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KDG digital video RGUs up 49k in 2Q09
Aug 27, 2009 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Kabel Digital pay TV RGUs coupled with Digital Access RGUs contributed to a total of 2.1 million digital video RGUs at the end of the period.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Chunghwa Telecom Multimedia-on-Demand subscribers down 26k in 2Q09
Aug 27, 2009 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported results for the first six months of 2009. At the end of the quarter, Chunghwa had 660,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, a 29.7% y-o-y increase, though down 26,000 on end-March 2009.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

Comstar 2Q09: Pay TV subscribers down in Moscow; flat in the Regions
Aug 27, 2009 – COMSTAR (LSE: CMST) has announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. In Moscow, the number of triple-play subscribers decreased by 3% quarter-on-quarter to 133 thousand. In the Regions subscriber numbers were flat at 1.953 million.
News categories: COMSTAR, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

TiVo subscribers down 146 thousand in quarter to end-July 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2009. TiVo lost 42,000 direct subscribers and 104,000 subscribers through MSOs/broadcasters, to leave a total of 3.05 million at the end of the period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue on Pace to Decline 17 Percent in 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on track to total $212 billion in 2009, a 17.1 percent decline from 2008 revenue of $255 billion, according to the latest outlook by Gartner.
News categories: Gartner, Market Research, Semiconductor

Videotron illico Digital TV Now in More Than a Million Quebec Homes
Aug 26, 2009 – Videotron has announced that its cable television service has passed a new milestone, passing the million-customer mark for its digital service to position the Company as the Quebec industry leader.
News categories: Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Subscribers

IPTV growing fastest in Portugal
Aug 25, 2009 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of June 2009 the number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.372 million, 47 thousand more than in the previous quarter and up 232 thousand year-on-year.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Germany: CE Market Index (CEMIX) Q1-Q2 2009
Aug 24, 2009 – Results from Q1-Q2 2009 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for CE markets, are available - LCD TV and Home Cinema System sales performed well, whilst the majority of product sales continued to decline
News categories: GfK, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Set-Top Box Shipments Rise in 2009 Despite Economic Downturn
Aug 24, 2009 – Defying the current economic turmoil, global Set-Top Box (STB) shipments are expected to rise in 2009 due to rising demand from Asia and from products supporting High Definition (HD), Digital Video Recording and IPTV, according to iSuppli.
News categories: iSuppli, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial