Subscribers (customers, users, RGUs, …), number of, News

700,000 subscribers at UPC DTH
Dec 17, 2012 – UPC DTH has announced that its customer base has reached 700,000. Since UPC separated its satellite business from its cable operations in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, UPC DTH has managed to grow its subscriber base more than 10% annually.
News categories: UPC DTH, Czech Republic, Hungary, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers

1 million subscribers for Russia's Orion Express
Dec 13, 2012 – Russian satellite TV operator Orion Express has announced that on the 12th of December 2012 its number of subscribers was 1,002,012, passing the one million mark for the first time.
News categories: Orion Express, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Ofcom releases International Communications Market Report
Dec 13, 2012 – UK consumers lead the world in using technology to enhance their viewing experience, Ofcom research reveals. The UK is ahead of other countries for catching up with TV online and is at the forefront of using technology such as smart TVs and DVRs.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Everywhere, UK

1 million subscribers with HD for Kabel Deutschland
Dec 11, 2012 – Kabel Deutschland (KD) has announced that more than 1 million of its subscribers are now receiving HDTV programming. KD has 45 HD channels available on its network across its various HD packages.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Germany, Subscribers

Romanian digital cable take-up on the rise
Dec 4, 2012 – According to preliminary data from Romania's Communications Authority (ANCOM) there were 3.3 million digital TV subscribers in the country at the end of June 2012, up 16% compared to 30 June 2011.
News categories: ANCOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite TV subscribers in Croatia pass the 100,000 mark
Dec 4, 2012 – HAKOM has reported communications market data for Croatia for the end of Q3 2012. Satellite TV is the fastest growing segment of the TV market with subscriptions up nearly 21 percent since the end of Q3 2011, to over 100,000.
News categories: HAKOM, Cable TV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

100,000 subscribers reached in Czech Republic on freeSAT
Nov 28, 2012 – UPC DTH has announced that its freeSAT service in the Czech Republic has reached the milestone of 100,000 customers.
News categories: freeSAT, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers

Pay TV subscribers in Portugal up 0.9% in 3Q 2012
Nov 27, 2012 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), there were 3.11 million subscribers to subscription TV as at the end of the 3rd Quarter 2012, 27 thousand more than in the previous quarter, and an extra 241 thousand over the same period in 2011.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite adds another 369,000 subscribers in Mexico in 3Q 2012
Nov 26, 2012 – According to Mexico's Telecommunications Sector Production Index, at the end of the third quarter of 2012 there were 6.655 million DTH subscribers in the country, an increase of 22.9% versus Q3 2011. Cable TV lost 49 thousand subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers