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Satellite TV now reaching 8.2 million homes in Italy
Apr 18, 2013 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has revealed the first results of its new survey on TV reception modes and trends across its global footprint. Working in collaboration with Ipsos, Eutelsat announced that 8.2 million homes are now equipped with a Direct-to-Home antenna in Italy.
News categories: Eutelsat, Ipsos, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Ofcom publishes Q4 2012 UK Digital Television Update
Apr 18, 2013 – Ofcom, the communications regulator for the UK, has released its Digital Television Update for the fourth quarter of 2012. In Q4 2012, 98% of households (25.1m) received digital television over any platform, an increase of nearly 5 percentage points on Q4 2011.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Verizon adds 169,000 FiOS Video connections in 1Q 2013
Apr 18, 2013 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported first-quarter 2013 results. The company added 169,000 net new FiOS Video connections in the quarter to end with a total 4.9 million, representing a year-over-year increases of 12.5 percent.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Satellite leads the Latin American pay TV charge
Apr 18, 2013 – After a slow start, digital TV penetration is about to rocket in Latin America - from less than a third of homes at end-2012 to nearly 45% by end-2013 and onto 84% by 2018, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

DIRECTV grew market share in Uruguay in 2012
Apr 17, 2013 – The Uruguayan communications regulator, URSEC, has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2012. The number of Pay TV subscribers at year-end was 592,699, up from 536,812 at the end of 2011, a 10.4% increase.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

Sistema finishes 2012 with 7.5 million Stream-TV subscribers
Apr 16, 2013 – Sistema JSFC (LSE: SSA) has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. The company's Stream-TV subscriber base increased by 21.0% in 2012 to 7.5 million subscribers.
News categories: Sistema Mass Media, Results, Russia, Subscribers

70% of households in Montenegro have Pay TV
Apr 10, 2013 – The Agency for Electronic Media in Montenegro has released statistics for the seven pay TV operators in the country. As at March 31, 2013 pay TV subscribers reached 138,420, representing 71.06% of households, the remainder being covered by terrestrial TV.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers

150,000 TiVo customers for ONO in Spain
Apr 9, 2013 – Spain's ONO has announced that it now has more than 150,000 subscribers taking its TiVo service. ONO has made the service available across its entire fibre optic network which covers more than 7 million households.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers

CRTC releases 2012 financial results for Canada's cable and satellite companies
Apr 9, 2013 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released statistical and financial information on Canadian broadcasting distribution companies for the broadcast year ended August 31, 2012.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers