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Zhangjiagang DTV Conversion Rate Reaches 63.7%
Nov 30, 2007 – As of November 25th in Jiangsu's Zhangjiagang, the number of subscribers converted to digital cable television has reached 183,146, or 63.7% of the city's 287,415 cable TV subscribers.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Cyfra+ hits the million mark
Nov 30, 2007 – The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has announced that it now has one million subscribers.
News categories: Cyfra+, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite, Subscribers

DisplaySearch Reports TV Video Processor IC Shipments Up 28% Q/Q and 22% Y/Y in Q3'07 on Rapid Growth of TV Shipments in Europe and Asia
Nov 29, 2007 – Mediatek has continued to take market share from other TV IC suppliers, displacing Genesis as #2 on a unit basis on strong shipments to Chinese TV OEMs and shipments to retail house brands that used Mediatek's DTV IC solutions.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Comstar Financial Results For The Third Quarter And First Nine Months Of 2007
Nov 29, 2007 – Comstar-Direct is the largest broadband service provider in Moscow, and has 452,600 residential subscribers, including 106,000 double-play (broadband Internet + IPTV) customers.
News categories: Comstar, Financial Results, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland accelerates growth in the internet and telephone business
Nov 29, 2007 – In the Pay TV business, Kabel Deutschland boosted the number of RGUs. The digital pay TV packages Kabel Digital Home and Kabel Digital International posted 731,000 RGUs. In the previous year this figure was 601,000.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

MultiChoice celebrates 2 million subscribers
Nov 28, 2007 – MultiChoice South Africa has announced that its combined subscriber base in South Africa and the Africa business has reached the two million mark.
News categories: MultiChoice, Africa, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

TiVo Announces Results for Third Quarter Ended October 31, 2007
Nov 28, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2007. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the third quarter were 69,000 for a total of 1.7 million from 1.6 million in the year ago-period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Czech set-top figure grows
Nov 28, 2007 – There were 289,000 set-top boxes used to receive digital terrestrial TV services in the Czech Republic as of this August, according to local reports.
News categories: Czech Republic, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ku-band Supply Crisis in South Asia: Myth or Reality?
Nov 27, 2007 – Direct-to-Home (DTH) services are the red hot topic in the South Asian commercial transponder market. Many within the industry are even raising the question if there simply is enough Ku-band transponder supply available and planned for the coming years to meet the rapid increase in Ku-band capacity demand in the region.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Bangladesh, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Pakistan, Satellite, Sri Lanka, TV Services