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Via Embratel adds 140,000 subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 12, 2010 – TELMEX INTERNACIONAL (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has released results for the fourth quarter of 2009. DTH service Via Embratel had 382,321 subscribers at the end of the period, up from 241,897 at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Via Embratel, Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Freeview NZ achieves strongest result since launch
Feb 11, 2010 – Freeview NZ has achieved its highest performing quarter since it launched in 2007. The sales figures for the final three months of 2009 put the total number of households able to receive Freeview at 346,116.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Welho adds 9k pay TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – Sanoma Group (Helsinki:SAA1V) has released its 2009 year-end statement. Welho increased the number of its pay TV subscribers, both quarter-on-quarter (9 thousand) and year-on-year (8 thousand), to reach 76 thousand.
News categories: Welho, Sanoma, Cable TV, Finland, Results, Subscribers

Viasat adds 30,000 premium pay-TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the period ended 31 December 2009. For the quarter, Viasat added 21,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 9,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

15 Million Cable STBs Expected to Offer MoCA Support by 2014
Feb 11, 2010 – In homes receiving cable television, MoCA - one of the most widely-supported home media networking technologies - will be supported by some 15 million next-generation set-top boxes by 2014, according to new forecasts from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home

BT Vision adds 15k installations in last three months of 2009
Feb 11, 2010 – BT Group plc (BT.L) has announced results for the quarter to 31 December 2009. The BT Vision customer base grew to 451,000 at 31 December 2009, an increase of 15 thousand in the quarter and 75 thousand year-on-year.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

TeliaSonera adds 59k IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has released its report for the period January-December 2009. The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 141,000 from the end of 2008 to 798,000, of which 620,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Spain - February DTT monthly update released
Feb 11, 2010 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 1.36 million DTT receivers were sold in December, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 25.5 million units. Penetration of DTT in January was 80.8%, up by 3.4 percentage points since the end of 2009.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

16.7 million DTT receivers sold in Italy in 2009
Feb 10, 2010 – The DGTVi publishes a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. Sales of integrated digital TVs (IDTVs) were 6.7 million, and sales of DTT set-top boxes (STBs) were 10.0 million in 2009.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial