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India Pay TV market may go up to $10bn by 2010
Sep 20, 2007 – According to a survey conducted by Hong Kong-based independent organisation, Media Partners Asia (MPA), over 90% of the TV homes in India will be enjoying pay TV by 2015, of which 37% will have digital set-top boxes (STB).
News categories: Media Partners Asia (MPA), Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Digital Set-Top Boxes Will Peak in North America during the Year 2009, while DTT Gains Global Traction, According to ABI Research
Sep 20, 2007 – Annual shipment trends for DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television)-enabled STBs (Set-Top Boxes) will be uneven over the next several years as the timing of digital switchover and DTT service availability varies dramatically from country to country, according to a recent study from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DTMB, IPTV, ISDB-T, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, TV Services

The status of IPTV in the Arab World
Sep 20, 2007 – Despite the advantages that IPTV provides, only four operators in three countries in the Arab World region offer commercial IPTV services.
News categories: Arab Advisors, Bahrain, Broadband, Digital TV, Egypt, IPTV, Kuwait, Market Research, Middle-East, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Ofcom UK Digital Television Update - 2007 Q2
Sep 20, 2007 – In the three months to the end of June 2007 (Q2 2007) there were 944,000 net UK household conversions to digital television (DTV), following 870,000 additions in the previous quarter.
News categories: Digital Television Update - 2007 Q2 [pdf], Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Satellite Platform Propels Hybrids to 25% of Global STB Market
Sep 19, 2007 – The hybrid set-top box market, although still small today, is forecast by IMS Research to account for over 25% of worldwide STB unit shipments in 2012, translating into nearly $2.9 billion in manufacturer revenues.
News categories: IMS Research, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Mobile Broadcast TV to Reach Almost 120 Million Mobile Users by 2012, but Technological and Regulatory Hurdles Still to be Faced
Sep 19, 2007 – According to a new report from Juniper Research, nearly 120m mobile users in more than 40 countries are expected to receive broadcast TV services by 2012, compared to less than 12m in 2007, with DVB-H being the dominant transmission standard.
News categories: Juniper Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

200,000 customers have chosen Telia's digital TV
Sep 17, 2007 – Customers continue to choose Telia's digital TV service. Telia recently registered its 200,000th TV customer - and the total number of customers has doubled since May 2007.
News categories: Telia, Broadband, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Subscribers, Sweden

DoÄŸan Yayın Holding 2007 September 1H07 Results (DYH 2007 İlk 6 Ay Sonuçları)
Sep 17, 2007 – Total D-Smart users are expected to reach 4.8mn in 2016 (from 150,944 at end-August 2007), corresponding to ~23% of total households and ~33% of total satellite households.
News categories: DoÄŸan, D Smart, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Turkey

TelecomView Study Measures TelcoTV Opportunities for Service Providers and Systems Companies
Sep 17, 2007 – The global growth of TelcoTV services has demonstrated that significant opportunities exist. TelecomView's new report "Opportunities in TelcoTV: Forecast & Market Shares - 2006 to 2012" sizes the available opportunities and identifies which companies are most likely to capitalize on it.
News categories: TelecomView, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box