IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Romanian Pay-TV subscribers up 22%
Dec 3, 2008 – According to the latest half yearly report published by Romania's Autoritatii Nationale pentru Comunicatii (ANC), the total number of pay TV subscribers in the country has risen from 4.56 million at the end of June 2007 to 5.58 million by mid-2008.
News categories: Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Fairpoint Communications to pilot HD IPTV
Dec 3, 2008 – FairPoint Communications (NYSE:FRP) will give free high definition flat screen televisions to 100 Portsmouth, New Hampshire homes as it tests new video television technology in its fiber-optic service area.
News categories: FairPoint Communications, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA

Sigma Designs Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
Dec 2, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended November 1, 2008. Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was $46.8 million and GAAP net income was $3.7 million or $0.14 per diluted share.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Telekom Slovenije Income Still Increasing
Nov 28, 2008 – Telekom Slovenije (Ljubljana: TLSG) has announced its results for the January to September 2008 period. The number of IPTV (SiOL TV) ports increased by 96% to 65,929 connections compared with 33,580 at the end of September 2007.
News categories: Telekom Slovenije, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results For The Third Quarter
Nov 28, 2008 – COMSTAR-United TeleSystems (LSE: CMST) has announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. The consolidation of STREAM-TV's regional operations will boost Comstar's pay-TV subscriber base to more than 2 million users.
News categories: Comstar, STREAM-TV, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Boxer launches TV via broadband
Nov 28, 2008 – On December 1st, Sweden's Boxer will launch TV over broadband, also known as IPTV, on a select number of broadband networks.
News categories: Boxer, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Sweden

OTE Group Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results
Nov 26, 2008 – OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. At quarter-end, the number of RomTelecom DTH customers in Romania amounted to 559K. OTE's Greek IPTV commercial launch is expected in early 2009.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

ZTE, UTStarcom and Huawei Win Shanghai IPTV Deal
Nov 25, 2008 – ZTE (Hong Kong: 0763; Shanghai: 000063), UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) and Huawei have won the bidding to expand Shanghai Telecom's IPTV network.
News categories: Shanghai Telecom, ZTE, UTStarcom, Huawei, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

China's STB Market to Maintain Steady Growth
Nov 24, 2008 – CCID Consulting (Hong Kong: HK08235), recently released a report on the prospect of China's STB market. CCID Consulting statistics show that sales volume in 2008 Q1 to Q3 reached 16.667 millions, up 83.4% over the same period in 2007.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial