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Pace Americas Announces Family of Next-Generation MPEG-4 Set-Top Boxes for Cable
May 18, 2008 – Pace Micro Technology (LSE:PIC) has announced a new family of next-generation MPEG-4 advanced video compression set-top boxes for cable operators in North and South America.
News categories: Pace Micro, Cable TV, Content Protection, DOCSIS, DVR, Latin America, Middleware, North America, Set Top Box, USA

Panasonic to Showcase tru2way™ Leadership at Cable Show 2008
May 16, 2008 – Panasonic is showcasing its tru2way-based cable product line-up in its booth (#3005) at the Cable Show 2008.
News categories: Panasonic, Cable TV, Content Protection, DOCSIS, DVD, DVR, Optical Disc Recorder, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Microtune at The Cable Show: Silicon Tuners Drive Next-Generation All-Digital Entertainment and Telecommunications Services
May 15, 2008 – At The Cable Show, Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUNE) will showcase state-of-the-art broadband TV tuners that are fueling cable television's evolution to next-generation all-digital entertainment and telecommunications.
News categories: Microtune, Cable TV, DOCSIS, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

BT preliminary results - year to March 31, 2008
May 15, 2008 – BT (LSE: BT.A)(NYSE: BT) continued the roll out of BT Vision with customer numbers reaching 214,000. Of the 94,000 net additions in the quarter, the subscription attachment rate at point of sale averaged 68 per cent.
News categories: BT Vision, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK

Sigma Designs to Showcase DOCSIS 3.0 Multi Channel and tru2way™ Set-Top Box at NCTA Cable Show 2008
May 15, 2008 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), leveraging Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) cable TV technology and VividLogic's tru2way™ software, has announced demonstrations of its DOCSIS 3.0 multi channel and tru2way™ set-top box at the NCTA Cable Show 2008.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Texas Instruments, VividLogic, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA

Telefonica posts a 22.4% increase in net profit in the first quarter to €1,538 million
May 14, 2008 – Telefónica (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF) has increased global pay TV subscribers by +64.4%. In Spain, Telefonica added 42,958 new IPTV customers in the quarter (35,591 in the same period of 2007) to give a total of 554,045 at the end of March 2008.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, MMDS, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

EchoStar Develops Products and Services for Cable Industry
May 14, 2008 – EchoStar Technologies (NASDAQ:SATS) has announced its entry into the cable industry with the introduction of CableLabs Certified® DOCSIS® 2.0 SlingModem at CableNET® in New Orleans.
News categories: EchoStar, Sling Media, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Placeshifting, Streaming, 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

DOCSIS 3.0 CMTSs and Cable Modems Achieve 'Firsts'
May 9, 2008 – Modems and headend gear for DOCSIS 3.0, from multiple supplying companies, were found during a recently concluded test wave to comply with CableLabs specifications.
News categories: CableLabs, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, DOCSIS, USA