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DTH leads the digital boom in Latin America
Jun 20, 2012 – Most Latin American territories are experiencing a surge in digital TV take-up, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The report forecasts that 103 million homes will have digital TV in 2017, up from 40 million at end-2011.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Envivio Selected for StarHub's HDTV, Mobile and OTT Video Service Expansion
Jun 20, 2012 – Envivio (Nasdaq:ENVI) has announced that the Envivio 4Caster™ encoders powered by Envivio Muse™ software have been deployed by StarHub for HDTV, OTT and mobile TV services. StarHub serves more than 544,000 TV households in Singapore.
News categories: Envivio, StarHub, BroadcastAsia, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Singapore, Streaming, Subscribers, Tablet

Global IPTV subscribers grow by 3.8 million in Q1 2012 to 65.6 million
Jun 20, 2012 – According to figures published by the Broadband Forum and prepared by Point Topic, IPTV now has 65.6 million subscribers globally, up 3.8 million in the quarter. China added over three times as many IPTV subscribers in the quarter as any other country.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, Broadband, BroadcastAsia, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

60,000 customers across Qatar for Mozaic TV
Jun 14, 2012 – Qtel (Doha: QTEL) has announced that its Mozaic TV service has reached a new peak, with more than 60,000 customers now tuning into the leading home entertainment service in Qatar.
News categories: Qtel, IPTV, Qatar, Subscribers

National TV Digitization Drives 100% IPTV Growth in Asia
Jun 11, 2012 – IPTV subscriptions worldwide will grow by 70% from 2012 to 2017 with 100% growth in the Asia-Pacific region off a large base of 28.5 million subscribers, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Digital cable TV subscribers in Germany approaching 8 million
Jun 11, 2012 – The association of German Cable Operators (ANGA) has releases figures for the cable market in Germany. According to ANGA, there are more than 18 million cable TV households with about 42 percent receiving a digital service.
News categories: ANGA, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Germany, Market Research, Subscribers

Pay TV subscribers in Portugal up 3.2% in 1Q 2012
Jun 4, 2012 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), there were 3.073 million subscribers to subscription TV as at the end of 1st Quarter 2012 (1Q2012), 96 thousand more than in the previous quarter.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Pay-TV Accounts to Surpass 1 Billion in 2014
May 31, 2012 – Pyramid Research expects that pay TV accounts will surpass the 1 billion mark in 2014 globally, with cable accounting for 58 percent of the total, down from 66 percent in 2011. By end-2014, IPTV subscriptions will exceed 100 million.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Dutch digital TV connections grow 2.5% in first quarter of 2012
May 31, 2012 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 2.5 percent during the first quarter of 2012 to 6.27 million on 31 March 2012, according to Telecompaper's quarterly Dutch Television Subscribers report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial