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Vivendi: Very Good First Quarter - 2008 Outlook Confirmed
May 14, 2008 – Vivendi's revenues from pay-TV operations in France increased to €971 million (+5%), mainly driven by Canal+ and CanalSat portfolio growth, up 180,000 subscriptions compared to the same period last year, and higher advertising revenues.
News categories: Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cyfrowy Polsat: record financial results in the first quarter of 2008
May 14, 2008 – The size of the Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) subscriber base has increased by 720 thousand (almost 50%) in the course of the past year to reach 2.19 million.
News categories: Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Cox Achieves with Double-Digit Growth in Digital Services
May 14, 2008 – Cox Communications has announced highlights of its first quarter performance which demonstrated double-digit year-over-year growth in each of its core digital residential services - digital cable, high-speed Internet and telephone.
News categories: Cox Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Subscribers, USA

Spain - May DTT monthly update released
May 14, 2008 – According to Impulsa-TDT, in March, 427,000 DTT receivers (209,000 IDTVs) were sold, with cumulative receiver sales over the past 12 months of around 5.2 million units.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Tata Sky Celebrates 2 Million Subscribers in India on its NDS Platform
May 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Tata Sky has achieved the remarkable milestone of 2 million subscribers to its DTH service in India within a period of only 20 months.
News categories: NDS Group, Tata Sky, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

MRG's Global IPTV Market Leaders Report Reflects Market Resilience
May 13, 2008 – The new worldwide IPTV Forecast from MRG, Inc. confirms that the increased revenues of Telcos and IPTV Operators remain in positive financial territory, and are not negatively impacted by the global turmoil in the credit, oil and housing sectors.
News categories: MRG, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

DISH Network Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
May 13, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq:DISH) added approximately 35,000 net new subscribers during the quarter ended March 31, 2008, giving the company approximately 13.815 million subscribers as of that date.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Charter Reports First Quarter Financial and Operating Results
May 12, 2008 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) has reported its first quarter 2008 financial and operating results. Digital video customers increased by approximately 102,800 and basic video customers decreased by 11,900.
News categories: Charter Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

SanomaWSOY's Interim Report 1 January-31 March 2008
May 9, 2008 – Welho's net sales increased strongly due to strong growth in pay TV, broadband subscriptions and the sale of digital set-top boxes. The 100,000-mark in Welho's broadband subscriptions was reached in January, and in pay TV services in February.
News categories: Welho, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers