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PCCW reports 2007 annual results
Mar 6, 2008 – now TV took a leadership position in the local pay-TV market last year and secured an installed customer base of 882,000 at year end, up 16% from 2006's 758,000.
News categories: PCCW, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

HomePlug® Powerline Alliance Announces Doubling of HomePlug Product Shipments from Eight Million to 16 Million in Last 12 Months
Mar 5, 2008 – The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance has announced that it has doubled the number of HomePlug products shipped globally in the last 12 months from eight million to 16 million and that its members will showcase a wide range of HomePlug compliant products at CeBIT 2008.
News categories: HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Market Research, Smart Home

Brazil - Low take-up of DTT services
Mar 5, 2008 – DTT services launched three months ago has had limited appeal with viewers. Only 10,000 households in the Greater Sao Paulo area have accessed DTT services.
News categories: Brazil, Digital TV, Market Research, SBTVD, Smart TV, Terrestrial

TiVo Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2008
Mar 5, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO)-owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were 109,000, compared to 163,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-owned subscriptions increased slightly from the prior quarter to 1.75 million.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Earnings Release, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

India's Market for Mobile TV Services to Reach US$360 Million in 2008, says Springboard Research
Mar 5, 2008 – Indian mobile phone users are ready for Mobile TV services with 12 million subscribers predicted to use the service in the first year of launch, according to the latest report by Springboard Research.
News categories: Springboard Research, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

Swisscom - more customers, profitable growth
Mar 5, 2008 – Broadband communications experienced strong growth year-on-year, with the number of broadband customers rising by 17.1% to 1.6 million. By the end of 2007, around 70,000 customers had signed up for Bluewin TV.
News categories: Swisscom, Earnings Release, Annual Report, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

SKY Perfect Subscribers as of the end of February 2008
Mar 4, 2008 – SKY Perfect Communications has announced the number of total registrations and individual subscribers as of the end of February 2008.
News categories: SKY Perfect, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

90 Million IPTV Subscribers in 2013 Expected
Mar 4, 2008 – Last year, subscribers to IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) services worldwide numbered only about 13.5 million, but ABI Research forecasts their ranks to grow to more than 90 million by the end of 2013.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Europe's HDTV Transition Falters As Economic Reality Kicks In
Mar 4, 2008 – The closure of two of Germany's HDTV channels in recent weeks has cast a shadow over European hopes for a rapid transition to High Definition Television, according to analysis published by the Strategy Analytics Broadband Network Strategies service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research