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Charter Reports First-Quarter Financial and Operating Results
May 3, 2007 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) has reported its first quarter 2007 financial and operating results. Digital video customers increased by approximately 65,000, a 15% increase compared to 56,500 net additions in the year-ago quarter.
News categories: Charter Communications, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

BSkyB Results for the nine months ended 31 March 2007
May 2, 2007 – Gross additions of 340,000 were 25% higher than the prior year and were the highest third quarter additions in six years. Net additions of 51,000 were 28% higher than the third quarter of 2006 to give a total of 8.492 million. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Analysis Reveals Motorola's Strong Position in IP STBs
May 2, 2007 – ABI Research’s newest study of the IP-STB market has revealed some noteworthy new dynamics. The report includes a SWOT analysis of the major IP-STB vendors worldwide which highlights Motorola’s recent emergence as a strong and prominent player. More …
News categories: Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Verizon Reports Strong 1Q 2007 Results
Apr 30, 2007 – Verizon Telecom (NYSE: VZ) added a net of 141,000 new FiOS TV customers in the first quarter 2007. Verizon served 348,000 FiOS TV customers as of the end of the quarter, and this growth is accelerating.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Canada - SaskTel Exceeds $1 Billion in Revenues
Apr 27, 2007 – Max(TM) Entertainment Services’ IPTV grew to 51,277 customers. In 2006, SaskTel launched Max HD, the world’s first commercial launch of HDTV over an IPTV network. More …
News categories: Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Canada - MTS TV passes 70,000 subscribers
Apr 27, 2007 – MTS TV, the digital television product offered by MTS Allstream Inc. in Winnipeg, crossed yet another major milestone today after officially installing 70,000 customers. More …
News categories: Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Comcast Reports First Quarter 2007 Results
Apr 27, 2007 – Comcast added 644,000 digital cable customers in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 82% from the 355,000 digital cable customers added in the same period one year ago.
News categories: Comcast, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Consumer DVD Recorders Poised to Challenge DVRs, PC-based DVD Burners
Apr 27, 2007 – The consumer DVD recorder market experienced smaller than expected growth in 2006, but IMS Research estimates the volume of DVD recorders shipped worldwide in 2011 will reach 59 million units. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder

AT&T Delivers Strong First Quarter
Apr 27, 2007 – At the end of the first quarter, AT&T had 13,000 U-verse video subscribers, up from 3,000 three months earlier. As of April 24, U-verse subscribers in service had reached approximately 20,000. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA