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China DTV Subscribers Reached 45.1 mln in Q4 2008
Feb 19, 2009 – Analysys International says in its recently released report China DTV Market Quarterly Tracker Q4 2008, that China DTV subscribers has reached 45.1 million in the last quarter of 2008, and representing a increase of 13.5% quarter on quarter.
News categories: Analysys International, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

Initial Phase of U.S. DTV Transition Encouraging
Feb 19, 2009 – Early results of the digital television transition are encouraging, according to reports available to the FCC. A total of 641 TV stations took advantage of the flexibility afforded them by law to transition to digital broadcasting as of Tuesday.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

India Satellite TV Market is Bright Spot, Propelling Worldwide Market
Feb 19, 2009 – The worldwide market for pay-Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television rose significantly in 2008, with an estimated 18 percent rise in subscriptions, reports In-Stat. The primary reason for this increase was strong growth in the Indian market.
News categories: In-Stat, China, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Russia, Satellite

Rogers Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Financial and Operating Results
Feb 18, 2009 – Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.a; RCI.b)(NYSE: RCI) has announced its results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2008. HDTV digital cable subscribers were up 37% from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2008, to 568,000.
News categories: Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Results, Subscribers

Comcast Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End Results
Feb 18, 2009 – Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. At year-end Comcast's video, high-speed Internet and voice customers totaled 45.6 million, reflecting 2.6 million net additions during 2008.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Portugal Telecom (Meo) full year 2008 results
Feb 18, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2008. YTD net additions in the pay-TV service reached 291 thousand bringing the total customers to 312 thousand at the end of 2008.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

MoCA reaches 20 million node milestone
Feb 17, 2009 – The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has achieved another significant milestone with the official recognition that more than 20 million MoCA nodes have been shipped.
News categories: MoCA, Market Research, Smart Home

Wi-Fi Gains Traction in the Living Room, but Mobile Devices Still Dominate Shipments
Feb 17, 2009 – Wi-Fi's large installed base in mobile PCs and home networks promises that it is likely to be a primary connectivity solution for living room-centric consumer electronics (CE) devices, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Market Research, Smart Home

MobiTV Eclipses Six Million Subscriber Mark
Feb 17, 2009 – MobiTV has announced the company's latest milestone, surpassing six million subscribers on its managed mobile media service.
News categories: MobiTV, Mobile, MWC24, Subscribers