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May 26, 2008
Viewing behaviour shifts as IPTV gains traction

advancedtelevision.com - Research from analyst firm Canalys indicates that, while the IPTV market will continue to gather momentum over the next four years, competition from other video delivery platforms will make it increasingly difficult for service providers to convince consumers to invest in services.

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May 23, 2008
IPTV needs whole-home networking solution

advancedtelevision.com - IPTV faces an uphill struggle to penetrate the consumer market if it remains a stand-alone pay-TV service, according to Gartner.

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May 13, 2008
Ads will move to Internet TV

advancedtelevision.com - Yankee Group has claimed that there is a significant shift taking place in the advertising industry - cable and IPTV operators will lose out to Internet video platforms in the competition for the incremental ad revenue that supports investments in interactive television.

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May 9, 2008
IPTV STBs - $3bn business in 2012

advancedtelevision.com - The IMS Research study 'IPTV: A Global Market Analysis - 2008 Edition' forecasts that, on a worldwide basis, shipments of IP set-top boxes will grow at a CAGR of 37.1 per cent through the end of 2012.

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Apr 25, 2008
IPTV market sees aggressive growth

advancedtelevision.com - The Synergy 2007 IPTV Market Share report has shown the overall IPTV equipment revenue, from the core of the network to the set-top box, is growing aggressively at 47 per cent year over year.

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Apr 22, 2008
60 mn IPTV subscribers by 2010 : TMG

indiantelevision.com - There will be nearly 60 million Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010, according to the latest report from Telecommunications Management Group (TMG).

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Apr 21, 2008
Sun expands streaming system for IPTV platform

indiantelevision.com - Sun Microsystems is expanding its Sun Streaming System product portfolio, creating what it claims is an IPTV platform that can scale seamlessly and cost-effectively from 100 to 160,000 simultaneous streams.

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Mar 12, 2008
Global IPTV subscriptions pass 12m at end 2007

advancedtelevision.com - The total number of IPTV subscribers grew by 117 per cent in 2007 to reach 12.34 million, up from 5.71 million at the end of 2006, according to research by Informa.

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Feb 20, 2008
Asia-Pacific will outpace Europe in IPTV

advancedtelevision.com - The global IPTV industry is rapidly expanding with the rising penetration of broadband in households all over the world, says "Global IPTV: Market Analysis and Forecast to 2011", a comprehensive market research report by RNCOS, a market research company.

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Feb 13, 2008
SanDisk, SKtelecom launch card-based solution for mobile TV and video recording

indiantelevision.com - SanDiskĀ® Corporation and Korean mobile operator SK Telecom today announced that the companies have completed the development of a new solution for mobile television and mobile personal video recorder capability.

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Feb 12, 2008
NDS unveils mobile TV rights platform

advancedtelevision.com - Digital pay-TV technology solutions NDS has unveiled what it claims is the world's first hybrid rights and business management platform for mobile TV.

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Feb 7, 2008
Viewing of TV shows online getting popular in US: Study

indiantelevision.com - Nearly 80 million Americans (43 per cent of the online population) have watched one of their favourite TV shows on the Internet, up significantly from 12 months ago when that figure was just 25 per cent.

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Nov 27, 2007
Digital TV households to touch 239 million in 2007

indiantelevision.com - New research published by Informa Telecoms and Media shows that nearly 54 million digital TV households will be added in 2007, bringing the global total to 239 million.

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Nov 14, 2007
IPTV to have 72.6 million subscribers by 2011: Study

indiantelevision.com - IPTV subscribers are estimated to grow at a CAGR of 40 per cent from 13.5 million in 2007 to 72.6 million in 2011, according to research firm MRG's bi-annual IPTV forecast.

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Nov 3, 2007
40 million IPTV households expected worldwide by 2010

indiantelevision.com - Research firm Canalys forecasts there will be 39.6 million IPTV subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010.

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