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Czech Republic - O2TV has 20,000 customers
Feb 6, 2007 – Interest in the new and unique fixed-line television service is massive: at present, over 20,000 subscribers have jumped on board and newly sent orders further confirm huge interest in the service!
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Freeview's Best Ever Christmas Delivers Two Million Sales
Feb 6, 2007 – Freeview has announced that Christmas 2006 was its best ever, with over two million digital boxes and digital televisions sold during the quarter.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Netherlands - Digitenne DTT reaches 265,000
Feb 6, 2007 – In the fourth quarter, the number of 'Digitenne' DTT customers surpassed the 250k mark, with 265,000 customers subscribing to the service at the end of 2006, up 44% year-on-year.
News categories: Digitenne, Digital TV, Netherlands, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Belgium - Quarter of a million Telenet Digital TV RGU's
Feb 5, 2007 – Telenet has announced that it has passed the milestone of 250,000 digital TV customers. This success is partly due to the successful Christmas campaign that the Mechelen-based company ran.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

IPTV becomes a reality as worldwide subscribers reach 3.6 million
Feb 5, 2007 – The latest worldwide IPTV research from Canalys shows how the number of commercial IPTV launches escalated in 2006, and suggests that IPTV services are now moving into the mainstream.
News categories: Canalys, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Japan - 2006 Domestic shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers
Feb 1, 2007 – Total shipments of digital terrestrial broadcast receivers for 2006 reached 8,925,000 units. Cumulative sales of these devices exceeded 17 million units, reaching 17,286,000 units by the end of December 2006.
News categories: DiBEG, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, Japan, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Terrestrial

France Telecom 2006 preliminary unaudited annual results
Feb 1, 2007 – Rapid development of ADSL Multi-service offers with 4.1 million Liveboxes deployed in Europe at the end of 2006, 2.5 million Voice over IP customers, and 590,000 ADSL digital TV customers.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Comcast Reports 2006 Results and Outlook for 2007
Feb 1, 2007 – Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter and the year ended December 31, 2006. Comcast added 1.9 million new digital cable subscribers in 2006 - 59% above last year.
News categories: Comcast, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Time Warner announced 2006 Full-Year & Fourth-Quarter earnings
Jan 31, 2007 – Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) has reported financial results for its full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006. In the fourth quarter, Time Warner Cable net additions of digital video subscribers were 246,000.
News categories: Time Warner, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA