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Cablecom expands its TV service for cable and Internet
Nov 27, 2007 – On 27 November, cablecom is to launch its high-definition television service (HDTV) with three channels. The HD offer, which includes digital TV and radio, can be received via the HD mediabox at a cost of 15 CHF per month.
News categories: Cablecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Switzerland

Naspers Reports Growth And Increased Investment Activity
Nov 27, 2007 – Over the period the total pay-TV subscriber base grew by 109,000 to 2.3 million subscribers, with strong growth across the African continent. Irdeto shipped 26% more smart cards compared with the same period last year.
News categories: Naspers, Results Presentation, Africa, Broadband, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Greece, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

Multimedia Mobile Phone Shipments Surpass TV Shipments in 2008, According to MultiMedia Intelligence
Nov 27, 2007 – MultiMedia Intelligence reports the worldwide unit shipments of multimedia feature rich mobile phones will exceed 300 million units in 2008, outnumbering shipments of TV sets.
News categories: MultiMedia Intelligence, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

Tiscali Board of Directors approves 2008-2012 business plan
Nov 26, 2007 – Based on the business plan, the target for Italy and the United Kingdom is 4 million customers in 2012 of which 650,000 would be IPTV subscribers.
News categories: Tiscali, Full Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, Italy, Subscribers, UK

Portugal - Cable TV records 17 thousand new customers in third quarter
Nov 26, 2007 – During the third quarter of 2007 there were around 17 thousand new subscribers to cable television in Portugal, corresponding to an increase of 1% to around 1.5 million subscribers.
News categories: Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

France - Baromètre (Numérisation des Foyers Audiovisuels) N°5 Published
Nov 26, 2007 – Thanks to digital terrestrial television (DTT), 42.4% of households have at least one television converted to digital, an increase of nearly 3% over the last quarter.
News categories: TDF, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, TV Services

Guangzhou Cable TV Increases DTV Subs to 750,000
Nov 26, 2007 – Guangzhou Cable TV's total number of subscribers that have been switched to DTV has reached 750,000.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

China driving digital TV growth
Nov 22, 2007 – New research published by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that nearly 54 million digital TV households will be added in 2007, bringing the global total to 239 million.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

UK: Digital Television Recorders gaining acceptance
Nov 21, 2007 – In the UK market, Digital Television Recorders (DTRs) finally seem to be gaining acceptance as replacement products for Video Recorders. Unit sales doubled between the year ending September 2006 and the equivalent period in 2007.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK