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BT TV subscribers pass 1 million in 1Q 2014
May 8, 2014 – BT (BT.L) has announced its results for the fourth quarter and year to 31 March 2014. The company added 46,000 TV customers bringing the total to 1 million and plans to exchange all legacy set-top boxes for new YouView boxes.
News categories: BT Group, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

CenturyLink adds 24,000 Prism TV customers in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has reported results for first quarter 2014. The company added nearly 24,000 CenturyLink® Prism™ TV customers during first quarter 2014, increasing penetration to nearly 10%.
News categories: CenturyLink, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Sky Italia subscribers down 10,000 in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) has reported results for the three months ending March 31, 2014. SKY Italia’s subscriber base was essentially unchanged at 4.75 million.
News categories: Twenty-First Century Fox, SKY Italia, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Ono TV subscribers down 8,000 in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Grupo Corporativo ONO has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Television subscribers were 782,000 at the end of the quarter, down 8,000 from 790,000 at the end of 2013. TiVo penetration grew to 49%.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Zuku estimated to have 172,000 subscribers at end-2013
May 7, 2014 – A new report published by Dataxis estimates that Zuku, the East African pay-TV platfom, had a total of 130,000 DTH subscribers across three markets at the end of 2013 plus a further 42,000 cable TV subscribers in Kenya.
News categories: Dataxis, Wananchi, IPTV, Kenya, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Tanzania, Uganda

Hawaiian Telcom adds 8,608 video subscribers in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq:HCOM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31. The company added 8,608 video service subscribers for a total of 20,279 subscribers at the end of the period.
News categories: Hawaiian Telcom, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

IPTV set to overtake DTH in Western Europe
May 7, 2014 – According to a report from Digital TV Research, IPTV subscriptions will climb by 7.5 million (38%) between 2013 and 2020.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Worldwide fiber-optic broadband subscriptions to double by 2019
May 6, 2014 – The worldwide cable, DSL and fiber-optic fixed-line broadband subscriber base grew 6% in 2013 surpassing 665.4 million subscribers. By 2019, fiber-optic broadband subscriptions will grow to 265 million subscribers, with a CAGR of 11.7%.
News categories: ABI Research, Jake Saunders, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers, Worldwide

DIRECTV US adds 12,000 subscribers; DTVLA adds 361,000 in 1Q 2014
May 6, 2014 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2014 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions at 12,000 were lower than the prior year period. DTVLA net additions of 361,000 were also lower than the prior year.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela