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37% of France's ADSL subscribers have TV-over-DSL
May 4, 2009 – France's telecoms authority, ARCEP, has published its latest market survey up to the end of the fourth quarter 2008. At the end of the period, 37% of ADSL subscribers, or 6.2 million, were also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.
News categories: ARCEP, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Subscribers

March Chip Sales Rebound Slightly from February
May 1, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors for the first quarter of 2009 were $44.0 billion, a 29.9% decline from the first quarter of 2008 when sales were $62.8 billion. Sales declined by 15.7% from the fourth quarter of 2008 when sales were $52.2 billion.
News categories: Semiconductor Industry Association, Market Research, Semiconductor

BSkyB adds 80k subscribers in quarter to end-March
May 1, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) net customer additions for the quarter ended 31 March 2009 were 80,000 taking the total base to 9.318 million. Gross customer additions were 13% higher year-on-year at 327,000 and churn was 10.6%.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Grupo Televisa's Sky adds 140k subscribers Y-o-Y to end 1Q09
Apr 30, 2009 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for first quarter 2009. The number of gross active Sky subscribers increased to 1,784,608 as of March 31, 2009, compared with 1,642,923 as of March 31, 2008.
News categories: Televisa, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Spain's DIGITAL+ subscribers down 34 thousand in Q1
Apr 30, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for the period January-March 2009. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+, Sogecable's Spanish satellite platform, was 2,001,000 at quarter end, down from 2,035,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Comcast Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
Apr 30, 2009 – Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. At the end of the quarter, Comcast's video, high-speed Internet and voice customers totaled 46.1 million, reflecting 549,000 net additions in the period.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Croatia's MAXtv subscribers up 167.9% to 150,953
Apr 30, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced results for the first three months of 2009. MAXtv, the Group's TV service, increased subscriber numbers by 167.9%, ending the first quarter of 2009 with 150,953 subscribers.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Sky+HD passes 1 million homes after record growth
Apr 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the total number of Sky+HD customers has passed the 1 million mark for the first time after record sales in the first three months of 2009.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

2.5 million digital TV customers for France Telecom
Apr 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its first quarter 2009 results. The company had 2.5 million digital TV (ADSL and satellite) customers at 31 March 2009, a year-on-year increase of 75%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers