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Asia Pacific pay TV to be worth more than USD40 billion by 2014
Apr 7, 2009 – New research, recently published by Informa Telecoms & Media, shows that 44% of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2014, up from just 17% at the end of 2008.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Half of UK TV households choosing pay TV
Apr 6, 2009 – Almost half of all television households in the UK are now choosing to pay for access to additional television channels, with satellite and cable services driving growth of digital TV according to new research from Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Spain publishes Q4 pay-TV statistics
Mar 31, 2009 – The Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) has published statistics for the communications market in Spain in the fourth quarter. In the quarter, the number of subscribers fell in all pay-TV segments except for IPTV.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Chunghwa Telecom Reports Operating Results for Full Year 2008
Mar 30, 2009 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported its operating results for full year 2008. As of the end of 2008, Chunghwa had 676 thousand Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, a solid 71.4% year-over-year increase.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

Annual report of the Telekom Slovenia Group
Mar 27, 2009 – Telekom Slovenia (Ljubljana:TLSG) has published the annual report of the Telekom Slovenia Group and Telekom Slovenije, d.d. for year 2008. The number of IPTV service users grew in the year to almost 90,000.
News categories: SiOL TV, Telekom Slovenia, IPTV, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

OTE Group Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter Results
Mar 27, 2009 – Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter and the year ended December 31, 2008. By the end of 2008, RomTelecom's satellite TV offering 'Dolce' had attracted 643,000 subscribers.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV Growth Doubles in North America in 2008
Mar 25, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest IPTV and broadband statistics, showing that the North American IPTV market has more than doubled in size in 2008 -- with growth of 113 percent despite the global economic downturn.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Africa, Asia, Broadband, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers

Shaw announces second quarter subscriber results
Mar 24, 2009 – Shaw Communications (STSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced subscriber results for the second quarter ended February 28, 2009. Digital customers grew by 106,489 to 1,076,373 and DTH (Star Choice) customers increased 3,657 to 896,633.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Satellite, Subscribers

Bezeq (yes) Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2008 Results
Mar 24, 2009 – yes (TASE: BEZQ) grew its customer base by 2.0% in 2008 with 560,000 subscribers as of December 31, 2008, up 10,400 subscribers from the year ago period and up from 556,000 as of September 30, 2008.
News categories: Bezeq, Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers