Broadband (xDSL, DOCSIS, WiMax, FTTH, …) News

TiVo and Windstream Partner to Offer TiVo DVR & Windstream High-Speed Internet Bundle
Oct 31, 2007 – TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) have announced an agreement to offer bundled internet and TiVo DVR services.
News categories: Windstream, TiVo, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Panorama Capital Leads $9.5MM Series A Funding in GridNetworks, Inc.
Oct 30, 2007 – GridNetworks, a leading innovator of technology and services that power Internet television, has announced a $9.5MM Series A financing led by Panorama Capital and two strategic investors to be disclosed in the future.
News categories: GridNetworks, Panorama Capital, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Venture Capital

Arcor begins the television of the future
Oct 30, 2007 – Customers in 51 German towns and municipalities can now order Arcor digital TV. The commercial marketing of the new product starts on the 1st December.
News categories: Arcor, Broadband, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV

Qwest Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
Oct 30, 2007 – Qwest (NYSE: Q) added 62,000 net DIRECTV subscribers in the quarter. Qwest has 634,000 video subscribers through Qwest ChoiceTV and the DIRECTV partnership up from a total of 350,000 subscribers a year ago.
News categories: Qwest, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

KPN Results for the period ending September 30, 2007
Oct 30, 2007 – At the end of the third quarter KPN had 414k TV subscribers, representing a 17% share of the Dutch digital TV market, up 3% points compared to the previous quarter.
News categories: KPN, Full Results, 5G, Belgium, Broadband, Digital TV, Germany, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Korea - 2.4 million HSDPA subscribers and 6.5 million mobile TV consumers
Oct 29, 2007 – The country is a frontrunner in the mobile TV market. There are two mobile TV systems in South Korea: S-DMB, launched in May 2005 by SKT subsidiary, TuMedia, and T-DMB, introduced by terrestrial TV channels in December 2005.
News categories: IDATE Consulting, Broadband, Digital TV, Korea, Market Research, Mobile

Verizon Reports Continued Success in 3Q 2007
Oct 29, 2007 – In the third quarter, Verizon (NYSE:VZ) added a net of 202,000 new FiOS TV customers. The company has 717,000 FiOS TV customers in total, with approximately 600,000 added within the past 12 months.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Iliad 3Q 2007 Revenues
Oct 29, 2007 – During the 3rd quarter 2007, Iliad has confirmed the dynamism and quality of its organic growth with 141,000 net adds over the quarter. As of 30 September 2007, Free's ADSL subscriber base reached 2,767,000, vs. 2,626,000 as of 30 June 2007.
News categories: Iliad, Full Release, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

BSkyB - 1 Million Sky Broadband Customers
Oct 29, 2007 – Sky has announced that Sky Broadband has passed the one million customer mark. The milestone was achieved less than 14 months after the first Sky Broadband customer was connected - more quickly than any other UK broadband provider.
News categories: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), Broadband, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, UK