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News Corp. 4th Qtr FY08 - June 30, 2008
Aug 5, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported fourth quarter net income of $1.1 billion. SKY Italia added more than 366,000 net subscribers over the previous 12 months, bringing it's subscriber base to 4.56 million at quarter end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corporation, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

NDS Group PLC Reports Fiscal Year 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – NDS Group (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. 90.3 million active devices were protected by NDS conditional access technology and 92.5 million middleware clients were deployed at the end of the period.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, DRM, DVR, IPTV, MandA, Market Research, Middleware, Mobile, Private Equity, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

France - August 'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique'
Aug 4, 2008 – TDF, in conjunction with NPA Conseil, has published its quarterly status report on the French digital TV market. At end-June 2008, 56% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.3 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, NPA Conseil, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Insight Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 4, 2008 – Insight Communications Company has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. The digital customer net gain was 9,200, an increase of 300 over net additions in Q2 2007. Total digital customers at quarter end were 406,100.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Integrated Digital TV Shipments to Grow to 143 million. Is the Set-top Box Under Threat?
Aug 4, 2008 – IMS Research is forecasting that shipments of integrated digital TVs (iDTVs) will grow to 143 million in 2013, up from and estimated 52 million in 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, Market Research, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Iliad (Free) 1H 2008 Revenues
Aug 4, 2008 – Iliad (Paris: ILD) subsidiary Free recruited 230,000 new ADSL subscribers (net of terminations) in 1st half 2008. The ADSL subscriber base thus increased from 2,904,000 at 31 December 2007 to 3,134,000 at 30 June 2008.
News categories: Iliad, Broadband, France, IPTV, Results, Streaming, Subscribers

DISH Network® Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Aug 4, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) lost approximately 25,000 net subscribers during the quarter ended June 30, 2008, ending the quarter with approximately 13.79 million subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Korea - DMB receiver sales reach 13.69 million
Aug 3, 2008 – The number of DMB-enabled receivers sold in Korea reached 13.69 million in June - there were six million T-DMB mobile-phones and 1.31 million S-DMB receivers. The rest are split between in-car navigation systems, PMPs, USB devices, and laptops.
News categories: Automotive, Digital TV, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Tablet

MobiTV Soars Past Four Million Subscribers
Jul 31, 2008 – MobiTV has announced that its managed network for mobile television and radio has surpassed four million subscribers. Since launching in November 2003, MobiTV has deployed its television offerings on more than 15 carrier networks.
News categories: MobiTV, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers, USA