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Mobile video phone sales hit $99B in 2007
Jun 24, 2008 – Infonetics Research has reported that worldwide mobile video phone sales neared $99 billion in 2007 and are expected to grow strongly over the next 5 years, despite the challenge service providers face in making mobile video services profitable.
News categories: Infonetics Research, 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

IPTV middleware spending spree expected
Jun 24, 2008 – Communications market research firm Infonetics Research has reported that the combined Internet protocol television (IPTV) and switched digital video (SDV) equipment market increased 12% sequentially to $1.3 billion worldwide in 1Q08.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Seasonally Weak Satellite Set-top Box Sales Cause Market to Fall in First Quarter
Jun 23, 2008 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market contracted 6 percent sequentially to $3.5 billion in the first quarter of this year. The market was up 9 percent, however, compared to the year-ago quarter.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Czech Republic - O2 TV celebrates and rewards
Jun 23, 2008 – The number of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF) TV customers will soon exceed 100,000.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Blu-ray's European Ascendance: BD sales outstrip early DVD performance
Jun 19, 2008 – Focusing on like-for-like coverage of Western Europe and comparing the first few years of uptake, the early indications are that BD player sales are running way ahead of DVD after the same time period.
News categories: Futuresource, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Europe, Market Research

Asia Pacific: 250m digital TV Homes by 2013
Jun 18, 2008 – New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that more than a third of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2013, up from just 13% at the end of 2007.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

CRTC report shows strong growth in the Canadian broadcasting distribution industry
Jun 18, 2008 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released the statistical and financial summaries for Canadian broadcasting distribution companies.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Global Home Server Market Poised for Rapid Growth
Jun 18, 2008 – According to new research from TDG, global diffusion of Home Servers will grow from 1.2 million in 2008 to more than 90 million by 2015.
News categories: TDG, Digital TV, Home Server, Market Research, Smart Home

Portugal - Meo tops 100,000 customers
Jun 18, 2008 – Portugal Telecom's Meo has topped 100,000 customers, six months ahead of schedule. In the second quarter of 2008 there were 53,000 adhesions registered, more than the double the number in the first quarter of this year.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Subscribers