Cable TV (CATV, DVB-C, MMDS, …) News

ONO TV subscribers down 17,000 in 4Q 2013
Feb 1, 2014 – ONO has announced that it has made strides in TV services, notably via Tivo, the advanced PVR service which in the last quarter added more than 65,000 clients.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Rovi to launch HTML5 Electronic Program Guide for J:COM
Jan 31, 2014 – Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) has announced that its G-Guide HTML is planned to be launched on the new set-top box 'Smart J:COM Box' developed by Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) in Japan.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Jupiter Telecommunications, Kazumasa Watanabe, Chong-Ho Choi, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Set Top Box

Time Warner Cable video subscribers down 217,000 in 4Q 2013
Jan 30, 2014 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has reported results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013. Residential video revenue decreased, driven by declines in video subscribers and premium network revenue.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

TeliaSonera adds 97,000 TV subscribers in 2013
Jan 30, 2014 – TeliaSonera has released its year-end report for the January-December 2013 period. The total number of TV subscriptions increased by 97,000 from the end of the fourth quarter of 2012 to 1.4 million.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Hungary adds 212,000 digital TV subscribers in 2013
Jan 28, 2014 – According to the latest Flash Report released by Hungary’s Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority, at the end of 2013 the number of digital TV subscribers was 2,048,811, up from 1,836,428 in December 2012.
News categories: NMHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Comcast adds 43,000 video customers in 4Q 2013
Jan 28, 2014 – Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. Combined Video, High-Speed Internet and Voice Customers increased by 649,000 in the final period, with video customers increasing by 43,000.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Just under six in ten UK adults receive pay TV
Jan 28, 2014 – Ofcom has published its eighth annual report on the consumer experience of telecoms, the internet, digital broadcasting and postal services in the United Kingdom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, UK

Ziggo adds 6,000 digital TV subscribers in Q4 2013
Jan 24, 2014 – Ziggo has released Q4 2013 results. Subscribers to consumer digital Pay TV recovered slightly with a limited subscriber growth of 6,000 during the quarter versus a decline in the prior-year quarter and the first quarters of 2013.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, CAM, Netherlands, Results, Smart TV, Subscribers

Novabase builds system-in-package cable STB with ACCESS STB Labs
Jan 23, 2014 – Novabase Digital TV Technologies and ACCESS STB Labs have announced the development of a SIP-based set-top box for cable operators that supports multiple conditional access systems (CAS).
News categories: Novabase, ACCESS STB Labs, ALi Corp, Sasikanth, Michael Pauli, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box