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Technicolor reports second half 2012 results
Feb 22, 2013 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has released its 2012 full year results. In the second half of 2012, Connected Home revenues totaled €671 million, up 29.9% at current currency and up 26.6% at constant currency compared to the second half of 2011.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Gateway, Licensing, Patent, Results, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box

Netia TV subscribers in Poland up 56% in 2012 to 79,285
Feb 21, 2013 – Poland's Netia (WSE: NET) has announced results for the period ended December 31, 2012. Netia's TV services reached 79,285 at year-end, growing by 56% from 50,712 at December 31, 2011 and by 9% from 72,805 at September 30, 2012.
News categories: Netia, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

24,000 TV customers for Australia's iiNet
Feb 21, 2013 – Australian DSL Internet Service Provider, iiNet (ASX: IIN), has announced results for the six months ended 31 December 2012. iiNet had 24,000 television customers at the end of the year up from 18,000 at the end of 2011.
News categories: iiNet, Australia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland adds 422,000 Premium TV RGUs in 2012
Feb 20, 2013 – Kabel Deutschland has released its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. At the end of the year, the Company accounted for 1,970 thousand Premium TV RGUs, representing an annual growth of 422 thousand RGUs or 27.3%.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

DISH Network ends 2012 with 14.056 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 20, 2013 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported 2012 results. The company added about 14,000 net new pay-TV subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2012. DISH ended 2012 with 14.056 million pay-TV subscribers compared to 13.967 million total subscribers in 2011.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

France Telecom-Orange adds 770,000 digital TV subscribers in 2012
Feb 20, 2013 – France Telecom-Orange (NYSE:FTE) has published its end-2012 results. In Europe, digital TV (IPTV and satellite) rose 15.0% with 5.9 million subscribers at 31 December 2012, up 770,000 in the year, mostly in France and Poland, but also in Slovakia and Spain.
News categories: France Telecom, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TELUS TV subscribers up 33% to 678,000 in 2012
Feb 15, 2013 – TELUS has reported fourth quarter 2012 results. TV additions in the quarter - both IP-based Optik TV and satellite TELUS TV - were 41,000. The total TV subscriber base of 678,000 was up 33 per cent or 169,000 from a year ago.
News categories: TELUS, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Rogers digital cable subscribers down 7,000 during 2012
Feb 15, 2013 – Rogers Communications has announced results for the three months ended December 31, 2012. Cable TV subscribers fell by 83,000 in 2012 with digital cable TV subscribers only falling by 7,000 owing to an increase in digital penetration from 77% to 80% during the year.
News categories: Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Subscribers, TV Everywhere

DIRECTV Latin America subscribers up 31% in 2012; U.S. flat at 20 million
Feb 14, 2013 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2012. DIRECTV U.S. ended the quarter with 20.08 million subscribers, an increase of 1% compared with December 31, 2011. DTVLA ended the quarter with 10.33 million subscribers, an increase of 31% compared with the end of 2011.
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