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ASTRO Malaysia adds 55,000; Sun Direct India adds 100,000 subscribers in latest quarter
Mar 30, 2010 – ASTRO has announced results for the year ended 31 January 2010. Over the year, pay-TV in Malaysia gained 284,000 net new customers, to reach 2.93 million. In India, Sun Direct registered 1.6 million net new customers, to reach 4.1 million.
News categories: ASTRO TV, Sun Direct TV, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Chunghwa Telecom Multimedia-on-Demand subscribers stable in 4Q09
Mar 30, 2010 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported results for the year ended December 31, 2009. At the end of the fourth quarter, Chunghwa had 667,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, down from 668,000 at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

Cequel (Suddenlink) digital video customers increased 14,300 in 4Q09
Mar 24, 2010 – Cequel Communications (Suddenlink) has reported fourth quarter 2009 results. Digital video customers increased by 48,900 during 2009 and grew by 14,300 during the quarter, compared with an increase of 7,500 during the same period in the prior year.
News categories: Suddenlink, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Broadband Growth Steady In 2009 With a Real Pick up In Every Region In Fourth Quarter
Mar 24, 2010 – There are now more than 466.95 million broadband customers in the world according to statistics released by the Broadband Forum. IPTV had a banner year, adding more than 10.8 million subscribers (compared to 9.4 million in 2008).
News categories: Broadband Forum, Africa, Asia, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers, Video Exchange

IPTV gathers momentum in emerging markets
Mar 23, 2010 – According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, the IPTV market continues to expand with global IPTV subscriptions reaching 29.7 million at the end of 2009, up from 19.4 million a year earlier.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Video Exchange

Digital captures almost 60% of TV market in Netherlands
Mar 23, 2010 – The number of digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 3.5 percent or 161,000 net additions during the fourth quarter to 4.71 million on 31 December 2009, according to Telecompaper's quarterly report on the Dutch TV market.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Global IPTV Subscribers to Reach 68 Million by 2014
Mar 22, 2010 – IPTV subscriptions are poised to grow from over 30 million in 2010 to 68 million by the end of 2014, according to forecasts from analyst firm Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Video Exchange

CRTC releases results for Canadian broadcasting distributors
Mar 18, 2010 – Canada's CRTC has released summaries for Canadian broadcasting distribution. At end-2009, the number of households obtaining basic TV service from a cable company was 8.1 million. The equivalent number for DTH and MDS was 2.8 million.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Rapid Growth of IPTV Could Fuel Global Multichannel TV Hypercompetition
Mar 18, 2010 – According to SNL Kagan, IPTV is emerging as a strong market alternative in the increasingly competitive global multichannel space. IPTV, which accounted for only 0.01% of multichannel households in 2003, grew to 4.9% of pay-TV subscribers in 2009.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers, Video Exchange