Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Com Hem adds 16k digital TV subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Com Hem has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. During the quarter the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 16,200 (3 percent) to 592,000 subscriptions, an increase of 105,400 since the end of the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

DIRECTV U.S. up 100,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 221,000 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2010 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 100,000 to give 18.66 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 221,000 to give 4.81 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Cablevision adds 12,000 digital video customers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 12,000 or 0.4% from December 2009 and 58,500 or 2.1% from March 2009.
News categories: Cablevision Systems, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Portugal Telecom meo TV adds 65k subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for its first quarter ended 31 March 2010. In 1Q10 pay-TV accounted for 65 thousand net additions, bringing total pay-TV customers to 646 thousand (up by 68.1% y.o.y).
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Metaverse, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

StarHub adds 2k pay TV subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – StarHub (Singapore: CC3) has announced its results for the quarter ended 31 March 2010. StarHub's, now all-digital, Pay TV customer base increased by 2,000 in the quarter to 541,000.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

DVB-T penetration reaches 6% of Hungarian households in 1Q10
May 5, 2010 – A 33% growth was recorded in the number of DVB-T MPEG-4 compatible receivers in Hungarian households during the first quarter of 2010 compared with the previous quarter. At the end of March, 6% of the Hungarian households had a DVB-T ready receiver.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, GfK, Hungary, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Canal Digital DTH and Cable TV subscribers down 14,000 in 1Q10
May 5, 2010 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2010. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 6,000, and the number of cable TV subscriptions decreased by 8,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Entropic Communications Makes the Connected Home Future a Reality, in Live Demonstrations at NCTA The Cable Show
May 5, 2010 – At The Cable Show 2010, Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: ENTR) encourages attendees to experience intelligent silicon applications for connected home entertainment - based on its field-proven MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax) innovations.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Cable TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

MultiChoice expands DStv ON DEMAND offerings
May 5, 2010 – Multichoice (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN) has made its DStv ON Demand service available through its PVR decoders. The service allows subscribers to catch up on their favourite TV series and sports highlights at a time that is convenient to them.
News categories: MultiChoice, DStv ON Demand, DVR, Satellite, South Africa, Streaming