IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Channel Islands and Digisoft.tv integrate targeted advertising systems
May 26, 2009 – Channel Islands and Digisoft.tv have announced the formation of a partnership to offer integrated targeted advertising systems to IPTV operators worldwide.
News categories: Digisoft.tv, Channel Islands, Advertising, Cable TV, IPTV, Middleware

Portugal's pay TV subscribers reached 2.3 million in 1Q09
May 22, 2009 – According to Portugal's ANACOM, at the end of March 2009 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.3 million, 39 thousand more than in the previous quarter and up 257 thousand from the same quarter of 2008.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Belgacom TV adds 49k in January-March quarter
May 15, 2009 – Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) has reported results for the period January to March 2009. At the end of March, Belgacom TV counted 555,000 subscribers, including 49,000 net adds in the first quarter.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom adds 72 thousand 'meo' subscribers in 1Q09
May 14, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. In 1Q09, net additions to the 'meo' satellite and IPTV pay-TV service reached 72 thousand bringing the total customer base to 384 thousand.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Multimedia Polska adds 10k digital subscribers in Q1'09
May 14, 2009 – In the first quarter of 2009, Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) recorded a net increase in RGUs of 33,250 (after churn), including 12,724 CATV RGUs (including the addition of 2,301 analog cable TV RGUs, 580 IPTV RGUs and 9,843 DTV RGUs).
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Canal+ France adds 75,000 subscriptions Y-o-Y to end-Q1
May 14, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. With the launch of the 'neufbox by SFR', SFR added 163,000 net new broadband customers in the period. Canal+ France year-on-year portfolio growth was 75,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, SFR, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

BT Vision adds 47k installations in first three months of 2009
May 14, 2009 – BT Group (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) has released preliminary results for the fourth quarter and year to 31 March 2009. The BT Vision customer base reached 423,000 customers at 31 March 2009.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Turkey's D-Smart approaches 1 million activations
May 14, 2009 – DoÄŸan Yayın Holding (DYH) [Istanbul:DYHOL] has announced results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2009. The number of D-Smart DTH users has reached approx. 1 million. An ADSL+ Pay TV offer was tested successfully in March-April.
News categories: D-Smart, DoÄŸan Yayin Holding, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Turkey

SingTel IPTV adds record 19,000 customers in latest quarter
May 14, 2009 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced results for its fourth quarter ended March 31, 2009. mio TV, SingTel's pay TV service, added a record 19,000 customers in the quarter bringing its customer base to 78,000.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers