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Nearly One Quarter of TV Sets in the US Only get Broadcast TV
May 23, 2007 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 23% of all TV sets in consumers’ homes do not receive cable or Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) programming. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

German digital cable reaches 3.3 million
May 23, 2007 – The three main German cable operators Kabel Deutschland, Kabel BW and unitymedia say they now have a combined 3.3 million digital households. More …
News categories: ANGA COM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers

Portugal - Pay TV has 1.8 million customers in March
May 22, 2007 – The total of number of subscribers to the subscription television service (cable and DTH) reached 1.881 million at the end of March, representing around 18 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

DisplaySearch Reports Q1'07 Global TV Revenues
May 22, 2007 – Global TV unit shipments fell 21% Q/Q in seasonally weak Q1’07 but rose 4% Y/Y to 45.5M sets. Samsung was #1 on a unit basis for the third consecutive quarter with a 12% share on 37% Y/Y growth. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Smart TV

Set-top Box Costs Stabilizing, Spending to Grow with Volume
May 18, 2007 – IMS Research estimates that the average semiconductor bill of materials cost (BOM) for set-top boxes dropped 37% from 2004 to 2006, going from $59 to $37. IMS is forecasting that from 2007-2011 the average STB semiconductor BOM cost will stay near $41. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Internet Video-to-TV Solutions To Deliver $1.5 Billion in Service Revenue by 2012
May 17, 2007 – While the majority of consumers who watch online video today do so on a PC, the ultimate destination for much of this content will be the TV. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Media Player, Set Top Box, Streaming

Telefónica posts 7.7% increase in 1Q07 net profit to 1,257 million euros
May 17, 2007 – The number of Pay TV customers for the Telefónica Group exceeded 1.1 million, up by 54.7% in relation to March 2006. More …
News categories: Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Peru, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Vivendi Reports Very Good First Quarter 2007 Earnings
May 16, 2007 – At the end of March, Canal+ France’s total subscription portfolio totaled 10.3 million. Canal+ had 5.2 million subscriptions, while CanalSat/TPS had more than 5 million. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Italy - Sky and FASTWEB together (It)
May 16, 2007 – In 2 months, more than 25 thousand households have subscribed to Sky Italia through the FASTWEB IPTV service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Subscribers