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GVT and EchoStar plan pay TV joint venture in Brazil
Oct 1, 2013 – Vivendi and EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) have announced that EchoStar Technologies and Vivendi subsidiary GVT have entered into negotiations to form a joint venture for pay TV services in Brazil.
News categories: EchoStar, Vivendi, GVT, Brazil, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Satellite

SES enables StarTimes to expand TV reach in Africa
Sep 13, 2013 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that StarTimes has signed a contract on SES-5 to expand its media footprint in Africa and deliver DTH services across the continent. StarTimes also acquired SES' 20% shareholding in South Africa's Top TV.
News categories: SES S.A, StarTimes, Top TV, Pang Xinxing, Ferdinand Kayser, Africa, Content Distribution, MandA, Satellite, South Africa

Poland's nc+ has 2.3 million subscribers at end-June 2013
Aug 22, 2013 – TVN Group has announced financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013. nc+, the strategic associate of TVN, had 2.3 million post-paid subscribers at the end of June.
News categories: TVN Group, nc+, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Altech UEC implements $5 million manufacturing upgrade
Aug 20, 2013 – Altech UEC has further expanded its capabilities with a R50million [US$4.8 million] investment in state of the art equipment to meet the continuing demand for terrestrial set-top boxes, satellite decoders and smart TVs.
News categories: Altech UEC, Finance, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial

Nagra announces 2013 half year results
Aug 20, 2013 – The Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.S) has announced its 2013 half year results. While the European crisis and weak consumer sentiment continued to affect the European Digital TV business, the American Digital TV business posted a 12.1% growth.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

SingTel mio TV subscribers up 2,000 in 2Q 2013
Aug 14, 2013 – SingTel has reported results for its first quarter ended June 2013. Improved mio TV content line-up has lifted ARPU while customers with bundled services increased 11% from a year ago to 353,000 customers as at 30 June 2013.
News categories: SingTel, IPTV, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Videotron illico Digital TV subscribers stable at 1.5 million in 2Q 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – Quebecor has reported results for the second quarter of 2013. The customer base for all of Vidéotron's cable television services decreased by 16,800 (-0.9%) in the second quarter of 2013 and decreased by 5,500 (-0.3%) during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2013.
News categories: Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

OTE (OTE TV and RomTelecom) results to end-June 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – OTE Group (ASE:HTO; OTC MARKET:HLTOY) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. In Greece, total TV subscribers amounted to 175k, an increase of 99k year-on-year. In Romania, Romtelecom TV subscribers grew 7.3% over the year, to reach nearly 1.3 million.
News categories: OTE TV, Cable TV, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Time Warner Cable video subscribers down 191 thousand in 2Q 2013
Aug 7, 2013 – Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Residential video revenue decreased driven by declines in video subscribers and transactional video-on-demand revenue.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA