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Montenegro ends 2012 with 133,831 pay TV subscribers
Jan 18, 2013 – The Agency for Electronic Media in Montenegro has released subscriber figures for the seven pay TV operators in the country. As at December 31, 2012, the number of cable, MMDS, IPTV and DTH connections was 133,831, up 11,097 or 9.04% in the year.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces December 2012 Subscriber Figures
Jan 18, 2013 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM, JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of December 31, 2012 served by J:COM's 16 consolidated subsidiaries reached 3.74 million, up 120,300 or 3.3% from December 31, 2011.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

One million HD subscribers for Russia's Tricolor TV
Jan 16, 2013 – Russian satellite operator Tricolor TV has announced that it now has more than one million subscribers taking its high definition (HD) television service.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

LG Uplus ends 2012 with 1.05 million IPTV subscribers
Jan 11, 2013 – According to its December 2012 Factsheet, LG Uplus (KRX: 032640) had 1.054 million IPTV subscribers at the end of 2012. The company added 74,000 subscribers in the final quarter of 2012.
News categories: LG Uplus, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

India passes 50 million DTH subscriber mark in 3Q 2012
Jan 11, 2013 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its Performance Indicator Report for the third quarter of 2012. At quarter-end, India's DTH subscriber base was 50.91 million, up from 48.45 million at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Digital TV penetration accelerates in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jan 8, 2013 – About 35.3% of TV homes in Sub-Saharan Africa took digital signals by end-2012, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Sub-Saharan Africa report forecasts that digital TV penetration will rocket to 95.5% by 2018 - with household numbers quadrupling to 49.0 million.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Africa, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Ghana, Kenya, Market Research, Nigeria, South Africa, Subscribers, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

SK broadband ends 2012 with 1.4 million IPTV subscribers in Korea
Jan 4, 2013 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has released subscriber figures to the end of December 2012. The company ended 2012 with 1.4 million subscribers to its 'B tv' IPTV service, up from 883,000 at the end of 2011.
News categories: SK broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Market Research, Subscribers

19.74 million IPTV subscribers in China at end-3Q 2012
Dec 27, 2012 – According to figures from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology there were 19.74 million IPTV subscribers in China at the end of the third quarter of 2012.
News categories: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Worldwide pay TV subscribers to reach 907 million in 2013
Dec 17, 2012 – Global pay-TV market added nearly 47 million subscribers in 2012 reaching a total of 864 million subscribers. ABI Research expects that the pay-TV market will continue to grow in 2013 to reach 907 million subscribers.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial