Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

15 Million Cable STBs Expected to Offer MoCA Support by 2014
Feb 11, 2010 – In homes receiving cable television, MoCA - one of the most widely-supported home media networking technologies - will be supported by some 15 million next-generation set-top boxes by 2014, according to new forecasts from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home

TeliaSonera adds 59k IPTV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 11, 2010 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has released its report for the period January-December 2009. The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 141,000 from the end of 2008 to 798,000, of which 620,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Spain - February DTT monthly update released
Feb 11, 2010 – According to Impulsa-TDT, 1.36 million DTT receivers were sold in December, giving a cumulative total for Spain of 25.5 million units. Penetration of DTT in January was 80.8%, up by 3.4 percentage points since the end of 2009.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, DVD, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

ADB Group Reports Solid Financial Results for 2009
Feb 11, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has reported ADB Group's results for the full year 2009. Revenue for the full year 2009 reached US$ 381.0 million, increasing 5.6% compared to 2008, in line with expectations.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

16.7 million DTT receivers sold in Italy in 2009
Feb 10, 2010 – The DGTVi publishes a regular research report covering the development of the digital terrestrial market in Italy. Sales of integrated digital TVs (IDTVs) were 6.7 million, and sales of DTT set-top boxes (STBs) were 10.0 million in 2009.
News categories: DGTVi, GfK, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, Italy, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Net Serviços digital video base up 5,000 in 4Q09
Feb 10, 2010 – Net Serviços de Comunicação (BM&FBOVESPA: NETC3 and NETC4; NASDAQ: NETC; and Latibex: XNET) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2009. The Digital Video base increased by 5,000 in the fourth quarter to reach 989,000 clients.
News categories: Net Serviços, Brazil, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers

KDG cable subscribers down 207k in 2009
Feb 10, 2010 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Cable subscribers totaled 8.788 million on December 31, 2009, compared with 8.995 million at the end of 2008, a drop of 207 thousand over the year.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

China Digital TV Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
Feb 10, 2010 – China Digital TV Holding Co.(NYSE: STV) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. China Digital TV shipped 2.36 million smart cards during the quarter, compared to 2.66 million shipped during the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: China Digital TV Holding, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Results

TEO LT TV subscribers exceed 100k in 4Q09
Feb 10, 2010 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has released its fourth quarter 2009 results. The number of IPTV service users increased by 38.6% to 56 thousand and the number of DTT users increased 1.8 times and at the end of the year exceeded 46 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial