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AT&T U-verse TV subscribers reach 4.1 million in service
Jul 24, 2012 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported second-quarter results. Total AT&T U-verse subscribers (TV and high speed Internet) reached 6.8 million in the second quarter. AT&T U-verse TV added 155,000 subscribers to reach 4.1 million in service.
News categories: AT&T, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Satellite adds another 700,000 subscribers in Brazil in Q2 2012
Jul 23, 2012 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended June 2012 at 14.535 million, with more than 3.4 million new subscribers being added over the preceding twelve months - an annual growth rate of 30.9%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

FCC Releases 14th Video Competition Report
Jul 20, 2012 – The most significant trends since the last report relate to the increased deployment of digital technology, consumers' rising demands for access to video programming anywhere and anytime, and the evolution of online video from a niche service into a thriving industry.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Smart TV, Smartphone, Streaming, Subscribers, Tablet, Terrestrial, USA

Digital TV subscribers pass 6 million mark in the Netherlands
Jul 19, 2012 – The Netherlands' Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) has published figures on the communication markets in the country for Q1 2012. The number of TV subscriptions at the end of the quarter was 7.7 million.
News categories: Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers

Verizon reports 4.5 million FiOS Video customers
Jul 19, 2012 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported results for the second quarter of 2012. The company added 120,000 net new FiOS Video connections in the quarter to give 4.5 million FiOS Video connections at the end of the first half.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

5% of UK households own an internet connected smart TV
Jul 18, 2012 – The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has released its 2012 Communications Market report. The percentage of UK homes with digital TV increased by three percentage points; from 93% in Q1 2011 to 96.2% in Q1 2012, as more regions switched to digital.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces June 2012 Subscriber Figures
Jul 17, 2012 – Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM, JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of June 30, 2012 served by J:COM's 16 consolidated franchises reached approximately 3.69 million, up 204,100 or 5.9% from June 30, 2011.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

2.09 million pay TV subscribers in Chile at end March 2012
Jul 12, 2012 – Chile's Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has released pay TV statistics to end-March 2012. Pay TV subscriber numbers grew from 1.972 million at end-March 2011 to 2.092 million, up 6.1% year-on-year.
News categories: Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

One and a half million active smartcards for TivùSat
Jul 10, 2012 – As Italy's analogue terrestrial TV is switched-off, TivùSat has announced that it has more than one and a half million active smartcards for its satellite service. 5.2% of Italian families are now subscribers.
News categories: Tivù, CAM, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Subscribers