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ONO second quarter 2008 results
Jul 31, 2008 – Spain's ONO has announced consolidated unaudited results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2008. Cable television customers increased by 148,000 or 16.4% in the last twelve months to reach 1,052,000 as of 30 June 2008.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

More than 10 million requests for Telenet Digital TV in 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – During its half-yearly press update about digital television, Telenet (Euronext Brussels: TNET) announced that between 1 January 2008 and 31 July 2008 no less than 10 million video-on-demand (VOD) requests were received.
News categories: Telenet, INDI, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers

SanomaWSOY (Welho) Interim Report 1 January-30 June 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – In January-June, SanomaWSOY (Helsinki:SWS1V) Group's net sales increased by 3.2%, totalling EUR 1,452.8 (1,408.0) million. In June, Nelonen was the first TV channel in Finland to launch a free HDTV service on Welho's cable network.
News categories: Welho, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, Results, Subscribers

Continued strong performance by France Telecom in the first half 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – France Telecom (Paris:FTE)(NYSE:FTE) revenues for the first half 2008 rose to €26.304 billion. ADSL digital TV services (IPTV) had a total of 1.54 million subscribers in Europe at 30 June 2008, compared with 872,000 one year earlier.
News categories: France Telecom, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Spain, Subscribers

BT first quarter to June 30, 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – Revenue for BT (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) was 3 per cent higher at £5,177 million in the quarter. The roll out of the BT Vision television service continued during the quarter, with customer numbers reaching 282,000 at June 30, 2008.
News categories: BT Vision, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Cablevision Systems Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Jul 31, 2008 – Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 120,000 or 4.5% from March 2008 and 239,000 or 9.4% from June 2007.
News categories: Cablevision Systems, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Telefónica on track to meet its 2008 targets
Jul 31, 2008 – Telefónica (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF)'s results for the second half of the year show high growth rates. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2 million at end of the first half of the year, up 57.4% on the prior year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

BSkyB results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2008
Jul 31, 2008 – In the three months to 30 June 2008 British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) net customer additions were 92,000, bringing the total customer base to 8.98 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

HDTV Market to Reach 255 Million Households in 2013
Jul 31, 2008 – The IMS Research study 'The Worldwide Market for High-Definition TV Equipment & Services - 2008 Edition' reveals that an estimated 45 million households worldwide received HDTV service via DTH, cable, IPTV and DTT at the end of 2007.
News categories: IMS Research, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial