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WiMAX Forum® Forecasts 133 Million WiMAX Users by 2012
Mar 31, 2008 – The WiMAX Forum today announced it projects more than 133 million WiMAX users globally by 2012. The forecast is based on the results of an independently commissioned research study to be published in April 2008.
News categories: WiMAX Forum, Broadband, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

Towards Digital Television in the Federation of Russia
Mar 27, 2008 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has published a report on the development of digital television in Russia. The report analyses the current situation and perspectives on the various platforms (satellite, cable, terrestrial, mobile and ADSL).
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Groteck, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Digital television in 22 million UK households as Freeview and cable show strong growth
Mar 27, 2008 – The number of UK households with digital television on their main set has risen to 22.2 million homes according to The Digital Television Progress Report for Q4 2007 published by Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Shanghai Leads IPTV Uptake in China
Mar 26, 2008 – Initial statistics for 2007 on the number of Chinese IPTV subscribers shows that by the end of 2007, Shanghai had 240,000 IPTV subscribers and that after large-scale promotion in January, this figure is now at 300,000 - the highest in the country.
News categories: China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Beijing Olympics boosts China's cable market
Mar 26, 2008 – Screen Digest's latest report with R&TI Research has concluded that the Beijing Olympics is driving domestic digital cable take-up which is set to grow from 18 per cent at the end of 2007 to 24 per cent by the end of Olympics year.
News categories: Screen Digest, R&TI Research, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Market Research, Subscribers

ONO Fourth quarter and full year 2007 results
Mar 25, 2008 – ONO's cable television customers increased by 51,000 or 5.6% in the quarter to reach 960,000 as of 31 December 2007. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2007, 90% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Korea - Mobile TV Subscribers Reach 11 million
Mar 24, 2008 – According to telecomskorea.com, at the end of February, the number of mobile TV subscribers in Korea reached 11 million, with a split of 9.69 million subscribers to T-DMB and 1.31 million to S-DMB.
News categories: Digital TV, Korea, Mobile, Subscribers

SNL Kagan estimates over 71 million HD subscribers by 2012
Mar 24, 2008 – SNL Kagan's newest study, "Economics of High Definition Cable Networks," estimates that cable and satellite high definition subscribers will penetrate 65.7% of U.S. multichannel households by 2012, up from 18.8% in 2007.
News categories: Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

OTE Group Reports 2007 Fourth Quarter Results Under IFRS
Mar 20, 2008 – Success of RomTelecom's direct-to-home TV service launched in November 2006 continued in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the acquisition of close to 100,000 new customers in the three months bringing the total number of subscribers to 390,000 at year end.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers