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Estonian DTT slow to take off
Nov 21, 2007 – The Estonian DTT service ZUUMtv had 6,500 subscribers at the end of October.
News categories: Digital TV, Estonia, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Freeview reaches 14 million homes
Nov 20, 2007 – Freeview has confirmed that it is in 14 million UK homes, reinforcing its position as the most popular digital TV service in the UK.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Europe Leading the Way in Digital Terrestrial TV
Nov 19, 2007 – Europe is leading the world in the fast-growing digital terrestrial platform (DTT), though other regions are gaining momentum, reports In-Stat. With analog shutoffs (ASOs) approaching in North America and Western Europe, strong drivers for digital terrestrial set top boxes are on the horizon as consumers transition from analog to digital.
News categories: In-Stat, Africa, Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

DisplaySearch Reports Double-Digit Growth in Q3'07 Global TV Market on Strength in Europe, Developing Regions and at 1080p
Nov 19, 2007 – DisplaySearch has reported in its latest 'Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report' that TV units rose 18% Q/Q and 11% Y/Y to 50.6 million, while revenues rose 17% Q/Q and 10% Y/Y to $26.3 billion in Q3'07.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

Report Presents The Development of STB Markets in China and Abroad and Also Studies the STB Application Market
Nov 15, 2007 – According to ResearchInChina, global sales of set-top boxes reached over 70 million units in 2005, of which satellite STBs were 60%. In China, digital cable TV set-top box sales volume will reach 25 million units by 2008.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Chinese digital cable growing quickly
Nov 15, 2007 – China will have a whopping 84 million digital-cable subscribers by 2010, according to new figures from research outfit Media Partners Asia (MPA).
News categories: Media Partners Asia (MPA), Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

New Zealand Freeview going strong
Nov 15, 2007 – Latest sales figures show more than 21,000 digital satellite receivers have been purchased in the last three months. This takes the total number of households reached to an estimated 62,000, or nearly 4% of all homes.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box

ONO Third quarter 2007 results
Nov 14, 2007 – Cable television customers increased by 5,000 in the quarter to reach 909,000, mainly due to the launch of new television packages during the quarter, including a low entry option, "TV Esencial". 89% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering.
News categories: ONO, Earnings Release, Presentation, Results, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Vivendi's first nine months 2007 earnings
Nov 14, 2007 – At the end of the period, Canal+ Group's total subscription portfolio (Canal+ France scope) reached 10.4 million, which represented a net increase of 430,000 subscriptions compared to the combined subscriptions of Canal+ Group and TPS at the end of September 2006.
News categories: Vivendi, Earnings Release, Presentation, Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers