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[FierceIPTV -] Following our earlier posts on third quarter TV subscriber additions from AT&T, Verizon Communications, Chunghwa Telecom and others, here are the third quarter figures for several more carriers around the globe:

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[Companies & Markets] Middle East to tune into internet protocol TV in a big way: "The GCC is a potential emerging market for IPTV. We see three big constituent parties, which are involved in the business of mass media television - customers of telecommunication companies, content providers and advertisers," said .

IPTV News: IPTV benefited from a large order by China Telecom for 574,000 IPTV set-top boxes in the first nine months of this year, strengthening the development of the local IPTV STB market. Telecom reorganisation is expected to slow down the Chinese IPTV set-top box market in the short term, however China Telecom and China Netcom invested heavily in IPTV in the first half of 2008, and existing policies and actions are predicted to drive the development of the local market in the long term.

[openPR.com Newsfeed] openPR.com - Press release - World On-Demand - Thuan Viet, the ...: Added Dennis Young, CEO of GLOCAL MEDIA (owner and operator of the Thuan Viet channel), “we are pleased to be expanding our relationship with TNMG and to be carried on World On-Demand. Its a fantastic platform and fantastic concept.

[IT Facts] Americans watch 142 hours of TV a month | IT Facts: Nielsen Media Research found that an average American watches 142 hours of TV in a month. Last season the typical home had a television on for 8:18 each day.

[RSS Feed for Masimo, Inc.] IPTV Over GPON and Bonded DSL Key Components of BroadbandSuite 3.0 ...: George Dobrowski, President and Chairman of the Broadband Forum, explains, "With over 17 million IPTV subscribers around the world - two and half million in the US alone - the ability to offer triple play services is essential if a service provider is to remain successful in such a competitive market. However, different geographical areas and landscapes demand different access technologies.

[TVover.net] Report: China's STB Market to Maintain Steady Growth - TVover.net: Table 1: Product Structure of China's Digital TV STB Market in 2004-2008 Unit: 10K Sets 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Q1-Q3 Cable 61.1 295.1 953.2 1219.3 1574.6 Terrestrial 1.1 3.8 18.4 26.4 23.7 Satellite 2.2 3.1 8.5 10.0 10.1 IP 2.8 22.1 28.3 63.7 58.3 Total 67.2 324.1 1008.4 1319.4 1666.7 Source: CCID Consulting, Oct. 2008

[Cell Bharat] DTH roundup: Dish TV crosses 4.5 million subscribers; Big DTH ...: Dishtv, subsidary of the biggest media conglomerate - Zee group, reached a significant milestone of crossing 4.5 Million subscriber mark and thus consolidating its leadership position as the largest and most innovative DTH Company in India. Dishtv is the leader in DTH sector with a market share of more than 53 per cent of the total subscriber base of 8 million.

[Broadband TV News] Yes grows subscriber revenues : Broadband TV News: EBITDA climbed from NIS 62 million to NIS 111 million, though last year’s results were impacted by the alleged spy ship interference problems that resulted in a temporary disruption to services.

[India Broadband Forum] General: Where cable cannot reach, DTH can - India Broadband Forum: Digital cable currently caters to about 1 million subscribers and the implementation of conditional access (CAS) will drive large-scale conversion from analog to digital pay TV. On the other hand, DTH currently caters to about 7.5 million subscribers between the three operators and with the increase in the number of operators—especially with the coming of Reliance Big TV and Videocon D2H+—this figure is likely to grow.

[BriefingRoom on TelephonyOnline] BriefingRoom on TelephonyOnline » Blog Archive » DiBcom teams up ...: By featuring DiBcom’s DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) receiver, the LG KB770 is equipped to reliably receive the standard free-to-air terrestrial digital TV signal that covers most European countries. With support for WCDMA 2100 and for GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSPDA data - this 3G/3G+ multi-band device is likely to become very popular on the European market where it will be launched in November.

[Cell Bharat] Nokia launches 5800 Xpressmusic in India | CellBharat.com | Indian ...: Shivakumar, Managing Director, Nokia India said, “As Nokia’s first mass-market device with a touch screen, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic turns a ‘user interface’ into a ‘human interface’

[ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)] Significant issues arising out of the Private Television ...: All subscribers of 3G services who have 3G mobile phones and all subscribers of wired and wireless broadband Internet access in Sri Lanka are, given the lack of any meaningful definition of ”˜broadcaster’ in this Gazette coupled with the confusion between commercial IP TV broadcast models and user generated video content production models, subject to these regulations. Though aimed at Private TV broadcasters, the over broad scope and nature of the Regulations and the onus placed on ISPs to regulate content over their networks severely undermines the freedom of expression of end-users, including citizen journalists, media personnel and activists, for example, who document human rights abuses by the State.

[Microsoft Pri0] Microsoft Pri0 | Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software now used by 2 ...: Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Benjamin J. Romano, who has been covering the company for more than two years.

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] Tele2 Winner of 2008 InfoWorld 100: Tiscali TV had just 36,000 subscribers at the end of October 2007, a fall from the 45,000 HomeChoice subscribers recorded in August 2006. Tiscali...

[Telecompetitor -] 75% of Broadband Customers Willing to Try New Provider ...: There is a growing portion of the population who find the value of traditional wireline phone service elsewhere - either through wireless or broadband/IP services. But, if they could get the security of landline 911, and an extra dial tone in their home as a free value add for subscribing to broadband (or video from a telco’s perspective), maybe a telco’s bundled offering may look more attractive than a comparable cable offering.

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