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U.S. cable performance improves
May 26, 2015 – According to IHS (NYSE: IHS), U.S. cable companies improved on normal quarterly losses in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, losing only 132,900 subscribers since the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014.
News categories: IHS, Erik Brannon, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

IPTV revenues in Canada up 39% in 2014
May 21, 2015 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has released data on Canada's broadcast distribution companies. Overall, these companies' revenues increased 1.5% from $8.8 billion in 2013 to $8.9 billion in 2014.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Vodafone ends Q1 with 9.1 million TV customers in Europe
May 19, 2015 – Vodafone has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2015. At the end of the period, the company had 11.3 million broadband customers and 9.1 million TV customers in Europe.
News categories: Vodafone, Cable TV, Europe, IPTV, Results, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Russian pay TV subscribers reached 37.6 million at end-2014
May 18, 2015 – J'son & Partners Consulting has released results for the Russian pay-TV market at the end of 2014 with forecasts out to 2019. The Russian pay-TV market was the largest in Europe at the end of the year with 37.6 million households receiving cable, satellite or IPTV.
News categories: J'son & Partners, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

37,000 IPTV customers for eircom
May 18, 2015 – eircom Group has announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended 31 March 2015. The company said that it now has 37,000 TV customers, representing 26% penetration of its consumer fibre base.
News categories: eircom, IPTV, Ireland, Results, Subscribers

Singapore's StarHub adds 3k subscribers in 1Q 2015
May 15, 2015 – StarHub has announced its results for the quarter ended 31 March 2015. The company's pay TV customer base grew 11,000 year-on-year to 545,000 households and the churn rate recorded an all-time low of 0.7%.
News categories: StarHub, Cable TV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Major U.S. pay TV providers add 10,000 subscribers in 1Q 2015
May 14, 2015 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US -- about 95% of the market -- added fewer than 10,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2015, compared to a gain of over 250,000 video subscribers in 1Q 2014.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

UK's Freesat now in 1.9 million households
May 11, 2015 – Freesat, the UK's subscription-free satellite TV service, has announced a positive start to the year, including strong take-up of its connected TV service. Freesat is used in 1.9 million households, watched by four million viewers each week.
News categories: Freesat, Alistair Thom, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

DISH Network pay TV subscribers down 134,000 in 1Q 2015
May 11, 2015 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending March 31, 2015. Net Pay-TV subscribers declined by approximately 134,000 in the first quarter. The company closed the first quarter with 13.844 million Pay-TV subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA