Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Turkey publishes DVB-T2 receiver specification
Feb 6, 2013 – Turkey's Radio and Television Supreme Council (Radyo Televizyon Ãœst Kurulu - RTÃœK) has announced that it has added the specification for DVB-T2 receivers to its web site.
News categories: RTÃœK, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, Turkey

Ghana issues minimum specification for DTT receivers
Feb 6, 2013 – The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana has announced the release of Minimum Specifications for Receivers of Free to Air Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in the country.
News categories: National Communications Authority, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Ghana, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sky Italia subscribers down 28,000 in 4Q 2012
Feb 6, 2013 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the three months ending December 31, 2012. SKY Italia experienced a net reduction of approximately 28,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing total subscribers to 4.83 million.
News categories: Sky Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Virgin Media Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2012 Results
Feb 6, 2013 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) has announced results for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2012. Virgin Media added 896,900 more TiVo customers during 2012, including 187,300 in the fourth quarter to reach a total of 1.33m or 35% of its TV customer base.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Liberty Global to Acquire Virgin Media
Feb 6, 2013 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) and Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) have announced that they have entered into an agreement pursuant to which Liberty Global will acquire Virgin Media in a stock and cash merger valued at approximately $23.3 billion.
News categories: Liberty Global, Virgin Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, MandA, UK

Venezuela adds 599,000 pay TV subscribers in 2012
Feb 5, 2013 – According to preliminary statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of 2012 were 3.40 million, up from 2.80 million at the end of 2011.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela

IPTV providers to take 18% of a $304 billion market by 2018
Feb 5, 2013 – The worldwide Pay-TV market grew at a steady pace in 2012 generating $238 billion by end-of-year, up from $223 billion in 2011, according to ABI Research. The global Pay-TV market is expected to generate $304 billion in 2018 with a CAGR of 4%.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

One million IPTV subscribers for KPN at end-2012
Feb 5, 2013 – KPN has published its fourth quarter and annual results for 2012. KPN's IPTV proposition supported continued growth of IPTV net adds (183k in Q4 2012). This resulted in a TV market share of 23%, an increase of 6%-points compared to Q4 2011.
News categories: KPN, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

SES: HD+ Passes One Million Paying Households
Feb 5, 2013 – SES (Paris;LuxX:SESG) has announced that its German HD platform HD+ now exceeds one million paying households. For the full year of 2012, HD+ more than doubled the number of paying customers, from 404,123 to 944,993.
News categories: SES S.A, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Subscribers