IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

KPN Q1 results 2009
Apr 28, 2009 – KPN Group (Amsterdam:KPN) has release its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. KPN TV (Digitenne DTT and IPTV) customers were up 60 thousand in the quarter to give a total of 835 thousand at end-March.
News categories: KPN, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) releases selected data for Q1
Apr 28, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) has provided selected data related to the first quarter (1Q) ended March 31, 2009. TPSA's broadband total customer base was up 11%, strongly supported by TV subscriptions four times above the Q1 2008 level.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Thomson sees strong growth in cable set-top box volumes
Apr 27, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS) has announced results for the quarter ending March 31, 2009. In comparison with a particularly weak 1Q 2008 there was a strong performance in access products in 1Q 2009.
News categories: Thomson, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CPE, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box

Verizon Reports Results for 1Q 2009
Apr 27, 2009 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the first quarter 2009. Verizon added 299,000 net new FiOS TV customers to give a total of 2.2 million, an increase of 83.8 percent compared with the first quarter 2008.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Global pay set-top box market to peak in 2012
Apr 27, 2009 – Media analyst Screen Digest forecasts that the global pay TV set-top box (STB) market will peak within the next four years, reaching annual shipments of 127m units in 2012, before the market declines in 2013.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Silver Star Deploys Calix Unified Access Infrastructure
Apr 27, 2009 – Calix has announced that Silver Star Communications has deployed Calix's Unified Access Infrastructure across its network. Along with high-speed data services to customer premises, Silver Star offers services like IPTV and in-home network support.
News categories: Calix, Silver Star Communications, Content Distribution, IPTV, USA

TeliaSonera January-March 2009
Apr 24, 2009 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) net sales increased 11.5 percent to SEK 27,204 million (24,398). The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 100,000 from the first quarter 2008 to 688,000, of which 509,000 were IPTV subscriptions, up 102,000.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Eesti Telekom (Elion) issues 1st quarter report
Apr 24, 2009 – Eesti Telekom (Tallinn: ETLAT) has released its results for the 1st quarter of 2009, ending 31 March, 2009. By the end of the first quarter, Elion had 86.9 thousand IP and cable television customers (31 March 2008: 63.2 thousand).
News categories: Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

China DTV Conversion Complete In 2015
Apr 22, 2009 – A strong national will, anchored to government incentives, will continue to fuel the growth of digital TV (DTV) in China, according to a new report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA).
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers