IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Telekomunikacja Polska adds 45k IPTV and DTH subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 22, 2010 – The Management Board of Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has provided operating data related for the first quarter of 2010 ended on 31st of March 2010. TP's IPTV and satellite offer reached 417k customers, a grown of more than 100% versus Q1 2009.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

CenturyLink and Qwest Agree to Merge
Apr 22, 2010 – CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc., NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) have announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction.
News categories: CenturyLink, Qwest, IPTV, MandA, USA

Technicolor ships 4.7 million Access Products in 1Q10
Apr 22, 2010 – Technicolor (Paris 18453; NYSE: TCH) has reported its first quarter 2010 revenues. The first quarter of 2010 year-on-year Connect revenue decline reflected mainly lower demand from a North American client for satellite Set-Top Boxes.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Verizon adds 168,000 FiOS TV customers in 1Q10
Apr 22, 2010 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. Verizon added 168,000 net new FiOS TV customers to reach 3.0 million FiOS TV customers at the end of the period.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

APAC Pay-TV and Broadband Markets Poised For Profitable Growth
Apr 22, 2010 – Broad industry trends remain favorable in Asia's pay-TV and broadband markets, according to a new report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report, entitled Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets 2010, says industry fundamentals are strong.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Satellite, Singapore, Streaming, Taiwan, Terrestrial, Thailand

IPTV Set-top Box Shipments to Rise by Nearly 50 Percent in 2010
Apr 21, 2010 – Shipments of television Set-top Boxes (STBs) sold into the up-and-coming Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) segment are set to rise by nearly 50 percent in 2010, according to iSuppli Corp.
News categories: iSuppli, Lee Ratliff, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

SingTel mio TV celebrates 200,000 customers
Apr 21, 2010 – Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) [Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX] has announced that it will be celebrating its 200,000 customer milestone by offering a range of exciting treats to new and existing mio TV customers.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Singapore, Subscribers

Australian FetchTV Launches with Orca Interactive RiGHTv Middleware
Apr 21, 2010 – Australian based FetchTV has selected Orca Interactive to supply its RiGHTv IPTV as the middleware platform for FetchTV's wholesale subscription TV service.
News categories: Orca Interactive, FetchTV, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

AT&T adds 231,000 U-verse TV subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 21, 2010 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported first-quarter 2010 results. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers increased by 231,000 in the quarter to reach 2.3 million, up approximately 1 million over the past year.
News categories: AT&T, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA