Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

América Móvil adds 540,000 pay TV subscribers in Brazil in 4Q 2012
Feb 12, 2013 – América Móvil (BMV;NYSE:AMX;NASDAQ:AMOV;LATIBEX:XAMXL) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2012. The company finished the year with 16.4 million Pay TV subscribers, with Brazil, on its own, adding 540,000 in the fourth quarter.
News categories: América Móvil, Brazil, Cable TV, Colombia, Mexico, MMDS, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cable TV subscribers in Ukraine down 79,000 in 4Q 2012
Feb 11, 2013 – According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine there were 3,540,300 residential cable TV subscribers in the country at the beginning of January 2013, down from 3,619,500 at the beginning of October 2012.
News categories: State Statistics Service of Ukraine, Cable TV, Subscribers, Ukraine

Telenet digital cable TV subscribers up 218,000 in 2012
Feb 11, 2013 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announces results for the year ended December 31, 2012. For the full year 2012, Telenet added 217,700 net digital TV subscribers. In the course of Q1 2013, the company will start deploying its Horizon-based 'YeloTV' next-generation digital TV platform.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

DISH Announces Nationwide Availability of 'Hopper with Sling' Whole-Home HD DVR
Feb 11, 2013 – DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) has announced the nationwide consumer availability of its new Hopper™ with Sling® Whole-Home HD DVR. DISH first introduced Hopper with Sling at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show.
News categories: DISH Network, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Placeshifting, Satellite, Smart Home, USA

Freesat celebrates 3 million sales with YouTube launch
Feb 11, 2013 – Freesat has announced that it has sold its 3 millionth product, taking gross retail sales to well over £1bn; four years after the service first launched in 2008. YouTube will soon be available on the platform, in a first for free British TV.
News categories: Freesat, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

651,000 pay TV subscribers for Ecuador at end-January 2013
Feb 7, 2013 – Ecuador's Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUPERTEL) has released pay TV statistics for the country at the end of January 2013. There were 650,870 subscribers in the Republic at that date.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Cable TV, Ecuador, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

StarHub subscribers in Singapore down 5,200 in 4Q 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – StarHub has announced results for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2012. At the end of 2012, StarHub's Pay TV subscriber base totaled 536,000 after the quarter's net churn of 5,200 subscribers. Compared to a year ago, this was 8,700 subscribers or 1.6% lower.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Bell TV Canada subscriber base up 2.5% in 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported BCE and Bell results for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2012. Bell Fibe TV added 48,234 net new customers. Satellite TV net additions were negative. The Bell TV subscriber base totalled 2,155,983 at the end of Q4.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telstra Half Year ended 31 December 2012
Feb 7, 2013 – Telstra has released Financial Results for the Half Year ended 31 December 2012. TV revenue grew by 0.9% to $333 million, driven primarily by IPTV Content. Cable revenue increased by 5.2% to $61 milllion. The FOXTEL subscriber base was up 1.7% in the period to just under 2.3m.
News categories: Telstra, Australia, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers