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BT to gauge fibre demand

BT is launching a nationwide survey dubbed ‘Race to Infinity’ to see how much potential demand there is for optical fibre broadband.  BT claims that this will identify “hot spots” where the demand for fibre is high. BT will have brought fibre broadband within reach of four million premises by the end of 2010, but […]

October 4, 2010

Recession to blame for US pay-TV fall

For the first time in recent years the number of pay-TV subscriber households in the US has decreased, according to In-Stat. US pay-TV households, which consist of cable TV, IPTV, and satellite TV subscribers, saw a reduction of some 167,000 subscribers during 2Q of 2010. “There are several reasons behind the quarterly subscriber loss,” says […]

September 27, 2010

Pay-TV STB shipments set to fall

Pay TV STB shipment volumes reach an all time high in 2009 with 127 million units shipped according to research by Screen Digest. Despite a 3 per cent growth in volumes the value of the industry fell to E9.2 billion. Motorola remained the number one pay TV set-top box vendor by shipment volumes with Pace […]

September 22, 2010

Latin America poised for TV-services surge

Television services in Latin America will grow by double digits over the next five years, outpacing service growth in Asia and other emerging markets, according to Parks Associates.  A report by the firm reveals the Latin American region will achieve a cumulative annual growth rate of 10 per cent through 2014, compared to less than […]

September 15, 2010

Mobile TV ‘moment passed’

A study has found that disappointing adoption levels of existing mobile TV services, allied to competition both from streamed mobile services facilitated by the growing prevalence of WiFi and from mobile reception of free-to-air terrestrial networks, has lead to growing disillusionment within the industry. The Juniper Research report found that the number of paying subscribers […]

August 3, 2010

Viewers want OTT content choice and simplicity

Qualitative consumer research, conducted by Evolution Digital, a provider of integrated IP Hybrid devices and IP Video solutions for the global cable industry, shows that pay-TV subscribers are eager for a new way to have access to both traditional cable TV channels and popular OTT services, and want cable set-top box technology to simplify their […]