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Global DVR homes to quadruple over the next five years
Oct 21, 2008 – The long-anticipated DVR/PVR sales boom is finally happening. Equipment prices have fallen rapidly - so much so that many platforms feel comfortable about offering subsidized or even free boxes, according to a report from Informa Telecoms & Media.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

MTG Results for Period Ending 30 September 2008
Oct 21, 2008 – Modern Times Group MTG AB (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2008. Viasat Broadcasting's net sales were up 14% y-o-y to SEK 2,308 million.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

BIG TV gains 500,000 subscribers within two months of launch to emerge as fastest growing DTH player in India
Oct 20, 2008 – BIG TV (Bombay:532712) has announced that it has touched the magic figure of 500,000 subscribers within two months of its launch. This has put BIG TV DTH in the unique position of being the fastest growing DTH player in India.
News categories: Reliance Communications, BIG TV DTH, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

HD Channels On ASTRA Increase By 30 Percent In Three Months
Oct 20, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the number of HD channels broadcast via the ASTRA Satellite System has increased significantly in the last three months. At the beginning of October, the number of HD channels reached 55.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Austria, Belgium, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Satellite, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK

98.9% of television viewers in Bahrain own a satellite TV dish
Oct 19, 2008 – Arab Advisors' new survey in Bahrain, revealed that FTA Sat TV is quite popular while sports content is a main driver for Pay TV subscriptions. The survey revealed that 95.5% of people over 15 years in Bahrain watch TV.
News categories: Arab Advisors, Bahrain, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Malta - GO Plus TV hits 30,000 subscriber mark
Oct 17, 2008 – GO Plus TV has hit the 30,000 subscriber mark in just eighteen months of commencing commercial operations on its digital TV service. GO has scored success in keeping its promise to provide Malta and Gozo with a state-of-the-art digital TV service.
News categories: GO p.l.c., Digital TV, Malta, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces September 2008 Subscriber Figures
Oct 17, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of September 30, 2008 served by J:COM's 18 consolidated franchises reached 2.90 million, up 288,000, or 11.0% since September 30, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

TEO revenues grew by 5.3 per cent for the nine months of 2008
Oct 16, 2008 – The total consolidated revenue of TEO LT, AB Group (Vilnius:TEO1L) for the nine months of 2008 was LTL 613 million. The total number of main telephone lines in service was 772.1 thousand, while the number of TV users (IPTV and DVB-T) - 47.5 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain - DIGITAL+ 2,061,000 subscribers at end-Q3
Oct 16, 2008 – PRISA (Madrid: PRS.MC) has announced its January-September 2008 results. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+ at September 30th 2008 stood at 2,061,000 subscribers. At September 30th 2007, the subscriber base stood at 2,046,000.
News categories: Sogecable, PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers