IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Deutsche Telekom exceeds financial targets for 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) exceeded its financial targets in the 2008 financial year. The number of Entertain triple-play lines activated climbed to around 353,000 by year-end.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers

Portuguese pay TV market continues to grow
Feb 26, 2009 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of December 2008 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.29 million, 75 thousand more than in the previous quarter.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

ACT Television launches IPTV in Bangalore
Feb 26, 2009 – ACT Television has launched its first IPTV service, in Bangalore. The plan is to later extend the service to other cities across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
News categories: ACT Television, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) Group selected data
Feb 26, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided selected data for the full year ended December 31, 2008. TV subscribers nearly doubled in the fourth quarter to 113 thousand, owing to the launch of TP's satellite TV service.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV Leads the Telco Transformation in 2009 Says Frost & Sullivan
Feb 26, 2009 – Since growing almost 85% from less than 3 million subscribers in 2006, to 5.5 million in 2007, IPTV adoption rates are slowing steadily. With this in mind, Frost & Sullivan has revised its 3-year CAGR downwards to less than 15%.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, UK

Prime Time Communications Brings Digital Triple Play to Residential Customers on UTOPIA Open Access Network
Feb 26, 2009 – The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) has announced that Prime Time Communications will offer over 350 channels of digital TV, as well as voice and broadband, over UTOPIA's fiber optic Open Service Provider Model network.
News categories: Prime Time Communications, UTOPIA, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, USA

FASTWEB Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 26, 2009 – The Board of Directors of FASTWEB (Milan: FWB) has approved the draft financial statement for the year ending 31 December 2008. The IPTV service recorded a positive trend, with subscribers increasing by 13% in the year.
News categories: FASTWEB, IPTV, Italy, Results

Telefónica Quarterly Results 2008 January - December
Feb 26, 2009 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its 2008 results. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2.2 million at the end of 2008, up almost 30% on the prior year, driven by net adds of 109,500 in the fourth quarter and some 519,500 in the year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Multimedia Polska releases quarterly report
Feb 25, 2009 – As at 31 December 2008, Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) had 1,129,226 revenue generating units (RGUs), including 624,336 cable TV RGUs (of which 4,974 were IPTV RGUs and 70,732 were Digital TV RGUs).
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers