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TELUS TV subscriber base surpasses 200,000 customers
May 4, 2010 – TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has reported first quarter 2010 results. TELUS TV net additions were 29,000, an increase of 45% over the same period last year. In April, the TELUS TV subscriber base surpassed 200,000 customers.
News categories: TELUS, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

SKY Italia subscribers down 39,000 in 1Q10
May 4, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the third quarter ended March 31, 2010. SKY Italia reported a quarter-end subscriber base of 4.7 million, a decline of 39,000 from the previous quarter end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Bezeq yes subscribers unchanged in 1Q10
May 4, 2010 – Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ) has announced its results for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2010. 'yes' subscribers increased 2.0% year-over-year to 571,000 and 'yes' launched its IP-based VOD service (YESMax Total) to customers during the quarter.
News categories: Bezeq, 'yes', Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

KT adds 140,000 Qook TV subscribers in 1Q10
May 3, 2010 – KT Corporation (KRX:030200/NYSE:KT) has released its 1st Quarter 2010 results. Qook TV IPTV subscribers reached 1.312 million at the end of March 2010, up 140,000 in the quarter.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Chunghwa Telecom Multimedia-on-Demand subscribers stable in 1Q10
Apr 30, 2010 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. At the end of the first quarter, Chunghwa had 665,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, down from 667,000 at the end of 2009.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

T-Hrvatski Telekom IPTV subscribers up 15k in 1Q10
Apr 30, 2010 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ) has announced results for the three months to 31 March 2010. MAXtv, the Group's IPTV service, reached nearly 251,000 subscribers up from 236,000 at the end of 2009.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Via Embratel adds 59,000 subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 29, 2010 – TELMEX Internacional (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has released its results report for the first quarter of 2010. Its DTH service in Brazil, Via Embratel, had a total of 441,417 services installed at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Via Embratel, Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

France Telecom adds 173,000 TV subscribers in 1Q10
Apr 29, 2010 – France Telecom (Paris and NYSE: FTE) has released its 2010 first quarter results. France Telecom had 3.4 million digital TV (IPTV and satellite) subscribers at the end of the period, up 173,000 in the quarter.
News categories: France Telecom, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Positive first results for Surewest Advanced Digital TV
Apr 29, 2010 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. In late January, SureWest launched the new Advanced Digital TV (ADTV) powered by Microsoft Mediaroom platform throughout the Sacramento market.
News categories: SureWest, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Subscribers, USA