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Digital TV in 55% of Swiss households
Apr 18, 2011 – According to the New Establishment survey of Switzerland's TV and radio markets produced by Publica Data AG, at the end of 2010 55% of Swiss households were equipped with digital TV, up 3% on the previous year.
News categories: Publica Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Switzerland, Terrestrial

J:COM ends 1Q 2011 with 2.7 million digital cable subscribers
Apr 15, 2011 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of March 31, 2011 served by J:COM's 19 consolidated franchises reached 3.45 million, up 161,000 or 4.9% since March 31, 2010.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Global Pay TV Subscribers Increase 6% in 2010 over 2009
Apr 14, 2011 – Over the last few years pay TV subscriber numbers had been negatively impacted. However, things seem to be improving as the total number of pay TV subscribers by year-end 2010 was greater than year-end 2009 by a little over 6%, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Ofcom releases 4Q 2010 UK Digital Television Update
Apr 5, 2011 – Ofcom consumer survey results for the fourth quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.5%, up by 1.1 percentage points year on year. In 2010 12.8 million DTT units (IDTVs and set-top boxes) were sold.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Digital TV in more than two thirds of Dutch households
Apr 5, 2011 – According to a quarterly survey from Ketenoverleg Digitale Televisie, the penetration of digital television in Dutch households has reached 67%, with the majority receiving digital TV via cable. The report also monitors TV sales.
News categories: iMMovator, GfK, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Spain ends 2010 with 4.8 million pay TV subscribers
Apr 1, 2011 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has published telecommunications statistics for the country for 2010. Total TV (satellite, cable, IPTV, DTT and mobile) subscribers surpassed the 4.8 million mark in the final quarter.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Netflix, Hulu drive big jump in OTT media server market; set-top box demand is up
Apr 1, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released its 4Q10 Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers market share and forecast report. Worldwide set-top box (STB) sales dipped 1% in 4Q10, with cable STBs seeing the biggest sequential decline.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers

265,000 pay TV subscribers added in Chile in 2010
Mar 31, 2011 – Chile's Subtel has releases pay TV statistics for 2010. During the year satellite subscribers increased from 661,000 to 853,000, whereas wired (cable TV and IPTV) subscribers grew from 1.003 million to 1.076 million.
News categories: Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

China cable TV to be all-digital by 2015
Mar 23, 2011 – China aims to move all of its cable television networks above the county level to digital by 2015. At the end of last year, there were 187 million cable TV subscribers in the country with only 88 million already digital.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Subscribers