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Insight Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 5, 2007 – Insight Communications (Nasdaq: ICCI) has announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. Insight added a net 26,100 digital customers during the quarter to end at 687,600 customers.
News categories: Insight Communications, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

The Launch of Hulu Signals a New Phase in the Broadband Video Market; but Risks Exist for Large TV Networks in an Online World
Nov 5, 2007 – Recent news concerning NBC and News Corporation's Hulu joint-venture includes the launch of its recent site in beta mode, signaling that the broadband video market has entered into a new phase.
News categories: ABI Research, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming

Mobile video phone sales will more than double to $125B by 2010
Nov 5, 2007 – Sales of mobile video phones hit close to $58 billion worldwide in 2006 and are forecast to more than double to nearly $125 billion by 2010, says market research firm Infonetics Research in its latest report.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV piracy tops US$1.5 billion for 2007
Nov 2, 2007 – In the latest survey of revenue leakage over the last 12 months to the regional pay-TV industry, conducted by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank, the losses are conservatively estimated to stand at US$1.54 billion, as compared to US$1.13 billion in 2006.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, TV Services, Vietnam

British Sky Broadcasting - 1st Quarter Results
Nov 2, 2007 – Net DTH customer growth of 83,000 reflected good new DTH customer additions and, despite retail price changes, a further improvement in churn to 11.3%, the lowest for five quarters.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, AGM Statement, Broadband, Digital TV, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

France - ARCEP Q2 Commmunications Market Update
Oct 31, 2007 – With more than two million subscriptions added in a year, France had 3.8 million subscriptions to a television service via xDSL at the end of Q2 2007.
News categories: ARCEP, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Consumers set to switch on to IPTV by end of the decade
Oct 31, 2007 – Worldwide IPTV subscriber levels will increase more than tenfold by the end of the decade, growing from fewer than 4 million in 2006 to almost 40 million in 2010.
News categories: Canalys, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

CCID Consulting Analyzes the Mobile TV Industry in China
Oct 31, 2007 – At present, the digital mobile TV industry is confronted with three problems. Firstly, there is no uniform operating procedures. Secondly, there are still technical bottlenecks. Thirdly is its content.
News categories: CCID Consulting, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Market Research, Mobile

MTS TV - 75,000 Subscribers Strong in Winnipeg
Oct 30, 2007 – MTS TV, the digital television service offered by MTS Allstream in Winnipeg, has reached another milestone after officially acquiring a total of 75,000 customers.
News categories: MTS Allstream, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers