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Record Growth for French TNTSAT on ASTRA
Feb 9, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG, LuxX:SESG) has announced that the French DTT on satellite offer TNTSAT, broadcast via ASTRA, posted strong growth with 1.85 million TNTSAT receivers sold as of end 2009.
News categories: TNTSAT, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite

SingTel mio TV IPTV adds 29k subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 9, 2010 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 December 2009. mio TV had a record quarterly net additions of 29,000 customers, bringing its total customer base to 155,000.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

The End of the Walled Garden: Led by Pay-TV Operators
Feb 8, 2010 – IMS Research's newest report reveals that demand for connected CE devices are being driven by increased bandwidth, the evolution of content delivery methods and the convergence of media and communications industries.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

72% Growth in Worldwide Mobile Data Bandwidth Usage in H2, 2009
Feb 8, 2010 – Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) has announced that worldwide mobile data bandwidth usage increased by around 72% during the second half of 2009. Video is the single most influential factor driving the need for increased network capacity.
News categories: Allot Communications, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

SK broadband adds 46,000 IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 5, 2010 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Subscribers to SK broadband's broad&tv IPTV service increased by 46,281 in the quarter to reach 856,001 at the end of the period.
News categories: SK broadband, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Americans Watch 33 Billion Videos in December
Feb 5, 2010 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released December 2009 data showing that nearly 178 million U.S. internet users watched online video during the month. Online video viewing continued to reach record levels in December, with 33.2 billion videos viewed.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

Asia-Pac to Show 12% Annual Growth in Set-Top Box Shipments through 2014
Feb 4, 2010 – Set-top boxes are set to reach Asian consumers at an ever-increasing rate, according to new STB market data published by ABI Research with overall STB shipments in the region approaching 111 million in 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Bell TV adds 41k subscribers in 4Q09; plans IPTV in 2010
Feb 4, 2010 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Bell announced plans for the introduction of IPTV later in 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 41,000 in the quarter to give 1,949,000 TV subscribers at year-end.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Technicolor reaches 100 million digital set-top box milestone
Feb 4, 2010 – Technicolor (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TCH), formerly Thomson, has reached the milestone of delivering 100 million digital set-top boxes over multi networks since it entered the market in 1994.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial