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National Geographic Channel Is First Network To Receive Second-By-Second Data From Nielsen's DigitalPlus Set Top Box Service
Dec 2, 2008 – Nielsen and National Geographic Channel (NGC) have announced that NGC will be the first network to access analyses on commercial performance through Nielsen's new DigitalPlus service, part of the Company's set top box analytics business.
News categories: Nielsen, Cable TV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Parks Associates research shows U.K. the Leading European Nation for DVRs
Dec 2, 2008 – The United Kingdom is the first European nation to adopt digital video recorders (DVRs) in significant numbers, according to international research firm Parks Associates' new study Entertainment 2.0 in Europe.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, Italy, Market Research, Spain, UK

Japan - Digital TV transition behind pace
Dec 2, 2008 – The number of Japanese households that have converted from analogue to digital terrestrial TV reception stands at 23.5 million, or 2.5 million short of the government's target for September of 26 million.
News categories: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Dpa, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Market Research, Terrestrial

Brazil's ANATEL releases September Pay TV quarterly report
Dec 1, 2008 – ANATEL has released September's quarterly report on the pay TV market in Brazil. The data shows a growth of over 5% versus June 2008 to 6.119 million customers.
News categories: ANATEL, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Your Next Video Service May Come from Your Gaming Console
Dec 1, 2008 – According to a new report from TDG, game consoles such as Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PS3 are evolving into multimedia gateways with legitimate non-gaming media arsenals.
News categories: TDG, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming

Telekom Slovenije Income Still Increasing
Nov 28, 2008 – Telekom Slovenije (Ljubljana: TLSG) has announced its results for the January to September 2008 period. The number of IPTV (SiOL TV) ports increased by 96% to 65,929 connections compared with 33,580 at the end of September 2007.
News categories: Telekom Slovenije, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results For The Third Quarter
Nov 28, 2008 – COMSTAR-United TeleSystems (LSE: CMST) has announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. The consolidation of STREAM-TV's regional operations will boost Comstar's pay-TV subscriber base to more than 2 million users.
News categories: Comstar, STREAM-TV, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

OTE Group Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results
Nov 26, 2008 – OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. At quarter-end, the number of RomTelecom DTH customers in Romania amounted to 559K. OTE's Greek IPTV commercial launch is expected in early 2009.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland Wins More And More Customers
Nov 26, 2008 – On September 30, 2008 the number of KDG's digital TV RGUs (including 73.3 thousand PVR RGUs) amounted to 1,888.9 thousand (1,392.6 thousand on September 30, 2007), representing a digital TV RGU penetration based on total RGUs of 16.8%.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers