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High-definition viewing to reach 44 million homes by year-end
Apr 10, 2008 – According to an Informa Telecoms & Media report 'Global HDTV Forecasts 3rd Edition,' only 4% of global homes will actively watch HD programming by the end of this year. However, this means nearly 44 million active HD households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Videotron Reaches New Heights in Cable Television: Now More Than ONE MILLION illico Digital Television Terminals in Quebec Households
Apr 10, 2008 – Vidéotron has announced that Quebecers are now a million times better equipped to meet their entertainment needs, thanks to illico digital television. The Quebec telco now has more than a million of these terminals on the market.
News categories: Vidéotron, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Telco/IPTV Households Now 14 Million Worldwide
Apr 10, 2008 – The number of households worldwide using telco/IPTV services grew from 4.7 million in 2006 to exceed 14 million in 2007, according to 'TV Services in Europe: Update and Outlook,' a new white paper by Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Cogeco Cable Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Apr 10, 2008 – Cogeco Cable (TSX:CCA) has announced its financial results for the second quarter and first six months ended February 29, 2008. In Canada, digital television net additions stood at 17,879 compared to 13,961 for the same period last year.
News categories: Cogeco, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

No increase in subscribers for Sweden's Boxer in the first quarter
Apr 9, 2008 – At the end of March, Boxer had 709,000 digital TV subscribers, the same number as at the end of December 2007.
News categories: Boxer, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

ITI Group full Year financial results 2007
Apr 8, 2008 – With a current subscriber base exceeding 300,000 by the end of the first quarter 2008, ITI Neovision ('n') (Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSE): ITIH.LU) looks back on a very successful year.
News categories: ITI Group, Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sogecable (DIGITAL+) First Quarter 2008 consolidated results
Apr 4, 2008 – As of March 31st 2008, the subscriber base of Sogecable's DIGITAL+ stood at 2,080,000. During the quarter, DIGITAL+ has continued growing the subscriber base with a net figure of 15,000 new clients joining.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Videotron posts another quarter of growth for each of its four products
Apr 4, 2008 – In the first three months of 2008, Videotron posted a net increase of 34,600 subscribers to its illico Digital TV service, bringing the total to 802,800.
News categories: Vidéotron, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Subscribers

2007: Record Year for ASTRA in Austria
Apr 2, 2008 – In 2007, ASTRA further increased the number of digital satellite TV homes in Austria by 470,000 to 1.44 million (+48.4%). ASTRA thus is not only the infrastructure most used in Austria, but also the driving force and the motor of digital TV.
News categories: SES ASTRA, GfK Austria, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial