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CANAL+ Cyfrowy: 2008 Financial Results
Feb 16, 2009 – CANAL+ Cyfrowy, operator of Poland's CYFRA+ digital satellite platform, finished 2008 with 1,380,000 subscribers.
News categories: Canal+ Cyfrowy, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Germany had 28 million Online Video Viewers Watch More Than 3 billion Videos in December 2008
Feb 16, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 28.5 million German Internet users viewed a video online in December 2008, up 10 percent versus the previous year.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

EU Member States on course for analogue terrestrial TV switch-off
Feb 16, 2009 – The switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV transmission in Europe is well on track. Switch-off has already been completed in five Member States and by 2010 the process should be well advanced in the whole EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

UK mobile customers predict significant rise in mobile TV and video usage by 2010
Feb 16, 2009 – QuickPlay Media has revealed the results of an independent survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. The survey indicates an increase in the number of consumers that have viewed mobile TV and video content, rising from 41 to 48%.
News categories: QuickPlay Media, Market Research, Mobile, MWC24, UK

Continued growth for Com Hem in 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – Com Hem is continuing its strong growth in all three service areas. Digital TV is still strong: during the fourth quarter of 2008, the number of subscriptions increased by 4 percent to 468,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Charter Communications Reports Preliminary Financial and Operating Results for Fourth Quarter 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – Charter Communications (Nasdaq:CHTR) has announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter of 2008. Net gains of digital video customers were approximately 22,300 compared to a net gain of approximately 59,500 in the fourth quarter of 2007.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Netflix Passes 10 Million Subscribers, With 600,000 Net Additions Since the First of the Year
Feb 12, 2009 – Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has announced that it has surpassed 10 million subscribers, a milestone that reflects the widespread and growing appeal of the company's service.
News categories: Netflix, Digital TV, DVD, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

TeliaSonera January-December 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) net sales increased 12.7 percent to SEK 28,096 million (24,921). The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 98,000 from year-end 2007 to 867,000, of which 477,000 were IPTV subscriptions, up 99,000.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

MTG (Viasat) Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008
Feb 12, 2009 – MTG (OMX Nordic: MTGA, MTGB) has announced its results for the fourth quarter 2008. The number of subscribers with ViasatPlus Personal Video Recorders increased from 103,000 at the end of the third quarter to 115,000 at the end of the fourth.
News categories: MTG, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine