Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Telefonica pay TV subscribers down 25k in 3Q 2016
Oct 27, 2016 – Telefónica has reported results for the first nine months of the 2016. Video revenues in the quarter grew year-on-year by 9.9%, driven by y-o-y growth of pay TV accesses to 8.4 million at September (4.4 million satellite TV accesses).
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Videocon d2h adds 0.23 million net subscribers in 3Q 2016
Oct 26, 2016 – Videocon d2h (NASDAQ: VDTH) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. The company added 0.59 million gross subscribers and 0.23 million net subscribers during the second quarter of fiscal 2017.
News categories: Videocon d2h, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Comcast video subscribers up 32,000 in 3Q 2016
Oct 26, 2016 – Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. Video customer net adds of 32,000 (to finish with 22.428 million) were the best result for a third quarter in 10 years.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

First live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event
Oct 26, 2016 – A local TV station in Cleveland is ushering in the era of Next Gen TV broadcasting with the first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major professional sporting event – Major League Baseball’s World Series.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, Tribune Broadcasting, NAB, Richard Friedel, Bill VanDuynhoven, Sam Matheny, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, USA

Millicom cable RGUs up 94,000 in 3Q 2016
Oct 25, 2016 – Millicom has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016. The total HFC homes passed in the third quarter increased by 180,000, maintaining the recent roll-out run-rate, and including conversion of 54,000 copper homes.
News categories: Millicom, Cable TV, Latin America, Results, Subscribers

Megacable adds 23,000 video subscribers in 3Q 2016
Oct 25, 2016 – Megacable (BMV::MEGA.CPO) has announced results for the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16). Video subscribers reached 3,029,891 in 3Q16, adding over 23 thousand net subscribers, or 0.8% more than the figure for 2Q16.
News categories: Megacable, Cable TV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Satellite TV now in 8.4 million Italian homes
Oct 25, 2016 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has presented fresh data on trends shaping Italy’s TV landscape where average viewing of linear content is the highest in Western Europe, at four hours and 40 minutes per person per day.
News categories: Eutelsat, Renato Farina, Digital TV, Italy, Market Research, Satellite

South Africa begins analogue switch-off
Oct 25, 2016 – South Africa began the first phase of Analogue Switch-Off (ASO) on Friday, 28 October 2016 in the Northern Cape. This major national milestone forms part of the country’s Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) process.
News categories: Ministry of Communications, Digital TV, South Africa, Terrestrial

CRTC releases report on the broadcasting sector in Canada
Oct 25, 2016 – Canada's CRTC has released a report that shows how the viewing and listening habits of Canadians are transforming the broadcasting industry. Canadians are consuming more audio and video content on digital media and over devices connected to the Internet.
News categories: CRTC, Jean-Pierre Blais, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers