IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Western European Digital TV Breaks Through 100 Million Mark in 2008
Mar 12, 2009 – In what was a record year for digital television subscriber growth, Western European digital television subscriptions broke through the 100 million household mark in 2008, according to a new report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

U.S. Pay-TV Market Defies the Recession
Mar 11, 2009 – The economic downturn has not stopped growth in the U.S. pay-TV market, according to a study by Rider Research. The number of U.S. pay-TV subscribers grew by 362,000 during the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Rider Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Surging IPTV Subscriber Base Drives Set-top Box Sales in Q4 2008
Mar 11, 2009 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the IPTV subscriber base grew by 3.2 million in the fourth quarter to reach 23 million subscribers at the end of last year, nearly double the number at the end of 2007.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Thomson Full Year 2008 Results
Mar 9, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS) has released its full year 2008 results. In its access product business, the Group recorded strong growth in shipments (+32% YoY), especially with key Satellite and Cable customers in the US.
News categories: Thomson, Cable Modem, Cable TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

hellas online launches 'hol tv' IPTV service
Mar 9, 2009 – hellas online (Athens: INTRK) has launched IPTV on its fibre-optic network in Greece, using the brand name 'hol tv'. hol tv offers high definition (HD) programming for the first time in Greece.
News categories: hellas online, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Broadband CPE market dips in 4Q08
Mar 9, 2009 – A slowdown in broadband subscriber growth caused manufacturer revenue to decline in the fourth quarter of 2008. The bright spot continues to be the digital home gateway segment, as telcos use them to bundle IPTV into broadband services.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Broadband, CPE, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research

Codetel Adopts CopperGate IPTV Technology
Mar 9, 2009 – CopperGate Communications has announced that Codetel of the Dominican Republic has selected CopperGate's HomePNA 3.1 technology for its Claro TV IPTV service.
News categories: CopperGate, Codetel, Dominican Republic, IPTV, Smart Home

HanseNet to deploy Sagem PVR
Mar 6, 2009 – HanseNet, a German subsidiary of Telecom Italia (Milan:TIT, NYSE:TI), is planning to make a new IPTV set-top box (STB) available to its Alice TV customers in the first half of 2009. The STB is a personal video recorder (PVR) supplied by Sagem.
News categories: HanseNet, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Belgacom announces 2008 results
Mar 6, 2009 – The Belgacom Group (Brussels: BELG) has reported a revenue of EUR 5,986 million for full-year 2008. In 2008, Belgacom added 201,000 new TV users, a considerable rise compared to the 166,000 users in 2007.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers