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SES: Satellite Further Increases Technical Reach in Germany
Sep 6, 2011 – SES S.A. (Paris; LuxX:SESG) has announced that satellite has further increased its technical reach in Germany, its largest single market. According to the research, 17.1 million German households now watch television directly via satellite.
News categories: SES S.A., Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Digital cable TV to reach 38 million subscribers in India by 2015
Sep 5, 2011 – The Indian television industry is estimated to generate revenue of $7B by the year-end with 14 per cent growth over 2010, industry body ASSOCHAM has said. There are 37 million digital homes in India and 28 million of these are on a DTH platform.
News categories: ASSOCHAM, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Videocon Doubles Subscriber Base in 8 Months Using Irdeto
Sep 1, 2011 – Just eight months after securing its first two million customers, Videocon d2h (Bombay:511389), a provider of DTH services for India, has reached four million subscribers. Videocon d2h implemented and launched their services using Irdeto's (JSE:NPN) pay-TV solution.
News categories: Irdeto, Videocon d2h, Conditional Access, India, Satellite, Subscribers

India exceeds 100 million pay TV households
Aug 30, 2011 – India has just crossed the 100 million mark for pay TV subscribers, representing more than 70% of TV households. According to Digital TV Research, there is still plenty of growth to come, with 139 million pay TV subs forecast for 2016.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Brazil: The world's most dynamic pay TV market
Aug 26, 2011 – According to a new report from Digital TV Research, rapid expansion meant that Brazilian DTH subscriptions overhauled cable as the most popular platform with considerable panache during the first six months of 2011.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Brazil, Cable TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

European Pay TV Alive and Well, Despite Struggling Economy
Aug 23, 2011 – Despite a bleak economic climate, European Pay TV providers continue to add new subscribers. Collectively, Europe's top ten providers added nearly 1.5 million new subscribers in the first quarter of 2011, according to Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

UK pay TV revenues reaching their peak
Aug 23, 2011 – UK pay TV revenues are fast reaching maturity, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. UK pay TV revenues are forecast to reach US$9.3 billion in 2011, but revenues are only expected to reach US$9.6 billion in 2016.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Number of UK Quad Play Homes Will Treble by 2016
Aug 9, 2011 – Slightly fewer than half of UK households today are 'multiplay'. A new report by Strategy Analytics says that this number will grow to 67 percent by 2016. By the end of 2011, an estimated 613,000 UK subscribers will take a 'quad play' service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Semiannual IPTV Global Forecast Shows Robust Growth to 2015 Using Multi-Screen Services
Aug 9, 2011 – MRG has reported that the global IPTV market will grow to US$49 billion in service revenues and 113 million subscribers in 2015--as multi-screen video usage drives wireless services to new highs.
News categories: MRG, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Subscribers