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Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customers
Jun 9, 2008 – According to the latest research from media analysts Screen Digest, IPTV is rapidly becoming a commodity - bundled for no extra cost with a broadband and/or telephony package.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK

Steady Growth Seen in Worldwide 3G Mobile TV Services
Jun 9, 2008 – 3G mobile TV services may complement or compete with mobile TV broadcasting, depending on the intentions of the mobile operator, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

NDS Tops New Digital Rights Management Vendor Matrix Ranking
Jun 6, 2008 – NDS has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Widevine and Verimatrix claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide Digital Rights Management (DRM) vendors.
News categories: ABI Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research

3G iPhone Set to Make Significant Impact on Mobile TV Market, Says Analysys Mason
Jun 6, 2008 – With the imminent launch of its 3G iPhone, Apple has a window of opportunity to have a significant impact on the mobile TV market, according to the latest report from Analysys Mason.
News categories: Analysys Mason, 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

COMSTAR-United TeleSystems OJSC First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Jun 5, 2008 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced that its Moscow residential broadband subscriber base now includes 134 thousand triple-play (voice + broadband + TV) subscribers, and that its regional pay-TV subscriber base has increased to 107 thousand.
News categories: COMSTAR, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Spain - June DTT monthly update released
Jun 5, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in the first quarter of 2008 cumulative sales of receivers in Spain exceeded the threshold of 10 million units and penetration reached 33% of households.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

China is Now the Bastion of Global Digital STB Manufacturing
Jun 5, 2008 – China is now the bastion of global digital STB manufacturing with over 200 STB assembly service providers in 2007. Chinese STB IC makers have only a limited market share and most are focusing on domestically developed Chinese standards.
News categories: Market Intelligence Center, China, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Deloitte Digital Index: tracking the pace of digitisation in the UK for the first time
Jun 4, 2008 – Deloitte has launched the Deloitte Digital Index, measuring, tracking and anticipating changes in the consumer take-up of digital products and services in the UK.
News categories: Deloitte, Broadband, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Mobile, Optical Disc Recorder, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK

Indian Pay TV Market Forecast is Steady Growth
Jun 4, 2008 – The market for pay-TV in India will continue steady growth for the next several years, with DTH subscribers growing at a CAGR of 38.9% during 2007-2012, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite