IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Over half of Dutch households subscribed to triple-play
Apr 1, 2014 – More than half of Dutch households (53%) were subscribed to three fixed services from one provider in Q4 2013, according to Telecompaper.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers

Dutch digital TV subscribers grow to 6.66 million in 2013
Mar 28, 2014 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 1.0 percent during the fourth quarter of 2013 to 6.66 million on 31 December 2013, according to Telecompaper's latest quarterly Dutch Television Market report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Worldwide IPTV subscriber base reaches 92.7 million in 1Q 2014
Mar 28, 2014 – According to MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, the worldwide IPTV subscriber base totaled around 92.7 million, up 23.7% year-on-year in 1Q 2014.
News categories: Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Worldwide

Kazakhtelecom iD TV adds online access
Mar 26, 2014 – Kazakhtelecom has announced the launch of iDTV Online, giving online access to channels from its iDTV IPTV service, without a set-top box.
News categories: Kazakhtelecom, iD TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Kazakhstan, TV Everywhere

Lime and Amino announce Caribbean TV upgrade
Mar 25, 2014 – LIME has signed a contract with Amino (AIM: AMO) for them to supply enhanced set-top boxes to support the rollout of pay TV services in the Cayman Islands and Barbados.
News categories: Amino, LIME TV, Donald McGarva, Dianne Bissoon, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

North America to add 5 million pay TV subscribers
Mar 24, 2014 – Despite all of the talk about cord-cutting, a new report from Digital TV Research forecasts that the number of pay TV subscribers in North America will continue to increase – despite a small decline in 2013.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Switzerland's Sunrise adds 36,000 TV subscribers in 2013
Mar 20, 2014 – Sunrise Communications has released its results for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2013. At the end of December 2013, more than 74,300 customers used Sunrise TV, a near doubling of subscribers.
News categories: Sunrise Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Magyar Telekom deploys Zenterio OS on two STBs
Mar 19, 2014 – Zenterio has announced that Magyar Telekom has deployed its Zenterio Operating System on two set-top boxes (STBs) that will support both PVR and interactive, multi-room TV services.
News categories: Zenterio, Magyar Telekom, Robin Rutili, Thomas Staneker, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

U.S. multichannel video subscription count drops by a quarter million in 2013
Mar 19, 2014 – The U.S. multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions, according to SNL Kagan estimates for cable, DBS and telco offerings at the end of 2013.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA