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NSR Projects $18 Billion in Advanced Satellite Equipment Sales Over Next Six Years
Mar 18, 2009 – NSR has released its newest market intelligence and forecast report: Advanced Satellite Coding and Modulation, 2nd Edition. NSR projects global shipments of 142 million advanced units for end/receive sites and teleports between 2009 and 2014.
News categories: NSR, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Dutch digital TV subscribers pass 4 million milestone
Mar 18, 2009 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 5.2 percent or 200,100 net additions during the fourth quarter to a total 4.014 million at the end of 2008.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers

Cable Industry Revenues Reach €18 billion
Mar 18, 2009 – Revenues in the European cable industry jumped more than 7 per cent last year to €18bn amid sharply increased demand for digital television, internet broadband and telephony services according to figures presented at the annual Cable Congress.
News categories: Cable Europe, Cable Congress, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

U.K. Online Video Viewing Audience Grows to Nearly 30 Million Viewers
Mar 17, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released January 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that the total U.K. online video viewing audience has grown 10 percent during the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers age 15 and older.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Tight Capital Complicates DTT Set Top Market
Mar 17, 2009 – The global credit crunch could endanger many large digital terrestrial TV deployment projects, reports In-Stat. This could cause delays in DTT conversion programs worldwide, with consumers purchasing fewer set top boxes (STBs) as a result.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

ASTRO 2.6 million subscribers; Sun Direct 2.5 million
Mar 17, 2009 – ASTRO (Kuala Lumpur:ASTRO) has announced full year results for the financial year ended 31 January 2009. Pay-TV subscriber growth in Malaysia was 374,000 net new customers. Sun Direct in India now has over 2.5 million subscribers.
News categories: ASTRO, Sun Direct, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Mobile TV - Tuning in or Switching off?
Mar 17, 2009 – Arthur D. Little's new report investigates the status of broadcast mobile TV uptake worldwide and identifies actions that key players need to take to improve the prospects of broadcast mobile TV businesses.
News categories: Arthur D. Little, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

Home Network Diffusion to Fuel Proliferation of Internet-Enabled Video Platforms
Mar 16, 2009 – According to TDG, the number of broadband-enabled home networks will grow from 150 million in 2010 to more than 1.0 billion in 2030. With such infrastructure, the opportunity for broadband-enabled services - especially video - will grow dramatically.
News categories: The Diffusion Group, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home, Streaming

Consolidated Communications Holdings Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Mar 12, 2009 – Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) has reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. IPTV subscribers were 16,666, an increase of 4,425, or 36.1% compared to December 31, 2007.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA