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SKY Italia subscribers down 27,000 in 2Q 2013
Aug 6, 2013 – Twenty-First Century Fox has reported results for the three months and full year ended June 30, 2013. SKY Italia experienced a net reduction of 27,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing total subscribers to 4.76 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, Twenty-First Century Fox, Germany, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DISH Network pay TV subscribers down 78,000 in 2Q 2013
Aug 6, 2013 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending June 30, 2013. Total subscribers declined approximately 78,000 in the second quarter. The company ended the second quarter with 14.014 million pay-TV subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Sky Deutschland adds 47,900 customers in 2Q 2013
Aug 6, 2013 – Sky Deutschland has released results for the second quarter 2013. Net customer growth was 47,900 (Q2 2012: 47,100), bringing the total number of customers to 3,453,000 (Q2 2012: 3,132,000).
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, DVR, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV U.S. subscribers down 84,000 in 2Q 2013
Aug 1, 2013 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has announced second quarter 2013 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscribers declined by 84,000 in the quarter principally due to lower gross subscriber additions. DTVLA net additions in the quarter were 165,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Comcast reports second quarter 2013 results
Jul 31, 2013 – Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Revenue for Cable Communications increased 5.8% to $10.5 billion in the second quarter of 2013 compared to $9.9 billion in the second quarter of 2012.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Bharti Airtel Digital TV adds 352,000 subscribers in 2Q 2013
Jul 31, 2013 – Bharti Airtel has announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Airtel digital TV had 8.452 million customers on its Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform at the end of the period compared with 8.1 million at the end of March 2013.
News categories: Bharti Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telenet adds 20,000 digital TV subscribers in 2Q 2013
Jul 30, 2013 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announced results for the six months ended June 30, 2013. Subscribers to Telenet Digital TV grew 12% year-on-year to 1,453,200 at the end of June 30, 2013. 20,100 net digital TV subscribers were added in Q2 2013.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers

Pace interim results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2013
Jul 30, 2013 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has released Interim Results for the 6 months ended 30th June 2013. STB and Media Server revenues were up 51.8% in H1 2013 driven largely by the continuing high demand for Media Servers from both Comcast and DIRECTV.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, Gateway, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

1.2 million paying HD+ households in Germany at end-June 2013
Jul 26, 2013 – SES S.A. (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has reported results for the six months ended 30 June 2013. In Germany, the HD+ platform continued to develop well, with 2.7 million active households at the end of June 2013, of which 1.2 million are paying households.
News categories: SES S.A, Content Distribution, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers