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4.165 million pay TV subscribers in Spain at end-Q2 2012
Nov 26, 2012 – According to a survey of ICT in Spanish households released by the country's National Observatory of Telecommunications and the Information Society (ONTSI), there were 4.165 million pay TV subscribers in Spain at the end of the second quarter of 2012, representing 24.2% of Spanish homes.
News categories: ONTSI, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Tricolor TV HD subscribers reach 500,000 in Russia
Nov 22, 2012 – Russian satellite TV operator Tricolor TV has announced that it already has more than 500,000 subscribers to the 'FullHD' HDTV service that it launched 4 months ago.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

745 million fixed broadband homes by 2017
Nov 21, 2012 – Global fixed broadband households will reach 745 million in 2017, up from 473 million in 2010 and the 578 million expected by end-2012, according to a report from Digital TV Research. Between 2012 and 2017, China and India will supply 57% of global additions.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers

TivùSat reaches 1.7 million active smart cards
Nov 20, 2012 – The Italian satellite TV platform TivùSat has announced that in November it had more than 1.7 million active smart cards in 1.43 million households, representing 5.6% of Italian families.
News categories: Tivù, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Subscribers

Dutch digital TV connections grow to 6.3 million in Q3 2012
Nov 20, 2012 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 1.6 percent during the third quarter of 2012 to 6.3 million on 30 September 2012, according to Telecompaper's quarterly Dutch Television Subscribers report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Hathway deploys 1.7 million DAS set-top boxes in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata
Nov 15, 2012 – According to its results for Q2 FY 13, Hathway (BSE:533162; NSE:HATHWAY) has completed the roll out of DAS in the Phase I cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. As of end October 2012 the Company had cumulatively deployed 1.7 million set-top boxes in these cities.
News categories: Hathway, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

One million IPTV subscribers for LG Uplus in Korea
Nov 15, 2012 – According to LG U+'s October 2012 Wireline Factsheet, the number of subscribers to LG's Uplus IPTV service passed the one million mark in October. The October 2012 figure represents a growth of 20.9% over the 828 thousand number reported for October 2011.
News categories: Uplus, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Subscribers

Major US multichannel video providers lost over 50,000 subscribers in Q3 2012
Nov 13, 2012 – 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 53,500 net additional video subscribers in Q3 2012.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

3.6 million cable TV subscribers in Ukraine
Nov 12, 2012 – According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, there were 3.6 million residential cable TV subscribers in the country at the beginning of October 2012.
News categories: State Statistics Service of Ukraine, Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers, Ukraine