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Dutch digital TV market grows to 6.76 million lines, 87.7% digital
Sep 2, 2014 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 0.8 percent during the second quarter of 2014 to 6.76 million on 30 June 2014, according to Telecompaper's latest quarterly Dutch Television Market report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Kamiel Albrecht, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Cable TV subscribers in Switzerland continue to decline
Aug 20, 2014 – According to figures from Swisscable, the sectoral association for cable TV companies in Switzerland, the number of cable TV subscribers in the country at the end of June 2014 was 2.677 million, down 29.8 thousand versus the end of June 2013.
News categories: Swisscable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers, Switzerland

DIRECTV leads Ecuador's pay TV market in 2Q 2014
Aug 19, 2014 – Ecuador’s Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUPERTEL) has released pay TV statistics for the top 10 pay TV operators in the country to the end of June 2014. DIRECTV's satellite service had the largest subscriber share at 35%.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Ecuador, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV subscribers hit 10 million in Korea
Aug 19, 2014 – According to the Korea Digital Media Industry Association there are now more than 10 million IPTV subscribers in South Korea. Commercial IPTV services were launched at the beginning of 2009, reaching 9 million subscribers at the end of March 2014.
News categories: Korea Digital Media Industry Association, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Russia ends 1H 2014 with 36.4 million pay TV subscribers
Aug 18, 2014 – iKS-Consulting has released its analysis of the Russian pay TV market at the end of the first half of 2014. Compared with the same point in 2013, the number of pay TV subscribers increased by 10% to exceed 36.4 million.
News categories: iKS-Consulting, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Cable broadband subscribers surpass cable TV subscribers in U.S.
Aug 15, 2014 – Leichtman Research (LRG) has found that the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US -- representing about 93% of the market -- acquired nearly 385,000 net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in the second quarter of 2014.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Broadband, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, USA

Major U.S. pay TV providers lose 300k subscribers in 2Q 2014
Aug 14, 2014 – Leichtman Research (LRG) has found that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US lost about 300,000 net video subscribers in 2Q 2014, compared to a loss of about 350,000 video subscribers in 2Q 2013.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Reliance Digital TV subscribers stable at 4.82 million
Aug 14, 2014 – Reliance Communications (RCOM) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Reliance Digital TV ended with 4.82 million subscribers, representing 8% of the DTH market in India.
News categories: Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Venezuela adds 170,000 pay TV subscribers in 2Q 2014
Aug 13, 2014 – According to preliminary statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of June 2014 were 4.53 million, up 170,456 in the quarter.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela