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China's DTV STB Market Has Explosive Growth
Sep 16, 2008 – CCID Consulting (Hong Kong: 08235) has released an update on China's DTV STB market. CCID Consulting's data shows that the sales volume of China's STB market reached 11.69 million sets in 2008H1, up 110.1% year-on-year.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Russia - 9,000 have applied for AKADO HDTV
Sep 16, 2008 – AKADO (Comcor TV), part of Russia's Renova Group, started taking orders for HDTV equipment and services on September 1, 2008. The service is planned to start in October.
News categories: AKADO, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Russia, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Norway - RiksTV reaches 250,000 subscribers
Sep 16, 2008 – Only just over a year after the start of its digital terrestrial television (DTT) service, RiksTV is halfway to its goal of 500,000 subscribers. Yesterday the RiksTV total reached 250,000 customers.
News categories: RiksTV, Digital TV, Norway, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Italy - July 2008 DTT decoder market report update
Sep 15, 2008 – The DGTVi publishes, in collaboration with GfK, a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. The latest report is for the month of July 2008 with historical data back to February 2004.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DVRs Now in Over One-Quarter of US Households
Sep 15, 2008 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that 27% of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR), and 30% of those households have more than one DVR.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

SNL Kagan Expects Continued Growth for Cable Operators
Sep 12, 2008 – According to research published by SNL Kagan in its 28th annual 'Broadband Cable Financial Databook,' U.S. cable operators are expected to add 48 million subscribers to advanced services over the next decade.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA

Antina DVB-T DTT grows in Argentina
Sep 12, 2008 – Argentina pay TV operator Antina, who offers 65 channels through a UHF DVB-T terrestrial system has reached almost 50 thousand subscribers and is growing steadily in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.
News categories: Antina, Argentina, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Portugal - 2.1 million pay TV subscribers in June
Sep 11, 2008 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of June, the total number of pay TV subscribers in the country reached 2.1 million, or approximately 20 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

HD TV sales surpass 10 million in UK
Sep 11, 2008 – In May, cumulative sales of HDTVs to date surpassed 10 million (with a total that was much nearer 11 million by the end of June). GfK Retail and Technology expects the cumulative total to be approaching 15 million by the end of 2008.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV, UK