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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

Germany - Digital TV Reaches 9.55 Million Households
May 15, 2007 – AGF/GfK reports that 9.55 million households in Germany have digital tv, out of a total of 35.02 million homes, giving a penetration of 27.3%. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Germany, Market Research

Forrester: No Future For Paid Video Downloads
May 14, 2007 – The paid video download market is a dead end, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Forrester estimates that paid video downloads will peak in 2007. Instead, advertising models will drive the online video market. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming

Switzerland - cablecom's new digital television launched successfully
May 14, 2007 – In the last two months, approximately 39,000 orders have been received for cablecom’s new digital TV product. At the end of March, more than 155,000 customers were using the digital television product – just over ten percent of cablecom’s TV customers. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers, Switzerland

Annual Set Top Box shipments reach 120m units by 2011
May 13, 2007 – The demand for set top boxes continues to rise, with more than 65m cable, satellite and IPTV digital STBs shipped globally last year, and the market on track to grow at 13% CAAGR to 120m annual shipments by 2011. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Secure Processors for Consumer Electronics: 0 to 60 Million in Six Years
May 11, 2007 – Processor companies are enhancing their architectures and embracing security features. By 2013, more than 60 million CE devices are expected to ship with hardware security. More …
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research, Semiconductor

Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
May 11, 2007 – The breakdown of our 14.7 million video subscribers consisted of 11.1 million analog, 2.6 million digital cable and 1.0 million DTH subscribers. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

UPC Subscriber Statistics for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2007
May 11, 2007 – UPC Holding B.V. has provided selected, preliminary financial and operating information for the three months ended March 31, 2007. More …
News categories: Austria, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

46 million mobile video subscribers by 2010
May 10, 2007 – Service provider revenue from mobile video services jumped 317% to almost $200 million worldwide from 2005 to 2006, and is expected to triple in 2007, says market research firm Infonetics Research. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile