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45 percent of Germans watch TV digitally
Sep 4, 2007 – In total there are approximately 17.9 million German households, i.e. about 45 percent, watching TV digitally. 21.8 million households still receive analogue TV signals.
News categories: BITKOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Tiscali Targets 5 Million UK Homes With Internet TV Service
Sep 1, 2007 – Internet service provider Tiscali SpA (TIS.MI) stepped up competition in the competitive U.K. broadband market by making its Internet television service available to 5 million homes.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers, UK

Cablemás 2Q07 Net Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Up 14.4% and 18.6% YoY
Aug 31, 2007 – The 9.7% growth in cable television revenues, from Ps.454.9 to Ps.498.9 was principally due to a 14.6% YoY increase in the number of subscribers to 753,161 with a penetration rate of 34%.
News categories: Cablemás, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Germany - DTT surpasses digital cable
Aug 30, 2007 – The proportion of German digital households has now risen to 40% as compared with 31.6% a year ago, according to Dr Oliver Ecke of research institute TNS Infratest.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Primacom Quarterly Report Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – Digital TV revenues remained flat at EUR 0.2m in the first six months of 2006 and 2007. Customer numbers increased slightly from 4,153 on June 30, 2006 to 4,244 on June 30, 2007. A comprehensive relaunch of this product is planned for the second half of 2007.
News categories: PrimaCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

IPTV becomes a disruptive influence in the European pay-TV market
Aug 29, 2007 – Well over 60 IPTV services operated across Europe at the end of the second quarter of 2007, with more to launch in the second half of the year. Whilst some major Western European states are used to competing with so many players, others are unfamiliar with such a jam-packed market.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, UK

TiVo Announces Results for Second Quarter Ended July 31, 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 31, 2007. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the second quarter were 41,000, compared to 74,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-Owned subscriptions totaled 1.71 million, up 136,000 on an annual basis compared to the year ago-period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA

PCCW reports interim results for 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – PCCW Limited has announced stronger growth of its core telecom, media and ICT business segments in the first half of 2007 as the Company began to reap the benefits of its quadruple-play strategy. now TV's installed base was 818,000 at the end of June, up 35 percent from a year earlier.
News categories: PCCW, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

BT 'more than doubles' IPTV customer base
Aug 28, 2007 – BT's hybrid digital terrestrial and internet protocol television (IPTV) service, BT Vision, has reportedly added an additional 24,000 customers over the past two months.
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK