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Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results For The Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007
Apr 17, 2008 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced an 81% year on year growth in Moscow residential broadband internet subscribers to 651,000, including 122,300 triple-play (voice + broadband internet + pay-TV) subscribers.
News categories: Comstar, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

2007 Unitymedia Annual Results
Apr 17, 2008 – Alongside growth in Triple Play services, Unitymedia Cable converted nearly 170,000 subscribers as of December 31, 2007, from analogue television to the Digital TV Basic.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

500,000 customers for Romania's Dolce digital TV service
Apr 16, 2008 – The digital television service Dolce has reached half a million clients, in only 16 months since its launch on the market.
News categories: Romtelecom, Digital TV, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

SNL Kagan study sees growth in Latin American DTH and IPTV
Apr 16, 2008 – SNL Kagan's newest study, 'Global Multichannel Special Report: Trends in LatAm Telecom Insurgence,' explores pay-TV competition in Latin America and how international telecoms Telefónica and Telmex are capitalizing on market opportunities.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Peru, Satellite

Kabel Deutschland reports subscriber numbers for fiscal year 2007/2008
Apr 16, 2008 – Kabel Digital pay TV RGUs increased by 12.6% to 778 thousand at March 31, 2008 (692 thousand on March 31, 2007). The overall number of digital TV RGUs amounted to 1,675 thousand (1,206 thousand in the previous year).
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Subscribers

European Service Providers Drive Home Networking in Booming Worldwide Market
Apr 15, 2008 – Home networking penetration worldwide will grow nearly 50% from 2006 to 2008, according to a new Parks Associates white paper 'Europe: Home Network Update.'
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, Europe, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Smart Home

Ten Emerging Countries Primed for Impressive Growth of DTH Services
Apr 15, 2008 – NSR has released its newest market survey and forecast report: 'Direct-to-Home (DTH) Satellite Services: An Analysis of Ten Emerging DTH Markets.'
News categories: NSR, Brazil, Czech Republic, Digital TV, India, Indonesia, Market Research, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Turkey, Vietnam

New Zealand - Freeview Eclipses 100,000 Milestone
Apr 14, 2008 – Freeview, the free-to-air digital television and radio platform, has announced that more than 100,000 Freeview capable receivers have been purchased.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Magnum Semiconductor Dual-Channel Recorders Deliver Advanced PVR Features to 3 ½ Million Set-Top Boxes
Apr 14, 2008 – At the NAB show, Magnum Semiconductor announced that more than 3½ million set-top boxes have shipped to date using Magnum's dual-channel encoder ICs.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, NABShow, Semiconductor, Set Top Box