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UK PlayTV™ shipments reach 85,000 in the first week
Oct 2, 2008 – New products from Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) allow customers to get Freeview via a PlayStation®3 (PS3) and via a Windows Media Center home PC. A successful trial of DVB-T2 brings HD a step closer.
News categories: Freeview, Sony Computer Entertainment, Microsoft, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Spain - 37.4% of households have DTT reception
Oct 2, 2008 – According to Spain's Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), two years from analogue shutdown, planned for April 2010, only 37.4% of households have terrestrial digital television reception (DTT).
News categories: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

France - First digital TV survey results released
Oct 2, 2008 – France's digital TV 'Observatoire' has made public the results of its first half 2008 study. Nearly 30% of households are fully digital with digital terrestrial television providing most of the growth. TV over ADSL also made significant advances.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Médiamétrie, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Premiere Releases Q3 Subscriber Figures
Oct 2, 2008 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has disclosed EBITDA guidance for 2008 and released Q3 2008 subscriber numbers using a new classification. 940,000 that would have been included using the previous subscriber classification have been excluded.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Record demand for Com Hem's HDTV service
Oct 2, 2008 – Since August 2008, when Com Hem launched its marketing campaign for high-definition, 60 percent of digital-television customers have opted for HDTV. Com Hem expects a doubling of the number of HDTV customers by the end of the year.
News categories: Com Hem, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Sweden

Multi-standard DTV decoding chip market set for rapid growth
Oct 2, 2008 – The global transition from analog to digital television broadcast is spurring TV makers to offer sets with more advanced video decoding chips capable of working with multiple and new video standards, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Latin American mobile TV viewers to reach 21.3M in 2013
Sep 29, 2008 – According to a new TVTelco Latam report, Latin America will have 21.3 million mobile digital TV handsets in use in 2013, mostly phones, but also portable MP4 players, cars and buses, and USB for notebooks.
News categories: TV Telco Latam, Argentina, Automotive, Brazil, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Smart TV, Subscribers, Tablet, Uruguay

TV Vlaanderen reaches 70,000 subscribers
Sep 29, 2008 – TV VLAANDEREN has reached the milestone of 70,000 subscribers. TV VLAANDEREN went on air on June 6, 2006 with a completely new product for Belgium: digital television via satellite.
News categories: TV VLAANDEREN, Belgium, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers

UK - Freesat Reaches 100,000 Sales Within Five Months Of Launching
Sep 29, 2008 – Freesat has reached 100,000 sales within just five months of launching on 6 May 2008, having maintained strong, steady growth throughout what has been a tough summer for high street retailers.
News categories: Freesat, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK