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Comcast video subscribers down 69,000 in 2Q 2015
Jul 23, 2015 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. Video net losses improved 52% year-over-year to 69,000 and were the best result for a second quarter in nine years.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

STMicroelectronics reports 2Q 2015 results
Jul 23, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the second quarter and first half ended June 27, 2015. Second quarter net revenues totaled $1.76 billion, up 3.2% on a sequential basis. Year-over-year, net revenues decreased 5.6%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Technicolor to acquire Cisco connected devices division
Jul 23, 2015 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH; OTCQX: TCLRY) has entered into an exclusive agreement with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to acquire its customer premises equipment (CPE) business for €550 million (or $600 million equivalent) in a cash and stock transaction.
News categories: Technicolor, Cisco Systems, Frederic Rose, John Chambers, Cable TV, CPE, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, MandA, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Videocon d2h adds 0.46 million subscribers in 2Q 2015
Jul 23, 2015 – Videocon d2h (NASDAQ: VDTH) has announced results for the three months ended June 30, 2015. The Company added 0.46 million net subscribers in the quarter. Net subscribers totaled 10.64 million at the end of the period.
News categories: Videocon d2h, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Verizon adds 26,000 FiOS Video connections in 2Q 2015
Jul 21, 2015 – Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) has reported second-quarter 2015 results. In the quarter, Verizon added 26,000 net new FiOS Video connections to finish with 5.8 million connections, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.4 percent.
News categories: Verizon, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

European cable finances improving; US prospects not so bright
Jun 30, 2015 – SNL Kagan has expanded coverage to include leading markets in Europe, and have released some key findings from their research on the major markets of France, Germany and the U.K.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finance, France, Germany, Market Research, UK, USA

Shaw abandons IPTV plan, trials Comcast X1
Jun 25, 2015 – With its latest results, Shaw Communications announced that it is working with Comcast to begin a technical trial of their cloud-based X1 platform, and has abandoned its own IPTV platform development.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Set-top Box market consolidation to continue
Jun 19, 2015 – ARRIS’ acquisition of Pace created the largest set-top manufacturer. Broadcom was also acquired by Avago, an acquisition not directly impactful to the set-top market, but a sign of the significant consolidation that will continue to impact the market, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Sam Rosen, Digital TV, MandA, Market Research, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

ViXS reports first quarter 2016 results
Jun 10, 2015 – ViXS Systems (TSX: VXS) has reported results for the quarter ending April 30, 2015. Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 were $10.0 million, a 34% increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2015.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Results, Semiconductor, Worldwide