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Computing and Consumer Electronics Devices Expand the Market for Mobile Video
Oct 15, 2008 – The entry of a broad range of new video-capable mobile devices will have a profound effect on the mobile video market, providing more markets for mobile operators, mobile broadcasters, advertisers and other content owners, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, 5G, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Portable, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Tablet

Jiangsu Province sees sharp rise in IPTV subscribers
Oct 15, 2008 – The number of IPTV subscribers in Jiangsu Province rose by 471 percent in the first nine months of 2008, to over 200,000 at the end of September 2008, the sharpest rise in IPTV use in the country.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Set-Top Box Market to Remain in Flux, iSuppli Predicts
Oct 14, 2008 – Although Set-Top Boxes (STBs) have been around for more than 30 years, the industry is far from settled. STBs should remain one of the most dynamic areas of the electronics industry for at least the next decade, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Europe - Cable Industry Delivers 18% growth in Digital TV in the first half of 2008
Oct 14, 2008 – Customer subscriptions for digital cable TV jumped 18 per cent to 16.3m across Europe in the first half of this year, as subscribers migrate to enhanced services.
News categories: Cable Europe, Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Brazil - Pay TV reaches 5.5 million homes
Oct 13, 2008 – The Associação Brasileira de TV por Assinatura (ABTA) and the Sindicato das Empresas de TV por Assinatura (SETA) have announced that Brazil's pay-TV subscriber base has grown 12.7% versus the same period of 2007 to reach 5.5 million homes.
News categories: ABTA, SETA, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

China Broadcasting & TV Industry 2007 Market Review
Oct 13, 2008 – According to HC360, in 2007 the development of Chinese digital CATV sped up further, with 68 cities having completed conversion to digital CATV. During the year, broadcasting and TV groups obtained licenses to explore the business of mobile TV.
News categories: HC360, Cable TV, China, Hong Kong, Market Research, Mobile, Terrestrial

Ziggo Half year statement
Oct 9, 2008 – In the first half of 2008 the market for Ziggo's digital television grew fast and resulted in an increase of 161,000 customers for a total base of 995,000.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

Mobile Television - At Least Five Years Away from Realisation
Oct 9, 2008 – A new report out this week from StrategyEye, 'Mobile TV - Separating Hype from Reality', concludes that receiving television on our mobile phones will not be an everyday reality for at least another five years.
News categories: StrategyEye, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

LCD-TV to Become Largest Consumer-Electronics Market by 2012
Oct 9, 2008 – Defying challenging economic conditions, the global LCD-TV market is expected to continue its rapid growth during the coming years, causing it to become the largest segment of the consumer-electronics industry by 2012, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, DVR, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV