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India adds over 3 million DTH subscribers in 4Q 2011
Apr 13, 2012 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its Performance Indicator Report for the fourth quarter of 2011. At year-end, India's DTH subscriber base was 44.21 million, up from 41.04 million at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Digital TV conversion slows in Western Europe
Apr 12, 2012 – Western Europe will not reach full digital TV penetration until 2017, despite penetration being as high as 85% by end-2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK

CRTC releases 2011 financial results for Canadian cable and satellite companies
Apr 4, 2012 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released statistical and financial information on Canadian broadcast distribution companies for the broadcast year ended August 31, 2011.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

250,000 interactive TV subscribers for Magyar Telekom
Apr 3, 2012 – Following a dramatic increase in the past period, the number of T-Home Hungary (Reuters: MTEL.BU and Bloomberg: MTELEKOM HB) customers subscribing to interactive TV services has exceeded 250 thousand.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Hungary, IPTV, Satellite, Subscribers

Recession fails to halt digital TV expansion in Eastern Europe
Apr 2, 2012 – According to a new report from Digital TV Research, 2012 is a watershed year for Eastern Europe as the number of digital homes for the 15 forecast countries will exceed the analog total for the first time.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Estonia, IPTV, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

Spain ends 2011 with 4.6 million pay TV subscribers
Mar 28, 2012 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has published statistics for the country for the fourth quarter of 2011. Pay TV subscribers were 4.6 million at the end of period, down from a peak of over 5 million at the beginning of the year.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

China outstrips France to take top ranking in IPTV
Mar 21, 2012 – IPTV's best quarter ever saw net additions of 3.68 million to finish the year with more than 58.2 million subscribers worldwide. Europe is still the top region but China has outstripped France for the top country spot, according to the Broadband Forum.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Belgium, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Competition to boost pay TV in Middle East and North Africa
Mar 20, 2012 – The social and political turmoil that has rocked the Middle East and North Africa region has resulted in liberalisation measures, which will open up the pay TV sector. Digital TV penetration is already approaching 70% of television households.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Satellite overtakes cable TV in Mexico
Mar 14, 2012 – According to Mexico's Telecommunications Sector Production Index, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011 there were 5.645 million DTH users in the country, overtaking for the first time cable TV which finished the year with 5.591 million subscribers.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers