IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Ukraine could have 850,000 new DTH subscribers in the next three years
Aug 3, 2007 – EEBC, which organises an annual telecom/broadcasting conference and exhibition in Kiev, was commenting on major developments in the digital TV sector in the country this year.
News categories: Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, Ukraine

France Telecom first half 2007 results
Aug 2, 2007 – ADSL Multiservices rose sharply with 837,000 ADSL television subscribers in France, almost three times the number at 30 June 2006. Added to this is the success of video on demand services (VOD), with 938,000 paying downloads in the first half of 2007.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

VOLNÃ launches more entertaining TV
Jul 31, 2007 – VOLNÃ, one of the first Czech telecommunication operators, has begun commercial operation of new its service: VOLNÃ TV. It is digital TV via the telephone line.
News categories: Broadband, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Router, Set Top Box

HickoryTech Launches Digital TV in Minnesota
Jul 30, 2007 – HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq: HTCO) has announced that it has launched its Digital TV service in North Mankato and Janesville. The state-of-the-art broadband network is one of the first of its kind to support Digital TV in Minnesota.
News categories: HickoryTech, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

Korea Telecom to Offer IPTV Service in Russia
Jul 30, 2007 – Korea Telecom plans to launch an Internet protocol television service (IPTV) in Russia before doing so at home.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Russia

Verizon Posts Strong 2Q 2007 Results
Jul 30, 2007 – FiOS TV continued to accelerate as Verizon Telecom (NYSE: VZ) added a net 167,000 new subscribers in the second quarter of 2007 giving a total of 515,000 customers - an addition of 460,000 FiOS TV subscribers since the end of the second quarter of 2006.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Telefónica Quarterly Results January - June 2007
Jul 30, 2007 – In Spain, net additions in the second quarter were 32,307 customers - Telefónica España ended June with 450,925 pay TV subscribers. Telefónica Latinoamérica manages 800,000 clients (+55.2% year on year) with operations in Peru, Chile and Colombia.
News categories: O2, Telefónica, Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

KPN - Solid Q2 performance driven by Mobile
Jul 30, 2007 – The number of TV subscriptions accelerated in the second quarter with 41k net additions, an increase of 47% compared to Q2 2006, to 337k. KPN's market share of the digital TV market at the end of Q2 was 14%, equivalent to 5% of the total TV market.
News categories: KPN, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Eastern Europe promises digital delight
Jul 30, 2007 – A new research report from Informa Telecoms & Media, has found that central and eastern Europe is making great strides in the upgrade to digital TV. The report has found that the eight million digital homes at present will grow to 34.8 million by 2012.
News categories: Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine