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Sky Mexico adds 140k subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for 2009. During the fourth quarter, Sky added 143 thousand subscribers of which 140 thousand were in Mexico and three thousand were in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
News categories: Grupo Televisa, Cable TV, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

France Telecom adds 301,000 TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its fourth quarter and full year 2009 results. France Telecom had 3.2 million digital TV (IPTV and satellite) subscribers at the end of 2009, a 53% increase in the year, and up 301,000 in the quarter.
News categories: France Telecom, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Cablevision adds 4,800 digital video customers in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 4,800 or 0.2% from September 2009 and 55,900 or 2.0% from December 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Magyar Telekom Sat TV up 35k and IPTV up 14k in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Magyar Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has reported results for 2009. The total number of TV customers at the end of 2009 was 630,000, up by 174,000 from a year earlier and up 46,000 in the quarter.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers

More Australians making the switch to digital TV
Feb 25, 2010 – The number of Australians who have converted to digital television grew steadily during 2009. The latest results of the Digital Tracker survey found 61 per cent of Australian households had converted to digital TV by the end of 2009.
News categories: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial

Sky Deutschland subscribers up 39k in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) has announced results for Q4 2009. The total number of direct subscribers was 2.47 million on 31 December 2009. In Q4 2009, net subscriber growth was 39,000. Gross additions amounted to 167,000.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Virgin Media adds 112,700 HD DVR subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 25, 2010 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) has announces results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Virgin Media added V+ HD DVR subscribers at a record rate with a further 112,700 subscribers in the quarter to reach an installed base of 862,000.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Grow 20 Percent in 2010
Feb 24, 2010 – Worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2010 is forecast to reach $276 billion in 2010, a 19.9 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $231 billion, according to the latest outlook by Gartner, Inc.
News categories: Gartner, Market Research, Semiconductor

Conax claims 15% DVB and 40% DTT market shares
Feb 24, 2010 – Conax (Oslo:TEL) exhibited continued market growth in 2009 cultivating a 15% market share in the global DVB market and winning most new contracts. Conax is also a leader within content security for DTT, capturing 40% of the DTT market.
News categories: Conax, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial