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Ziggo digital pay TV subscribers down 16,000 in 1Q 2014
Apr 16, 2014 – Ziggo N.V. has released Q1 2014 results. Subscribers to digital pay TV decreased by 16,000 during the first quarter. For the full year, the number of subscribers to digital Pay TV is down by 58,000.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

US pay TV subscriptions poised for rebound after 2013 decline
Apr 15, 2014 – The Pay TV market in the US has faced challenges for several years, which culminated in a 0.58% loss in total subscribers in 2013. However, recent research from Strategy Analytics forecasts a return to growth in 2014.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Jason Blackwell, Eric Smith, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Romania ends 2013 with 6.4 million pay TV subscribers
Apr 15, 2014 – According to data published by ANCOM, in 2013 the total number of subscribers to paid audiovisual programme retransmission services in Romania grew by 5.7% to reach 6.4 million.
News categories: ANCOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Digital pay TV soars in Eastern Europe
Apr 15, 2014 – The number of digital pay TV subscribers will increase from 26.1 million (21.5% of TV households) in 2010 to 45.0 million (36.6%) in 2013 and onto 73.6 million (58.2%) by 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Simon Murray, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Montenegro adds 917 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2014
Apr 10, 2014 – Montenegro's Agency for Electronic Media has released subscriber figures for the pay TV operators in the country. As at March 31, 2014, the number of connections was 149,618, up 917 or 0.6% since December 2013.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, IPTV, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers

Shaw cable video subscribers down 20,000 in the quarter
Apr 10, 2014 – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B)(NYSE:SJR) has announced results for the quarter ended February 28, 2014. During the quarter, cable video subscribers decreased 20,758, and DTH customers decreased by 1,405.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cogeco TV customers down 13,248 in quarter to end-Feb. 2014
Apr 10, 2014 – Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014, ended February 28, 2014. Fiscal 2014 second-quarter and first six months net losses for Television service customers stood at 13,248 and 22,341.
News categories: Cogeco, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Subscribers, USA

IPTV nearing the 100 million subscriber threshold
Apr 9, 2014 – Year-end figures for broadband and IPTV, published by the Broadband Forum, show that IPTV is nearing the 100 million subscriber threshold, with 21% growth in 2013 taking the total to 96 million.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Robin Mersh, Oliver Johnson, Africa, Asia, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers, Worldwide

Middle East presents huge growth opportunities for Pay TV industry
Apr 8, 2014 – IHS (NYSE: IHS) has announced key findings from its annual Middle East Media Market Monitor. The report estimates that at the end of 2013, 4.35 million households in the MENA region subscribed to at least one Pay TV service.
News categories: IHS Inc, Constantinos Papavassilopoulos, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Subscribers