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Time Warner Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 7, 2007 – Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) digital video subscribers totaled 7.9 million at the end of the quarter, representing a 59% penetration of basic video customers. Digital video net additions reached 128,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Time Warner, Earnings Releases, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

The DIRECTV Group Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
Nov 7, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. net subscriber additions increased 45% to 240,000 in the quarter bringing the total number of subscribers as of September 30, 2007 to 16.56 million. DIRECTV Latin America had a nearly fourfold increase in net subscriber additions to 161,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Earnings Release, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Increase in customers helps Swisscom grow and increase profits
Nov 7, 2007 – After adjustments for the takeover of Fastweb and special effects in the previous year, Swisscom's business proved stable. By the end of September, over 60,000 customers had chosen Bluewin TV.
News categories: Swisscom, Interim Report, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

Orb Networks Hits 2 Million-User Mark
Nov 7, 2007 – Orb Networks has announced that it has passed two million registered users, just 2 weeks after hitting the 1 million mark.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Streaming, Subscribers

3rd quarter 2007: Premiere posts EBITDA of EUR 22.0 million and increases subscriber numbers to 4.17 million
Nov 6, 2007 – There was a clear increase in subscriber numbers quarter-on-quarter (3,473,174 on June 30): with a net growth of 700,221 customers in the 3rd quarter 2007, Premiere registered 4,173,395 subscribers as of September 30.
News categories: Premiere AG, Key figures Q3 2007, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Videotron Exceeds Forecasts for the Third Straight Quarter in 2007
Nov 6, 2007 – Vidéotron today posted impressive growth for the third consecutive quarter. In the third quarter of 2007, Vidéotron posted a net increase of 41,000 subscribers to its illico Digital TV service, bringing the total to 720,000.
News categories: Vidéotron, Quebecor Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Subscribers

Mediacom Communications Reports Results for Third Quarter 2007
Nov 6, 2007 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. Digital video customers grew by 9,000 during the third quarter of 2007, as compared to an increase of 18,000 in the same period last year.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Full Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Hanaro Records Net Income for Two Consecutive Quarters, Well Poised to Post a Turnaround for the Year 2007
Nov 6, 2007 – hanaTV revenues doubled QoQ to KRW 15.3 billion, and it has rolled out new value-added services including karaoke and launched customized advertising services after securing a sizable subscriber base of 500,000 in 3Q 2007.
News categories: Hanaro, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

OECD broadband statistics (June 2007)
Nov 5, 2007 – Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 24% from 178 million in June 2006 to 221 million subscribers in June 2007. Broadband penetration rates increased from 15.1 in June 2006 to 18.8 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.
News categories: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Broadband Statistics Portal, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA