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Digital television in 22 million UK households as Freeview and cable show strong growth
Mar 27, 2008 – The number of UK households with digital television on their main set has risen to 22.2 million homes according to The Digital Television Progress Report for Q4 2007 published by Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Broadcast Mobile TV Taking Root In China
Mar 27, 2008 – Broadcast mobile TV will take off in China in 2009, reports In-Stat. 2008, then, is key for broadcasters to deploy and optimize networks and explore effective business models.
News categories: In-Stat, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ISDB-T, Market Research, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Shanghai Leads IPTV Uptake in China
Mar 26, 2008 – Initial statistics for 2007 on the number of Chinese IPTV subscribers shows that by the end of 2007, Shanghai had 240,000 IPTV subscribers and that after large-scale promotion in January, this figure is now at 300,000 - the highest in the country.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

CCID Consulting: China's Onboard Mobile TV Market Enters Fast Growth Period
Mar 26, 2008 – CCID Consulting (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), released on March 4, 2008, the 2007-2008 Annual Report on China's Onboard Mobile TV Market at the Consumer Electronics Market China 2008.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile, Terrestrial

Home Networks Diffusion to Top 1 Billion by 2030, Penetrating Eight of Ten Global Broadband Households
Mar 26, 2008 – According to The Diffusion Group (TDG), home network systems are slowly but inevitably moving away from an early market characterized by tech-enthusiasts and hobbyists toward a more mature market stage where user experience takes precedence.
News categories: TDG, Broadband, Market Research, Smart Home

Switched Digital Video Will Give Cable Operators a Big HD Boost
Mar 26, 2008 – Switched Digital Video (SDV) technologies provide an excellent, long-term approach that is helping cable operators keep up the pace with expanding High Definition TV and super-high-speed data services, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Market Research

Networking Connections Go from Nice-To-Have to Necessary in Consumer Electronics
Mar 26, 2008 – According to ABI Research, in coming years home network connections will no longer be an optional feature for many CE products, with the number for networked TV shipments alone growing to 65 million units by 2012, from 3.6 million in 2008.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

Beijing Olympics boosts China's cable market
Mar 26, 2008 – Screen Digest's latest report with R&TI Research has concluded that the Beijing Olympics is driving domestic digital cable take-up which is set to grow from 18 per cent at the end of 2007 to 24 per cent by the end of Olympics year.
News categories: Screen Digest, R&TI Research, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

As Format War Ends, 29 Million Blu-ray Homes Expected This Year
Mar 25, 2008 – The Blu-ray Disc victory in its recent format war with HD-DVD will propel this technology into 29.4 million homes worldwide by the end of 2008, according to the latest research published by the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming