Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

GCI, Pace and TiVo launch platform for cable TV
Aug 12, 2013 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced its first deployment resulting from its partnership agreement with TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO). GCI, one of the 20 largest cable operators in North America, is rolling out the Pace XG1 Multi-tuner Video Gateway with TiVo's Advanced User Interface.
News categories: Pace plc, TiVo Inc, GCI, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Videotron illico Digital TV subscribers stable at 1.5 million in 2Q 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – Quebecor has reported results for the second quarter of 2013. The customer base for all of Vidéotron's cable television services decreased by 16,800 (-0.9%) in the second quarter of 2013 and decreased by 5,500 (-0.3%) during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2013.
News categories: Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Brazil's pay TV subscriber growth drops off in 2Q 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended June 2013 at 16.96 million, with more than 2.4 million new subscribers being added over the preceding 12 months - an annual growth rate of 16.7%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

OTE (OTE TV and RomTelecom) results to end-June 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – OTE Group (ASE:HTO; OTC MARKET:HLTOY) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. In Greece, total TV subscribers amounted to 175k, an increase of 99k year-on-year. In Romania, Romtelecom TV subscribers grew 7.3% over the year, to reach nearly 1.3 million.
News categories: OTE TV, Cable TV, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

86% of U.S. TV households subscribe to a multi-channel video service
Aug 8, 2013 – Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 86% of U.S. households subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service. Among TV households that do not, 40% subscribe to Netflix, 11% to Amazon Prime, and 7% to Hulu Plus.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA

FPT Telecom awarded pay TV licence in Vietnam
Aug 8, 2013 – Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has granted pay TV licenses to FPT Telecom. The firm will be allowed to offer analogue cable TV across Vietnam, except in major cities. Digital cable TV it will be able to offer nationwide.
News categories: FPT Telecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Regulation, Vietnam

Telstra results for the year ended 30 June 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – Telstra has released its results for the year ended 30 June 2013. TV revenue remained stable at $666 million. The decline in the number of customers on the premium service was offset by growth in IPTV, namely T-Box® sales and Foxtel on T-Box® offerings.
News categories: Telstra, Australia, Cable TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Time Warner Cable video subscribers down 191 thousand in 2Q 2013
Aug 7, 2013 – Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Residential video revenue decreased driven by declines in video subscribers and transactional video-on-demand revenue.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

SKY Italia subscribers down 27,000 in 2Q 2013
Aug 6, 2013 – Twenty-First Century Fox has reported results for the three months and full year ended June 30, 2013. SKY Italia experienced a net reduction of 27,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing total subscribers to 4.76 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, Twenty-First Century Fox, Germany, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers