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13.8% of Portugal's TV subscribers on optical fibre
Sep 13, 2013 – According to ANACOM, in Portugal at the end of 2nd quarter 2013, there were 3.14 million subscription TV service subscribers, 14 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 63 thousand more than in the same period of 2012.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Media authorities release 2013 report on digitisation in Germany
Sep 10, 2013 – Germany's media authorities have released their ninth report on digitisation in the country. In mid-2013, some 19.2 per cent of German TV houses still watched analogue television only; around the same time last year, it was 22.2 per cent.
News categories: die medienanstalten, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Digital multichannel subscribers in Moldova up 5.4% in 1H 2013
Sep 4, 2013 – Statistical data on the evolution of multichannel TV service market in Moldova has been released by ANRCETI. In the first half of 2013, the number of subscribers to digital TV services increased by 5.4% and reached 108.9 thousand.
News categories: ANRCETI, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Moldova, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV in 10% of global TV households by 2018
Sep 4, 2013 – Covering 97 countries, the number of homes paying for IPTV will rocket to 167 million by end-2018, up from 69 million at end-2012 and from only 13 million at end-2008, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

SNL Kagan releases 2nd-quarter U.S. multichannel subscriber report
Sep 3, 2013 – According to the most recent report from SNL Kagan, the seasonally soft period followed the script of a mature industry that is concurrently struggling to make gains while still holding a significant but not absolute share of the U.S. market.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Poland's nc+ has 2.3 million subscribers at end-June 2013
Aug 22, 2013 – TVN Group has announced financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013. nc+, the strategic associate of TVN, had 2.3 million post-paid subscribers at the end of June.
News categories: TVN Group, nc+, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

One in four homes to own a satellite dish by 2018
Aug 21, 2013 – According to the Global Satellite TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research, the number of pay satellite TV (DBS or DTH) homes will reach 251 million by 2018, up from 178 million at end-2012 and 103 million at end-2008.
News categories: Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Major US multichannel video providers lose 345,000 subscribers in 2Q 2013
Aug 19, 2013 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US -- representing about 94% of the market -- lost about 345,000 net additional video subscribers in 2Q 2013.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

IPTV defies drop in US Pay TV market to gain subscribers in Q2
Aug 14, 2013 – Amid a plunge in subscribers for cable, and now satellite providers, Internet protocol television (IPTV) was the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to achieve growth in the second quarter, according to a new report from IHS (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA