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KPN adds 46 thousand digital TV subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 26, 2010 – KPN (Amsterdam:KPN) has released its 2009 full-year results. TV customer growth was stimulated by scaling-up IPTV. Combined with continued customer growth at Digitenne, KPN's TV customer base has nearly one million subscribers.
News categories: KPN, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verizon adds 153,000 FiOS TV customers in 4Q09
Jan 26, 2010 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Verizon added 153,000 net new FiOS TV customers and served 2.9 million FiOS TV customers by the end of the quarter, a 49.2 percent year-over-year increase.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Dishtv India adds 544 thousand subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 22, 2010 – Dish TV India (NSE: DISHTV EQ, BSE: 532839) added 0.55 million new gross subscribers during the quarter ended December 2009. As on December 31 2009, Dishtv had a gross subscriber base of 6.4 million and net subscriber base of 5.3 million.
News categories: Dishtv, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telekom Austria Group: aonTV Reaches 100,000-Subscriber Mark
Jan 21, 2010 – The Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) has announced that aonTV, the IPTV service of its Fixed Net subsidiary, Telekom Austria TA AG, has reached the 100,000 subscriber mark.
News categories: Telekom Austria, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Global fixed-broadband subscriptions to surpass half a billion mark in 2010
Jan 21, 2010 – According to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media, global fixed-broadband subscription numbers will reach half a billion this year, driven by continued growth in emerging markets.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA

J:COM ends 2009 with 2,348,400 digital cable subscribers
Jan 19, 2010 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of December 31, 2009 served by J:COM's 23 consolidated franchises reached 3.27 million, up 107,400 or 3.4% since December 31, 2008.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

Russia's Tricolor TV registers 6 millionth subscriber
Jan 18, 2010 – In 2009, Russia's Tricolor TV DTH satellite service added 1.650 million subscribers across Russia, exceeding the 6 million user mark, or 13% of the population of Russia.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Digital cable subscribers reach 62 million in China
Jan 15, 2010 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced that the total number of digital cable TV subscribers in the country reached 61.99 million at the end of 2009.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Subscribers

Shaw adds 89k digital TV subscribers in quarter to end-November
Jan 14, 2010 – Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) announced results for the first quarter ended November 30, 2009. During the quarter Digital cable customers were up 88,259 to 1,409,983, and DTH customers increased 1,097.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Satellite, Subscribers