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Norway - 17,000 NetCom customers watched the Olympics on MobilTV
Aug 19, 2008 – Since NetCom launched free Olympics TV on cell phones, the broadcasts from Beijing have been watched by up to 2,500 unique users daily.
News categories: Teliasonera, NetCom, Digital TV, Mobile, Norway, Subscribers

Half a million Telenet customers go digital
Aug 19, 2008 – Over 500,000 viewers have now opted for Telenet (Brussels: TNET) Digital TV. The success of the digital service is in part thanks to the low digibox rental fee, the free Flexview PVR offer and the extensive variety of video-on-demand on offer.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Subscribers

China digital cable TV users grow 110 pct year-on-year in first half of 2008
Aug 19, 2008 – China's digital cable TV user base grew to 36.27 million in the first six months of 2008, up 109.77 percent year-on-year, local media reported recently.
News categories: Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

Com Hem first half 2008 results
Aug 15, 2008 – During the first half of 2008, Com Hem's revenues were MSEK 1,869 million. From the first to the second quarter of this year, the number of digital TV subscribers increased by just over 4% to 428,000.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Thailand - True (TrueVisions) posts quarterly results
Aug 15, 2008 – True Corporation (SET: TRUE) posted soft Q2 quarterly results although convergence uptake was strong. TrueVisions net adds were slightly softer Q-on-Q at 68,000. Total subscribers rose to almost 1.2 million.
News categories: TrueVisions, True Corporation, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces July 2008 Subscriber Figures
Aug 15, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of July 31, 2008 served by J:COM's 19 managed franchises reached approximately 2.89 million, up 179,600, or 6.6% since July 31, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

IPTV Equipment Posts Aggressive Growth in Q2 2008
Aug 15, 2008 – Synergy Research Group (SRG) has announces the availability of the Synergy Q2 2008 IPTV Market Share report, which shows the overall IPTV equipment market growing 30.3 percent year over year.
News categories: Synergy Research Group, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

A newcomer is shaking up satellite television in Africa
Aug 14, 2008 – Gateway Communications's satellite-television subsidiary GTV, a company created just over a year ago, has signed up more than 100,000 customers in 20 countries - which, it reckons, translates into 1.25m regular viewers.
News categories: Gateway Communications, GTV, Africa, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Satellite, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Subscribers, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Ofcom releases UK Communications Market annual report
Aug 14, 2008 – According to Ofcom's latest annual report into the UK's £51 billion communications industry, at the end of 2007 nearly 6 million households (23%) had a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) up by 53% in a year.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK