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Norway - 17,000 NetCom customers watched the Olympics on MobilTV
Aug 19, 2008 – Since NetCom launched free Olympics TV on cell phones, the broadcasts from Beijing have been watched by up to 2,500 unique users daily.
News categories: Teliasonera, NetCom, Digital TV, Mobile, Norway, Subscribers

Half a million Telenet customers go digital
Aug 19, 2008 – Over 500,000 viewers have now opted for Telenet (Brussels: TNET) Digital TV. The success of the digital service is in part thanks to the low digibox rental fee, the free Flexview PVR offer and the extensive variety of video-on-demand on offer.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Subscribers

US - Digital Cable Growth Continues to Exceed Satellite
Aug 19, 2008 – Digital cable penetration has surpassed that of satellite television service for the last three years, according to new research by CTAM: Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing.
News categories: CTAM, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Blu-ray Market Update
Aug 19, 2008 – The Hi Def disc markets in both the USA and Europe continue to perform in line with expectations, following a more bullish outlook once the world shifted to one format at the beginning of this year.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, DVD, Market Research

China digital cable TV users grow 110 pct year-on-year in first half of 2008
Aug 19, 2008 – China's digital cable TV user base grew to 36.27 million in the first six months of 2008, up 109.77 percent year-on-year, local media reported recently.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

Participation By "Over-the-Air" Households in TV Converter Box Coupon Program On Track as Nation Marks Six Months Until DTV Transition Concludes
Aug 18, 2008 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that nearly 6.4 million 'over-the-air' TV households have requested about 12 million coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Com Hem first half 2008 results
Aug 15, 2008 – During the first half of 2008, Com Hem's revenues were MSEK 1,869 million. From the first to the second quarter of this year, the number of digital TV subscribers increased by just over 4% to 428,000.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Thailand - True (TrueVisions) posts quarterly results
Aug 15, 2008 – True Corporation (SET: TRUE) posted soft Q2 quarterly results although convergence uptake was strong. TrueVisions net adds were slightly softer Q-on-Q at 68,000. Total subscribers rose to almost 1.2 million.
News categories: TrueVisions, True Corporation, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

Request for Proposals - The Set Top Box and Audience Research
Aug 15, 2008 – The Council for Research Excellence has issued an RFP to conduct an examination of how various vendors' STBs capture and report tuning, from which will emerge learning as to the viability of using STB data as a measure of video tuning behavior.
News categories: Nielsen Media Research, Council for Research Excellence, Cable TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, TV Services, USA