Canada Digital TV News

Shaw delivers solid first quarter results
Jan 14, 2009 – Shaw Communications (STSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the first quarter ended November 30, 2008. During the quarter digital cable customers grew by 60,717 to 967,037 and DTH (Star Choice) customers increased 448 to 892,976.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Continued growth for COGECO despite the difficult economic climate
Jan 14, 2009 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced its results for the first quarter of 2009, ended November 30, 2008. Digital Television service net additions stood at 23,617 customers compared to 16,253 customers for the same period in the prior year.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Nortel Obtains Court Orders for Creditor Protection
Jan 14, 2009 – Nortel Networks Corporation (NYSE/TSX: NT) has announced that the Company, Nortel Networks Limited and certain other Canadian subsidiaries have obtained an Order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for creditor protection.
News categories: Nortel, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, UK, USA

TiVo Reports Record Profitability for the Third Quarter Ended October 31, 2008
Nov 25, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2008. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the third quarter were approximately 44,000, compared to 69,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Canada, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Cloakware Introduces High-Security Software Solutions for North American Cable Operators
Nov 20, 2008 – Cloakware has announced that its technology will be made available to cable operators and CA vendors to meet requirements for software-based set-top box security in the North American market. Irdeto (JSE: NPN) will be the first such CA provider.
News categories: Cloakware, Irdeto, Cable TV, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, North America, Set Top Box, Software, USA

UK leading internationally as a digitally advanced nation
Nov 20, 2008 – UK consumers are embracing new digital TV services, such as High Definition TV and Digital Video Recorders, alongside many other leading economies across the world, new Ofcom research reveals.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Regulation, Satellite, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Wightman Telecom Deploys Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn™ MPEG-4 HD IPTV Solution
Nov 11, 2008 – Wightman Telecom, a Canadian telephone company and CLEC serving a number of communities in the counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Wellington and Perth, Ontario has begun rolling out MPEG-4 HD IPTV services using Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn™ solution.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Wightman Telecom, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Cogeco Cable's continued organic growth and acquisitions contribute positively to the fourth quarter and 2008 year end results
Oct 30, 2008 – Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced its results for the fourth quarter ended August 31, 2008. Canadian net digital TV additions stood at 16,150. The Cabovisão digital TV service in Portugal, had net additions of 9,982 customers in the quarter.
News categories: Cogeco, Cabovisão, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Shaw announces strong fourth quarter and full year results
Oct 23, 2008 – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B, NYSE:SJR) has announced results for the quarter ended August 31, 2008. During the quarter Star Choice added 1,736 customers to reach 892,528 subscribers and digital cable customers increased by 23,020 to 906,320.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers