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Shaw announces second quarter subscriber results
Mar 24, 2009 – Shaw Communications (STSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced subscriber results for the second quarter ended February 28, 2009. Digital customers grew by 106,489 to 1,076,373 and DTH (Star Choice) customers increased 3,657 to 896,633.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Satellite, Subscribers

Bezeq (yes) Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2008 Results
Mar 24, 2009 – yes (TASE: BEZQ) grew its customer base by 2.0% in 2008 with 560,000 subscribers as of December 31, 2008, up 10,400 subscribers from the year ago period and up from 556,000 as of September 30, 2008.
News categories: Bezeq, Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Global IPTV subscriptions exceed 20 million
Mar 24, 2009 – According to research completed ahead of the IPTV World Forum, which opens at Olympia, London on Wednesday, Informa Telecoms & Media announces that global IPTV subscriptions reached the 20 million mark at the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Video Exchange

ASTRA Extends European Reach To 122 Million Homes
Mar 24, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it has significantly increased its reach in Europe, particularly in France, Ukraine and the UK, and is now broadcasting to 122 million analogue and digital TV homes across Europe.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Terrestrial

Swisscable announces 2008 cable TV numbers
Mar 20, 2009 – According to figures from Swisscable, the sectoral association for cable TV companies in Switzerland, the number of digital cable TV subscribers in the country grew by 27% last year to 510 thousand.
News categories: Swisscable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers, Switzerland

472 Million to Receive Mobile TV by 2013
Mar 20, 2009 – The number of people receiving Mobile TV will reach 472 million by 2013 according to an analysis by Cantab Wireless. Subscriber growth is anticipated to be strongest in Asia at first, especially in Korea and Japan.
News categories: Cantab Wireless, 5G, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

Italy - January 2009 DTT decoder market
Mar 19, 2009 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of January 2009 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Eutelsat HOT BIRD™ Neighbourhood Consolidates Reach In Italy
Mar 19, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced that the results of its two-yearly survey on satellite television trends in Italy. The number of homes equipped for DTH reception has increased by 13% over two years to 7.1 million homes in the country.
News categories: Eutelsat, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

HD arms race boosts IPTV equipment spending
Mar 18, 2009 – Infonetics Research has recently released the Q4 edition of its IPTV and Switched Digital Video report. The number of IPTV subscribers more than doubled in 2008 to 25.4 million worldwide, and is expected to grow to about 45 million in 2009.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers