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TDC adds 24k TV customers in 4Q09
Feb 4, 2010 – TDC (Copenhagen:TDC) has published financial statements for the January-December 2009 period. YouSee's TV customers increased to 1.249 million at the end of September, up from 1.140 million the year before. IPTV customers reached 96,000 at year-end.
News categories: YouSee, TDC, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Entropic Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results
Feb 3, 2010 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has reported results for the period ended December 31, 2009. Entropic reported fourth quarter net revenues of $35.1 million, an increase of 19% compared to $29.5 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Home Server, LNB, Results, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Comcast adds 410k digital video customers in 4Q09
Feb 3, 2010 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. At the end of the period Comcast's digital video customers totaled 18.4 million, an increase of 410,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Broadcom Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2009 Results
Feb 3, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $1.343 billion, up 7.1% versus the third quarter of 2009 and up 19.2% compared with the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Broadcom, Results, Semiconductor

SKY Italia subscribers down 63,000 in 4Q09
Feb 2, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The SKY Italia subscriber base declined by 63,000 compared with the previous quarter-end to give a total of 4.74 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Period Ended December 31, 2009
Feb 1, 2010 – Silicon Motion (Nasdaq:SIMO) has announced its fourth quarter 2009 results. Sales of mobile communication products, which include primarily mobile TV and CDMA RF ICs, decreased 41% from the third quarter to US$3.6 million in the fourth quarter.
News categories: Silicon Motion, Mobile, Results, SBTVD, Semiconductor

Reliance Big TV ends 2009 with 2.23 million subscribers
Feb 1, 2010 – Reliance Communications (Bombay:532712) has releases its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Big TV currently has 2.23 million subscribers, about 12% of the DTH market in India within a short span of launch.
News categories: Big TV, Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

KT adds 265,000 Qook TV subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 29, 2010 – KT Corporation (Korea Telecom) [KRX:030200/NYSE:KT] has released its 4th Quarter 2009 results. Qook TV (Mega TV as was) IPTV subscribers reached 1.172 million at the end of December 2009, up 265,000 in the quarter.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Motorola ships 3.4 million digital entertainment devices in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Motorola shipped 3.4 million digital entertainment devices during the quarter down from 4.7 million in the same period of 2008.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, Content Protection, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box