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Four in Ten U.S. Consumers Watch Broadband/Mobile TV at Least Once Monthly
Feb 24, 2010 – Data from Horowitz Associates' annual Broadband Content and Services (BCS) survey of 800 U.S. internet users reveal that 44% watch actual, not user generated, TV content at least once monthly, including viewing online and on handheld devices.
News categories: Horowitz Associates, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming, USA

Telenet reaches 1 million digital TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 24, 2010 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announced results for the full year ended December 31, 2009. At the end of December 2009, Telenet served 1,001,000 digital TV customers, up 49% compared to the prior year period.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers

Liberty Global adds 382k digital cable and 23k DTH subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 24, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter 2009. Digital cable was Liberty Global's most successful product in 2009 with 1.6 million digital cable additions, including 377,000 in the fourth quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

FTTH growth accelerates in Europe
Feb 24, 2010 – In 2009, growth in terms of subscribers and Homes/Buildings passed has accelerated in Europe. In EU36 (including Russia), there were nearly 3.5 million FTTH/B subscribers and more than 25 million Homes/Buildings Passed.
News categories: IDATE, FTTH Council, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, Europe, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Lithuania, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden

du TV lines increased 28% yoy to 74,700 at end-2009
Feb 24, 2010 – Emirates Integrated Telecommunications ('du') has announced full year results to 31 December 2009. IPTV subscribers increased by 6,026 in the final quarter of 2009 to reach 74,700 at year end.
News categories: 'du', IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UAE

Austria Telekom aonTV adds 38,000 subscribers in 2009
Feb 24, 2010 – Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has announced results for the quarter ending December 31, 2009. The Fixed Net segment increased its aonTV subscriber base by 58.8% to 101,300 subscribers in 4Q 09 compared to 63,800 subscribers in 4Q 08.
News categories: Telekom Austria, Austria, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Telekomunikacja Polska adds 40k IPTV and 219k DTH subscribers in 2009
Feb 23, 2010 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has provided selected financial and operating data related to the activities of TP Group for the full year 2009. TP's TV subscriber base grew by more than 300% to 372,000 compared with 113,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Satellite, Subscribers

Global Mobile Satellite Television Market to Reach $11 Billion by 2015
Feb 22, 2010 – GIA has announced the release of a global report on the Mobile Satellite Television market which is projected to reach $11 billion by 2015, driven by the growing consumer demand for video content on an anytime, anywhere basis.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite

DIGITAL+ in Spain down 189k subscribers in 2009
Feb 19, 2010 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for 2009. The total number of Digital+ subscribers as of December 31, 2009, was 1,845,805 down 53,400 from the end of September 2009.
News categories: Sogecable, PRISA, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers