IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Swisscom announces Q1 2008 results
May 7, 2008 – At the end of March 2008 Swisscom's «Bluewin TV» was used by 64,000 paying customers. Net growth in the first quarter of 2008 amounted to around 5,000 customers.
News categories: Swisscom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

IPTV Set-Top Boxes - $3 Billion Business in 2012
May 6, 2008 – The IMS Research study 'IPTV: A Global Market Analysis - 2008 Edition' forecasts that, on a worldwide basis, shipments of IP set-top boxes will grow at a CAGR of 37.1% through the end of 2012, with HD DVR boxes nearing 35%.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sonaecom informs on 1st quarter 2008 consolidated results
May 5, 2008 – During 1Q08, Sonaecom promoted the replacement, for free, of current customers' set top boxes for a new MPEG-4 model which will allow TV customers to access HD channels, DTT and to benefit from improved sound quality.
News categories: Sonaecom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Set Top Box

Com Hem has 410,000 digital TV subscribers
May 5, 2008 – During the period January-March 2008 Com Hem increased its number of digital-TV subscribers by 16,000 to 410,000.
News categories: Com Hem, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

TP Group reports results for the first quarter 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) has provided selected financial and operating data related to the activities of TP Group for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. TPSA now has 49 thousand IPTV subscribers up from 9 thousand at the end of Q1 2007.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

KPN publishes first quarter results 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Q1 2008 was another quarter with healthy growth of TV subscribers with 56k net adds. The customer base reached 553k (compared to 296k in Q1 2007). The commercial launch of DVB-H is anticipated for mid 2008.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Comstar Broadband Internet Subscriber Base in Russia up 14% In The First Quarter
Apr 28, 2008 – The total number of COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) pay-TV subscribers in Russia increased by 8% to 241,000 subscribers by the end of the quarter, including 130,000 in Moscow, an increase from 122,000 at the end of 2007.
News categories: Comstar, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Subscribers

ZTE Wins National IPTV Project in Belarus
Apr 28, 2008 – ZTE Corporation has recently sealed an IPTV project contract with the Republican Unitary Telecommunication Enterprise (RUE) Beltelecom, a National Telecommunications Operator of the Republic of Belarus.
News categories: ZTE, Beltelecom, Belarus, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Hanaro Posts Revenues of KRW 493 Billion for the First Quarter of 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – hanarotelecom (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the first quarter of 2008. hanaTV recently reached 900,000 subscribers on a cumulative basis, strengthening the position as a leading player in IPTV.
News categories: Hanaro, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers