IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Bell adds 12,000 video subscribers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the first quarter of 2009. Bell added 12,000 net new video subscribers in the first quarter of 2009 to give a total video subscriber base of 1,864,000.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Consolidated Communications reaches 18k IPTV subscribers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. IPTV additions were over 1,500 for the quarter to give a total of 18,207, an increase of 5,181, or 39.8% year-on-year.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Magyar Telekom Sat TV reaches 47k subs; IPTV at 60k
May 7, 2009 – Magyar Telekom (NYSE: MTA)(Budapest: MTELEKOM) has reported results for the first quarter of 2009. In Hungary, T-Home Sat TV customers reached 47,144 at March 31, 2009. IPTV grew significantly in Hungary, Macedonia and Montenegro.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

448,000 DT IPTV subscribers in Germany at end-Q1
May 7, 2009 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has announced results for the first three months of 2009. The number of T-Home Entertain lines in operation increased to around 448,000 by the end of the first quarter.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Germany, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Telecom Italia adds 36k IPTV subscribers in Q1
May 7, 2009 – Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT) has approved the Group's Q1 2009 Interim Report on Operations. The IPTV service continues to make inroads onto the consumer market with a portfolio of 365,000 clients, +36,000 compared with the end of 2008.
News categories: Telecom Italia, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers

YouSee cable up 5%, TDC IPTV looks promising
May 7, 2009 – Denmark's TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial results for the first quarter of 2009. YouSee ended the quarter with 1.167 million subscribers, up 5.3% year-on-year. In January 2009, TDC introduced its HomeTrio broadband multi-play product.
News categories: TDC, YouSee, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

75,000th customer for Telekom Austria's aonTV
May 7, 2009 – Telekom Austria (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has said that it has welcomed its 75,000th aonTV IPTV customer.
News categories: Telekom Austria, aonTV, Austria, IPTV, Subscribers

Iliad ends Q1 with 4.3 million subscribers
May 6, 2009 – Iliad Group (Paris: ILD) strengthened its position as the leading ADSL alternative operator in France. At 31 March, Free had a subscriber base of 3,531,000 subscribers with Alice having a subscriber base of 806,000.
News categories: iliad, Free, DVR, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Subscribers

Swisscom's Bluewin TV subscribers up 117% Y-o-Y
May 6, 2009 – Swisscom's (Swiss: SCMN) Bluewin TV customer base more than doubled compared to the previous year to finish with 139,000 customers at the end of the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Swisscom, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland