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The UK has passed its high-speed broadband milestone, with two million subscribers at the beginning of July, according to Point Topic.

Channel 4’s new viewer engagement strategy has signed up five million people, up from two million at the end of 2011.

According to Reuters, US pay TV subscriptions have dropped by more than 400,000 this year. In Q2, Time Warner Cable saw video subscriptions fall by 169,000; Comcast 176,000, Dish 10,000 and DirecTV 52,000.

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from 2 recent video reports, Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers, which tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers, and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) and over-the-top (OTT) media servers.“2012 will be… Continue reading Video infrastructure markets growing despite challenges – big year for multi-screen TV

Sky has confirmed that catch-up content from Channel 5 will become available on its TV on-demand service Sky Anytime+. Launching into the service later on this year, content from Channel 5 will be available alongside catch-up content from the BBC and ITV, all of which will be offered alongside the best in on-demand content from… Continue reading Orange sees solid TV growth

Deutsche Telekom is bucking the industry trend with its decision to charge its IPTV customers to access the multi-screen TV service that will launch later this year. The company’s consumer research indicates a willingness to pay and according to Dr Randolph Nikutta, Leader Interactive High End Media Innovation & Development at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, “It… Continue reading Deutsche Telekom bucks the trend with paid multi-screen

BT added 21,000 subscribers for its IPTV service BT Vision in the second quarter of 2012 to reach a total of 728,000 customers. Growth was slower than than the previous quarter, but the UK telco expects growth to pick up again once its new football-focused channel arrives in time for the 2013/2014 Premier League season.The… Continue reading BT Vision adds 21,000 subscribers

Sky has confirmed that catch-up content from Channel 5 will become available on its TV on-demand service Sky Anytime+. Launching into the service later on this year, content from Channel 5 will be available alongside catch-up content from the BBC and ITV, all of which will be offered alongside the best in on-demand content from… Continue reading Channel 5 content on Sky Anytime+

Announcing its Q1 results, UK telco TalkTalk has confirmed the launch of Free TV for its TalkTalk Plus customers. Customers will be able to pre-register immediately for their free YouView set-top box with no additional monthly subscription.The company says the incremental cost of acquiring new triple-play customers of £140 will deliver positive EBITDA over the… Continue reading TalkTalk confirms Free TV package

Viewster and Warner Bros have signed a distribution contract that will see the Studio’s current releases and brand new blockbusters, as well as around 1000 catalogue titles made available via Viewster’s VoD platform.This two-part deal will make some of Warner Bros’ most popular content available to Viewster users in German-speaking territories – beginning with Germany,… Continue reading Viewster sign Warner Bros deal