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Verimatrix Acknowledged as Global Leader for Content Security in Current and Forecasted IPTV Markets
Oct 4, 2007 – Verimatrix has been named the global market leader in content security in a new authoritative market study. TelecomView's report is based on the subscriber base and growth plans of the top 50 leading global service providers.
News categories: Verimatrix, TelecomView, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Digital TV increases to 41% of Dutch households
Oct 3, 2007 – In the Netherlands, the digitalisation of media and communication services continues at a fast pace. Digital TV now reaches 41% of all households, an increase of 50% compared with last year.
News categories: synovate/Interview NSS, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, TV Services

DIRECTV, EchoStar May See Declining Subscriber Growth in Next Five Years, Pike & Fischer Study Predicts
Oct 2, 2007 – Satellite TV providers DIRECTV and EchoStar have been building customer loyalty with services such as high-definition channels and upgraded digital video recorders. But they are likely to see their customer growth fall significantly over the next five years, a new report from Pike & Fischer suggests.
News categories: Pike & Fischer, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Triple-play Uptake Growing At the Expense of Telco Margins, says Pyramid Research
Oct 2, 2007 – Global triple-play subscriptions are projected to grow by a whopping 52% in 2007, to over 34m, according to Pyramid Research's latest report, "From Triple-play to Quad-play: Strategies, Business Models, and Best Practices."
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research

Portable entertainment market growth slowing through 2009, Digitimes Research says
Oct 2, 2007 – Although the portable entertainment consumer electronics market will top 500 million units in 2008, growth momentum will wane through 2009, as the mainstream market is maturing fast, according to Digitimes Research.
News categories: Camcorder, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, Market Research, Mobile, Tablet

Gartner Says Saturation of U.S. Pay-TV Market to Create Challenges for Emerging IPTV Services
Oct 1, 2007 – As Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services emerge, telecom companies face a fairly saturated pay-TV market in the U.S, as 82 percent of all U.S. households reported having a pay-TV subscription in 2006, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc.
News categories: Gartner, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Convergence Driving European TV Progress
Oct 1, 2007 – New research published today by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households will break the 50% mark by the end of this year.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Almost one-third of Dutch TV connections are digital
Oct 1, 2007 – The total number of Dutch TV connections stabilised at 7.027 million connections at the end of the second quarter of 2007, with the number of digital TV connections growing by 4.2 percent to 2.2 million, according to Telecompaper's quarterly update on the Dutch TV market.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Terrestrial

High-Definition DVD Hardware Modifications Are Necessary to Implement New Security Technology
Sep 27, 2007 – New watermarking techniques are being implemented that may require enhancements to high-definition DVD hardware platforms. ABI Research sees a high likelihood for the incorporation of these changes, among others.
News categories: ABI Research, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Market Research, Semiconductor, Watermarking