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Switching to Digital TV in Russia and Ukraine
Feb 19, 2010 – The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published a new report on the work in progress to prepare the switch-over process in Russia and Ukraine.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Digital TV, Market Research, Russia, Terrestrial, Ukraine

Sky New Zealand doubles HDi PVR subscribers in 2009
Feb 18, 2010 – SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has released its interim report for the six months to 31 December 2009. At 31 December 2009, SKY had 144,148 MYSKY HDi subscribers compared to 70,384 in December 2008, an increase of 104.8%.
News categories: SKY Television, DVR, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV U.S. up 119,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 254,000 in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported fourth quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 119,000 to give 18.56 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 254,000 to give 4.59 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Poland's 'n' DTH adds 120k post-paid in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – TVN Group has announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. The 'n' DTH platform reached 692 thousand active subscribers as of the end of 2009, up by over 120 thousand in the fourth quarter.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Swisscom TV adds 44k subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – Swisscom (Swiss: SCMN) has released its Annual Report for 2009. The number of Swisscom TV customers almost doubled in the space of a year to end 2009 at 230,000.
News categories: Swisscom, Fastweb, IPTV, Italy, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Switzerland

Com Hem adds 31k digital TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 17, 2010 – Com Hem has reported results for 2009. During the fourth quarter of 2009, the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 31,100 (6 percent) to 575,800 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Rogers adds 39k digital cable subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 17, 2010 – Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.a; RCI.b)(NYSE: RCI) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The digital cable subscriber base grew by 7% from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009, to 72% of television households.
News categories: Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Subscribers

T-Hrvatski Telekom IPTV subscribers up 74% in 2009
Feb 16, 2010 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ) has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2009. By the end of 2009, IPTV customers reached 235,980, an increase of 74.1% from the beginning of the year.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Dialog Telekom ends 2009 with 149,000 DTV subscribers
Feb 12, 2010 – Dialog Telekom (Colombo:DIAL) has announced results for the quarter ended 31st December 2009 and full year 2009. DTV recorded a year-end subscriber base of 149,449, representing a 6% growth relative to Q3 2009 and a 22% growth YoY.
News categories: Dialog Telekom, Results, Satellite, Sri Lanka, Subscribers