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LG Dacom adds 31k IPTV subscribers in June 2009
Aug 24, 2009 – LG Dacom has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Dacom added 78,000 myLGtv IPTV subscribers in the quarter to give a total of 188,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

IP Set-Top Boxes to Generate More Than $3 Billion by 2014
Aug 24, 2009 – According to new set-top box market data from ABI Research, Motorola and Cisco continue to sit at the top of the cable STB vendor list in 2008. Thomson and Panasonic ranked highest in the DBS and DTT segments respectively in the same period.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

New Zealand Sky PVR installations reach 100k in 2Q09
Aug 21, 2009 – New Zealand's SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has announced result for the year ended 30 June 2009. SKY's subscriber base grew by 30,326 (4.1%) subscribers over the previous year, to a new high of 778,902.
News categories: SKY Television, 5G, Cable TV, DVR, Mobile, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Lattelecom Interactive TV subscriber count reaches 30 thousand
Aug 20, 2009 – Latvian leading electronic service, Lattelecom, has rewarded its 30,000th subscriber with an LCD TV, gift cards, and a year's free subscription. Lattelecom has added 20,000 subscribers in less than a year.
News categories: Lattelecom, IPTV, Latvia, Subscribers

Cyfrowy Polsat adds 42k subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 20, 2009 – Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) had 2,844,106 DTH subscribers as of 30 June 2009 - 24.3% more than at 30 June 2008. Since starting sales of own-manufactured set-top boxes in March 2008, Polsat has sold or leased about 354 thousand to subscribers.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

PCCW 'now TV' subscriber base up 7% Y-o-Y at end-June 2009
Aug 20, 2009 – PCCW (SEHK:0008) has reported interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The 'now TV' installed base increased by 7% year-on-year to 992,000 at the end of June, while the paying base was up 6% year-on-year to 705,000.
News categories: PCCW, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Com Hem digital TV subscribers pass 500,000
Aug 18, 2009 – Com Hem has reported results for the second quarter of 2009. During the period, the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 4 percent to 504,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Mobile video phone sales surge; paid services and revenue do not
Aug 18, 2009 – Infonetics Research has released a new Mobile Video Equipment, Phones, Services, and Subscribers report. Infonetics expects 397 million mobile video phones to sell worldwide in 2013, creating a market worth tens of billions of dollars.
News categories: Infonetics Research, 5G, Digital TV, Hardware, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Streaming

Thailand's TrueVisions adds 33k subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 17, 2009 – True Corporation (SET: True) has reported its performance for the three months to June 30, 2009. Despite the low season period and impact from the economy, TrueVisions' subscriber base grew 37% Y-on-Y to 1.6 million.
News categories: TrueVisions, True Corp, Cable TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand