Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Time Warner Cable begins TWC TV Roku trial in New York
Nov 10, 2015 – Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Roku, Peter Stern, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Cord-cutting continues to accelerate in Canada
Nov 9, 2015 – Canada’s publicly traded television service providers combined lost almost seven times more TV subscribers in the nine-month period ended August 31/September 30, 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, according to Boon Dog Professional Services.
News categories: Boon Dog, Mario Mota, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

SITI Cable adds 0.33 million video subscribers in 3Q 2015
Nov 9, 2015 – SITI Cable Network (BSE: 532795, NSE: SITI CABLE EQ) has announced results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2015. The company added 0.33 million digital video subscribers during the period, to end with 5.9 million.
News categories: SITI Cable, Cable TV, India, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Four million international subscribers for TiVo
Nov 9, 2015 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that the company has surpassed 4 million international subscriptions through its traditional TiVo offering, as the result of accelerated subscription growth in Europe.
News categories: TiVo Inc, David Sandford, Cable TV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

Spain adds another 277,000 IPTV subscribers in 1Q 2015
Nov 9, 2015 – Spain’s Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) has published telecommunications and audiovisual statistics for the country for the first quarter of 2015. In the quarter, total pay TV subscribers rose by 337,000 to close in on the 5.4 million mark.
News categories: CNMC, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

DISH Network net pay TV subscribers decline 23,000 in 3Q 2015
Nov 9, 2015 – DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2015. Net Pay-TV subscribers declined approximately 23,000 in the third quarter, compared to a loss of approximately 12,000 in the third quarter 2014.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

15.9 million pay TV subscribers in Africa at end-June 2015
Nov 9, 2015 – Total pay-TV subscriptions across Africa amounted to 15.9 million as of Q2 2015, according to the latest research from Dataxis, an increase of 18% over the 13.4 million recorded in the same period last year.
News categories: Dataxis, Africa, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

280 satellite pay TV channels in the Arab World
Nov 8, 2015 – According to the Arab Advisors Group, as of October 2015 the four satellite Pay TV operators, broadcasting from the Arab Region, offered a combined total of 280 channels. OSN is the leader in terms of the number of offered channels.
News categories: Arab Advisors, Hiba Al Atiyat, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite

StarHub pay TV subscribers down 3,000 in 3Q 2015
Nov 6, 2015 – Singapore's StarHub has announced results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2015. At the end of the period the company's Pay TV subscriber base was at 542,000, up 3,300 customers since the beginning of the year.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers