Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Sky Italia subscribers unchanged in 4Q 2013 at 4.76 million
Feb 6, 2014 – Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX; ASX: FOXLV, FOX) has reported results for the three months ending December 31, 2013. SKY Italia maintained its subscriber base during the quarter, with total subscribers at 4.76 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, Twenty-First Century Fox, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Alticast to demo RDK-based 'Set Top Box on a Stick'
Feb 6, 2014 – At the RDK User's Conference in Denver, Alticast will demonstrate to operators how they can expand their TV Everywhere service offerings with the company's software for HDMI sticks.
News categories: Alticast, John Carlucci, Cable TV, Digital TV, RDK, Set Top Box, USA

Poland's Vectra adds 89,000 digital TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – According to Wirtualnemedia.pl, Polish cable TV operator Vectra ended 2013 with around 880,000 pay TV subscribers, up 55,000 from 822,000 at the end of 2012. Digital TV subscribers grew by 89,000 over the year.
News categories: Vectra, Cable TV, Poland, Subscribers

SKY PerfecTV! loses 95,000 subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – SKY Perfect JSAT Group has released results for the quarter ending December 31, 2013. The company finished the year with a total of 3.706 million pay TV subscribers, 95 thousand down from 3.801 million at the end of 2012.
News categories: SKY PerfecTV, IPTV, Japan, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

StarHub pay TV subscribers down 2,300 in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – StarHub has announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2013. The Pay TV customer base was higher at 533,000 and the average monthly churn was lower at 0.8% for the quarter.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore

Bell Wireline adds 122,000 TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported Q4 results. Bell Fibe TV added 60,301 net new customers, up 25.0% compared to 48,234 in Q4 2012. Bell Satellite TV losses were 24,112 in the quarter.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sky Deutschland adds 304,000 direct subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – Sky Deutschland has announced its Q4 2013 results. In 2013, the number of direct subscribers grew by 304,000 to 3,667,000 customers at year end (2012: 3,363,000).
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Germany, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

Entropic Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Results
Feb 5, 2014 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has reported fourth quarter results. Net revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $259.4 million, a decrease of 19% from the $321.7 million reported for the year ended December 31, 2012.
News categories: Entropic, Results, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Worldwide

Espial to demo HTML5 UI at RDK User Conference
Feb 5, 2014 – Espial has announced that it will show a high performance HTML5 TV user experience demo on multiple RDK IP and hybrid set-top boxes (STB) for attendees of the upcoming RDK User Conference in Denver, Colorado.
News categories: Espial, RDK Management, Kirk Edwardson, Cable TV, HTML5, RDK, Set Top Box, USA