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Jupiter Telecommunications Announces August 2007 Subscriber Figures
Sep 13, 2007 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM; JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of August 31, 2007 served by J:COM's 21 managed franchises reached approximately 2.72 million, up 478,100, or 21.4% since August 31, 2006.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

1-seg Mobile Phone Shipments Grow 6 Times YoY
Sep 12, 2007 – Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) has announced Japanese domestic mobile phone shipments increased 54.9% year-on-year (YoY) to 5.108 million units in July 2007.
News categories: Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA), Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile

Forrester Research: The Five-Year Forecast For Consumer Technology Growth
Sep 10, 2007 – Devices that make up the digital home, such as digital video recorders, high-definition televisions (HDTVs), and home networks will be the consumer technologies that grow the fastest over the next five years, according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR).
News categories: Camcorder, Canada, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, USA

More Than 100,000 Customers Choose AT&T U-verse Over Cable
Sep 5, 2007 – AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced that AT&T U-verse TV has surpassed 100,000 customers, marking another significant milestone for the nation's largest deployment of Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service.
News categories: AT&T, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Subscribers, USA

Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results for the Second Quarter and First Six Months of 2007
Sep 5, 2007 – Comstar-Direct is the largest broadband service provider in Moscow, and has 426,400 residential subscribers, including 99,100 double-play (broadband Internet + IPTV) customers.
News categories: Comstar, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Competition in Mobile Video Could Threaten Mobile Operators
Sep 5, 2007 – Just like the late 1990s when 3G was deployed, billions are being spent to deploy systems capable of delivering video to mobile devices. However, In-Stat reports that "mobile" doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as "cellular." New technologies and business models are now under development that may threaten mobile operators' ability to profit from video content, the high-tech market research firm says.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Placeshifting

Spain - September DTT monthly update released
Sep 5, 2007 – Digital terrestrial TV receiver sales in Spain have passed the 5.78 million unit mark, with 371,694 sold during the month of July, a new monthly record.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Germany - Digitalisation Breakthrough in TV Households
Sep 4, 2007 – The digitalisation of TV-households is gathering momentum in Germany: 77 per cent of TV-households will be digitalised at primary reception by the end of 2012. This is the forecast of Goldmedia published in its latest study "The Future of TV-transmission", which analyses the development of broadcasting infrastructures in Germany.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services

Korea Telecom Launches Nationwide IPTV Service
Sep 4, 2007 – Korea Telecom (KT) is taking a big step into the broadcasting market with the commercial launch of its video-on-demand service "Mega TV.''
News categories: Korea Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers