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Cyprus - PrimeTel pleased with triple-play take-up
Jul 17, 2007 – Cypriot broadband provider PrimeTel has announced that it has signed up 8,000 residential users of its triple-play services, which include its PrimeTV IPTV service, offering over 100 TV channels, interactive games and video-on-demand library.
News categories: PrimeTel, Cyprus, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

81 Million People in US Watch Broadband Video
Jul 17, 2007 – An estimated 81 million people, or 63% of the 129 million people who access the Internet over broadband in the U.S., watch broadband video at home or at work, according to new research conducted by The Nielsen Company.
News categories: Nielsen, Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA

US - Cable Passes Satellite For DVR Popularity
Jul 17, 2007 – Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) installed into cable-served TV households (TVHHs) have recently surpassed the number of those in satellite-served video HHs, according to a new set of projections and estimates released by The Carmel Group.
News categories: Carmel Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

MRG Releases IPTV Middleware Report Identifying Leaders in Global Race
Jul 16, 2007 – Based on deployed subscribers, Thomson, Cascade, Alcatel-Lucent (MiViewTV), UTStarcom and Nokia Siemens Networks (Myrio) ranked in the top five globally. Microsoft Mediaroom (ex-IPTV Edition) ranked last out of fourteen IPTV companies.
News categories: MRG, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware

Complicated Mobile Video Market in Europe, North America and Asia
Jul 16, 2007 – While Mobile Video Services are a hot topic with great potential, the market is very complicated, and will take quite a few more years to completely sort itself out, reports In-Stat.
News categories: Asia, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Smart TV

Belgium - BeTV finally making money
Jul 15, 2007 – Pay-TV operator Be TV has just turned its first ever profit, Be TV's CEO Daniel Weekers told the Belgian press. The number of subscribers grew to 123,000 from 116,000 over the period, taking out a total of 285,000 subscriptions, up from 268,000.
News categories: Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers

3 Italia surpasses 600,000 subscribers for DVB-H service
Jul 13, 2007 – Italian mobile telephony operator 3 Italia has surpassed the threshold of 600,000 subscribers for its mobile TV DVB-H service, launched in July 2006 during the soccer World Cup in Germany.
News categories: Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, Subscribers

LG and Samsung Phones Lead in Advanced Mobile Entertainment Features
Jul 12, 2007 – LG and Samsung are the top mobile-phone brands in the U.S. for advanced entertainment features, leading competitors Motorola and Nokia in adoption of phones with support for mobile TV, music, and games, according to Parks Associates.
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, USA

BSkyB Trading Update for the 3 Months to 30 June 2007
Jul 11, 2007 – BSkyB will be holding a business update for analysts and investors at 9am BST today (11 July). Key operating metrics for the three months to 30 June: Net customer adds of 90,000 to 8.582 million; 2.374 million Sky+ households; 292,000 HD subscribers.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Subscribers, UK