Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Kabel Deutschland adds 422,000 Premium TV RGUs in 2012
Feb 20, 2013 – Kabel Deutschland has released its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. At the end of the year, the Company accounted for 1,970 thousand Premium TV RGUs, representing an annual growth of 422 thousand RGUs or 27.3%.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

DISH Network ends 2012 with 14.056 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 20, 2013 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported 2012 results. The company added about 14,000 net new pay-TV subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2012. DISH ended 2012 with 14.056 million pay-TV subscribers compared to 13.967 million total subscribers in 2011.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

France Telecom-Orange adds 770,000 digital TV subscribers in 2012
Feb 20, 2013 – France Telecom-Orange (NYSE:FTE) has published its end-2012 results. In Europe, digital TV (IPTV and satellite) rose 15.0% with 5.9 million subscribers at 31 December 2012, up 770,000 in the year, mostly in France and Poland, but also in Slovakia and Spain.
News categories: France Telecom, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

18.07 million satellite households in Germany at end-2012
Feb 19, 2013 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012, an increase of 524,000 households from year-end 2011.
News categories: SES S.A, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Azerbaijan adopts DTT receiver standard
Feb 19, 2013 – Azerbaijan's State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents has announced that it has adopted a version (AZS İEC 62216-2013) of the IEC 'Digital terrestrial television receivers for the DVB-T system' specification for use in the country.
News categories: Standartlaşdırma, Metrologiya və Patent üzrə Dövlət Komitəsi, Azerbaijan, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Verimatrix to Secure Com Hem Multiscreen Services With Hybrid VCAS™ Security
Feb 19, 2013 – Verimatrix and Com Hem have announced that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System has been selected to secure Com Hem's multi-screen TV services scheduled to launch Spring 2013. The new service will be delivered via the TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) advanced television solution.
News categories: Verimatrix, Com Hem, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Sweden, TV Everywhere

Brazil's Oi TV ends 2012 with 757,000 subscribers, up 116% YoY
Feb 18, 2013 – Oi S.A. has disclosed its results for the 4th quarter and year of 2012. The Pay TV segment recorded another quarter of strong growth, adding 153 thousand customers in the quarter (+25.3%) and 406 thousand in the year (+115.7%) to 757 thousand customers.
News categories: Oi S.A., Brazil, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers

Hungary adds 178,000 digital TV subscribers in 2012
Feb 18, 2013 – According to Hungary's Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), in December 2012 the number of households with digital TV subscriptions for the country's largest broadcasters was 1,836,428, up from 1,657,977 in December 2011.
News categories: NMHH, Cable TV, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

European Audiovisual Observatory publishes study on Digital Switchover in Europe
Feb 18, 2013 – In the run-up to total digital switch-over the European Audiovisual Observatory has published a new report giving an overview of the status quo in European broadcasting.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Terrestrial