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Comcast video subscribers steady in 4Q 2011
Feb 15, 2012 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. In the fourth quarter total video subscribers fell 17,000, with digital video subscribers increasing by 301,000 to 20.556 million.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

América Móvil nears 10 million pay TV subscribers in Brazil
Feb 9, 2012 – América Móvil (BMV:AMX; NYSE:AMX; NASDAQ:AMOV; LATIBEX:XAMXL) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2011. The company finished December with 13.4 million Pay TV units, a year-on-year increase of 33.1%.
News categories: América Móvil, Net Serviços, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Ecuador, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sky Deutschland surpasses 3 million customers
Feb 2, 2012 – Sky Deutschland has announced that it had reached 3,012,000 customers at the end of 2011. In total the company grew by 359,000 customers, almost twice the net growth of 2010 (183,000), and the highest net growth in the company's history.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, DVR, Germany, Results, Satellite

Broadcom Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
Jan 31, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Net revenue for the fourth quarter was $1.82 billion, a decrease of 6.4% compared with the $1.95 billion reported for the fourth quarter of 2010.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

BSkyB HD customers reach 4 million
Jan 31, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced results for the six months ended 31 December 2011. Total HD customers reached four million, with 138,000 net additions in the final quarter of 2011. Sky added 40,000 TV customers in total in the same period.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Motorola 2011 set-top shipments up 6 percent compared to 2010
Jan 26, 2012 – Motorola (NYSE: MMI) has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2011. Fourth quarter set-top shipments were down 3 percent compared to the year-ago quarter. Full year set-top shipments were up 6 percent compared to 2010.
News categories: Motorola, Results, Set Top Box

Intel to Buy Patents and Video Codec Team From RealNetworks
Jan 26, 2012 – RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a significant number of its patents and its next generation video codec software to Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) for a purchase price of $120 million.
News categories: Intel Corp, RealNetworks, MandA, Middleware, Patent, Semiconductor, Streaming

STMicroelectronics Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results
Jan 23, 2012 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011. Fourth quarter net revenues decreased 10.3% on a sequential basis. Net revenues for the full year 2011 decreased 5.9%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Entropic Communications Files Intent to Purchase Trident Microsystems' Set-Top Box Business Unit
Jan 4, 2012 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that it has filed an asset purchase agreement as 'stalking horse' bidder to purchase certain assets of Trident Microsystems' (Nasdaq:TRID) set-top box (STB) system on a chip (SoC) business.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Trident Micro, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box