Zon boxes installed in 4Q09; pay TV subscribers stable
Mar 1, 2010 – ZON Multimedia (Lisbon:ZON) has released its results for 2009. By the end of FY09, ZON's total Pay TV subscriber base was 1.595 million subscribers, of which 1.180 million subscribed to cable services and 414 thousand to satellite services.
News categories: ZON Multimedia, Cable TV, DVR, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Global 3-D TV Shipments Set to Soar to 78 Million Units in 2015
Mar 1, 2010 – Global 3-D television shipments will soar to 78 million units by 2015, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 80 percent from 4.2 million in 2010, iSuppli Corp. predicts.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

Canal+ migrates 490k subscribers to digital in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) has released results for 2009. In metropolitan France, 2009 was marked by the resumption of subscription take-ups in the fall. In total, 490,000 subscribers have transferred to digital since the beginning of the year.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, GVT, Brazil, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Vietnam

DISH Network adds 249,000 net subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 1, 2010 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009. DISH Network gained approximately 249,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 14.1 million subscribers at year-end.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Pace now world's number two pay TV set-top box supplier
Mar 1, 2010 – Figures compiled by industry analysts, Screen Digest, reveal that Pace (LSE:PIC) is now the world's number two set-top box supplier to pay TV customers (up from number three in 2008).
News categories: Pace plc, Screen Digest, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box