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DTT share grows in Poland in 1H 2014
Jul 17, 2014 – According to Nielsen Audience Measurement, the share of households watching digital terrestrial television in Poland grew from 30.3% to 33.3% during the first half of 2014, largely taking share from cable TV which fell from a share of 33% to 30.8%.
News categories: Nielsen, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Poland, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Middle-East ends Q1 2014 with 6 million pay TV subscribers
Jul 16, 2014 – According to Dataxis, at the end of March 2014 there were 6 million pay TV subscribers in the Middle East, up from 5.05 million at the same date in 2013, an increase of 18.73%.
News categories: Dataxis, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Subscribers

Comcast and TiVo work on non-CableCARD security for retail devices
Jul 15, 2014 – In an FCC filing, Comcast (Nasdaq:CMCSA,CMCSK) has said that it has agreed to work with TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) on a two-way non-CableCARD security solution that will enable retail devices to access the full Comcast lineup of programming.
News categories: Comcast, TiVo Inc, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box, USA

Chile's Mundo Pacífico launches digital cable TV
Jul 14, 2014 – Chilean cable TV operator Mundo Pacífico has launched a digital television offering. The 'TV Digital HD' base package offers 79 channels in standard definition and 12 more in high definition.
News categories: Mundo Pacífico, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Africa ends 1Q 2014 with 14.5 million pay TV subscribers
Jul 11, 2014 – According to Dataxis, at the end of March 2014 there were 14.5 million pay TV subscribers in Africa, up from 11.6 million at the same date in 2013, an increase over the year of 25%.
News categories: Dataxis, Africa, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Cogeco TV customers down 9,620 in quarter to end-May 2014
Jul 10, 2014 – Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014, ended May 31, 2014. Third-quarter net losses for Television service customers stood at 9,620 compared to 8,407 for the same period of fiscal 2013.
News categories: Cogeco, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Subscribers, USA

Montenegro adds 3,983 pay TV subscribers in 2Q 2014
Jul 9, 2014 – The Agency for Electronic Media in Montenegro has released television subscriber figures. As at June 30, 2014, the number of connections for the distribution of radio and TV programmes was 153,601, up 8,651 year-on-year (6.0%).
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Broadcom enables live Ultra HD World Cup broadcasts by NET Serviços in Brazil
Jul 1, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that its HEVC-enabled system-on-chip (SoC) technology will allow NET Serviços, Latin America's largest MSO, to deliver live broadcasts of select 2014 World Cup events in Ultra HD.
News categories: Broadcom, NET Serviços, Dan Marotta, Marcio Carvalho, Brazil, Cable TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Chile adds 76,000 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2014
Jun 26, 2014 – Chile’s Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has released pay TV statistics to the end of March 2014. Chile had 2.631 million subscribers at the end of the quarter, up 16.6% year-on-year.
News categories: Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers