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DVD Players UK: the first ten years
Dec 12, 2007 – To date, approximately 35 million DVD Players have been sold in the UK, with a total retail value of £3.7 billion.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, UK

Broadband Over Powerline a Home Networking Winner
Dec 12, 2007 – Broadband over Powerline (BPL) has been emerging steadily over the past several years for in-home networking, access/utility company applications, and the technology is continuing strong growth, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart Home

KT targets strong subscriber growth in 2008
Dec 11, 2007 – Korea Telecom (KT) aims to ramp up the MegaTV base from an estimated 300,000 in 2007 to 1.5 million next year.
News categories: KT Corp, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Tianjin DTV Subscribers Break 1 mln
Dec 11, 2007 – Tianjin Cable Network has announced that by the end of October, Tianjin had converted 1 mln cable TV subscribers to DTV.
News categories: Tianjin Cable Network, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Weak Cable Set-top Box Sales Cause Third Quarter Contraction
Dec 11, 2007 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market contracted 2 percent on a sequential basis in the third quarter of this year, despite strong growth in the IPTV and satellite set-top box market that was not enough to offset the decline in the cable market.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Hefei DTV Subs Break 250,000
Dec 10, 2007 – The number of cable TV subscribers in Hefei who have converted to DTV has surpassed 250,000, for an overall conversion rate above 85%.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Dalian DTV Conversion 98% Complete
Dec 10, 2007 – The number of digital cable TV subscribers in Dalian has reached 920,000 to date.
News categories: Dalian, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Spain - December DTT monthly update released
Dec 7, 2007 – The sale of DTT receivers in October 2007 reached 471,992 units, a new record high boosted by the sale of 225,792 IDTVs - 60% higher than the monthly average reached for this product in 2007.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Chinese digital terrestrial TV operators flounder in over-competitive market
Dec 7, 2007 – Chinese digital terrestrial TV operators are facing increasingly difficult market conditions rather than benefiting from the approaching Beijing 2008 Olympics, a local digital terrestrial TV official has told Interfax at the third Digital New Media Annual Forum held in Beijing.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial