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SNL Kagan Publishes Global HDTV Study
Nov 8, 2007 – "Global High Definition Television Trends," a new study from SNL Kagan, reports that pay-TV operators are increasingly using HDTV service to distinguish themselves in competitive markets.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Australia, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mexico, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK, USA

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 8, 2007 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Digital cable additions continued to accelerate in the third quarter, with the addition of 234,000 organic RGUs, a 19% improvement over the comparable period in 2006.
News categories: Liberty Global, Earnings Release, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Europe's IPTV Growth is Strong, But Operators Face ARPU Challenges
Nov 8, 2007 – Although IPTV subscriptions in Europe are expected to grow five-fold by 2011 - to more than 25 million - a new study from Parks Associates finds that operators are ARPU-challenged and facing strong competition.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research

Golden Telecom reports a 53% year-on-year increase in revenues and 207% increase in net income
Nov 8, 2007 – Golden Telecom launched IPTV service in trial mode using the infrastructure of Corbina. The IPTV technology is based on a Microsoft platform and allows greater flexibility and interactivity enabling Video-on-Demand ("VoD"), Pay-per-View and other value added services.
News categories: Golden Telecom, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Russia, Smart Home, Subscribers

Consolidated Communications Holdings Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 8, 2007 – IPTV growth was strong, adding almost 1,500 subscribers and bringing the total subscriber base to over 11,000. Our digital video recorder (DVR) product is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter, which will complete our current product suite.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, Earnings Release, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

BT second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2007
Nov 8, 2007 – At the end of October BT Vision had more than 60,000 customers. Further growth will be aided by the recent launch of a self install option, offering customers the choice to install BT Vision without the need for an engineer visit.
News categories: BT, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Spain - November DTT monthly update released
Nov 8, 2007 – In September, 372,325 DTT receivers were sold, marking a new record high for the last twelve months, with a substantial increase in the sale of DTT set-top boxes from 128,000 in August to 153,000 in September.
News categories: Impulsa-TDT, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Terrestrial

Deutsche Telekom stabilizes its business in Germany and grows in mobile communications
Nov 8, 2007 – Entertain - T-Home's TV entertainment product - proved its suitability for the mass market with its relaunch at IFA and had been ordered by some 50,000 customers by the end of the third quarter.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

News Corporation Reports First Quarter Operating Income of $1.05 Billion
Nov 7, 2007 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) reported 410,000 net new SKY Italia subscribers added over the past 12 months, bringing SKY Italia's subscriber base to 4.24 million at quarter-end.
News categories: News Corporation, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers