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Taiwanese Satellite STB Shipments to Reach 5.6 Million in 2007
Jul 27, 2007 – According to MIC, Taiwanese digital satellite set-top box shipment volume is expected to reach 3.2 million units in the second half of 2007. In the full-year, volume is expected to amount to 5.6 million units, up 20% in comparison with 2006.
News categories: Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan

Cox Sees Lowest Customer Churn In Its History
Jul 26, 2007 – At the close of the quarter, Cox increased total residential customer relationships by 2% versus the same quarter in 2006. At the end of the quarter Cox had 2.96 million digital cable subscribers, an 11.9% growth over last year.
News categories: Cox Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers

Blu-ray Leads Adoption of Next-generation DVD players in the U.S
Jul 26, 2007 – Next-generation DVD players are poised to experience significant growth over the next five years, according to a new report. The report estimates that more than 32 million Blu-ray and HD DVD players will be sold in the United States by 2011.
News categories: Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Gaming, HD-DVD, Market Research, Set Top Box, USA

Kabel Deutschland: Investments in Internet and telephony show success
Jul 26, 2007 – Kabel Deutschland has achieved strong growth in marketing the digital pay TV packages Kabel Digital Home and Kabel Digital International. The number of RGUs in this sector rose to 692,000 by March 31, 2007 compared to 479,000 on March 31, 2006.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Comcast Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results
Jul 26, 2007 – Comcast ended the quarter with more than 14 million video subscribers taking digital services, and installed a record 2.1 million digital set-top boxes in the second quarter of 2007 - roughly equal to that deployed in the previous six months combined.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

mywaves Hits One Million Mobile Users Worldwide
Jul 25, 2007 – mywaves, the carrier-independent mobile media company delivering Web video to mobile phones around the world, has announced more than one million users have signed up to tune in and see what's playing on mywaves' 100,000 channels.
News categories: mywaves, Digital TV, Mobile, Streaming, Subscribers

World DVD Players & DVD Recorders Market to Reach 127.69 Million Units by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
Jul 25, 2007 – Driven by advancements in consumer electronics, and the growing popularity of home theater systems, the world DVD players & DVD recorders market is projected to reach 127.69 million units by the year 2010.
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Report Index, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder

Vivendi Reports First Half 2007 Revenues Up 6.4%
Jul 25, 2007 – At the end of the period, Canal+ Group's total subscription portfolio reached 10.3 million, a net increase of more than 400,000 subscriptions compared to the combined subscriptions of Canal+ Group and TPS at the end of June 2006.
News categories: Full Press Release, Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

AT&T Posts Strong Second-Quarter Results
Jul 24, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) posted strong video growth in the second quarter. U-verse services are now available in parts of 23 metro areas. At the end of the second quarter, AT&T had 51,000 U-verse video subscribers, up from 13,000 three months earlier.
News categories: AT&T, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA