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Time Warner Cable adds 56k digital video subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. TWC had approximately 12.9 million video subscribers, of which approximately 8.9 million received video service via digital transmissions.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

AT&T adds 248,000 U-verse TV subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported its fourth-quarter results. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers increased by 248,000 in the quarter to reach 2.1 million, up more than 1 million over the past year.
News categories: AT&T, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

BSkyB adds 482,000 HD customers in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has released results for the six months ended 31 December 2009. The quarter saw record growth in Sky+HD. Sky added 482,000 net Sky+HD customers, an increase of 1.3 million HD customers in the last 12 months.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Metaverse, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

NEC Electronics Reports Results for the Third Quarter Ended December 31, 2009
Jan 27, 2010 – NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Sales of semiconductors for game consoles and of the company's 'EMMA' series image-processing LSI chips for digital consumer declined year on year.
News categories: NEC Electronics, Blu-ray, Gaming, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

KPN adds 46 thousand digital TV subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 26, 2010 – KPN (Amsterdam:KPN) has released its 2009 full-year results. TV customer growth was stimulated by scaling-up IPTV. Combined with continued customer growth at Digitenne, KPN's TV customer base has nearly one million subscribers.
News categories: KPN, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Reports 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results
Jan 26, 2010 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. In comparison to the year-ago quarter, all segments increased except for Consumer and Industrial, down by 11% and 7%, respectively.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Verizon adds 153,000 FiOS TV customers in 4Q09
Jan 26, 2010 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Verizon added 153,000 net new FiOS TV customers and served 2.9 million FiOS TV customers by the end of the quarter, a 49.2 percent year-over-year increase.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Zoran Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2009 Results
Jan 25, 2010 – Zoran (NASDAQ:ZRAN) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $93.3 million, compared to $115.5 million last quarter and $74.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Zoran, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Liberty Global to Sell J:COM Interest to KDDI
Jan 24, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the subsidiaries that hold its 37.8% ownership interest in Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM) to KDDI Corporation.
News categories: Liberty Global, J:COM, KDDI, Cable TV, Japan, MandA