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Dishtv India adds 544 thousand subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 22, 2010 – Dish TV India (NSE: DISHTV EQ, BSE: 532839) added 0.55 million new gross subscribers during the quarter ended December 2009. As on December 31 2009, Dishtv had a gross subscriber base of 6.4 million and net subscriber base of 5.3 million.
News categories: Dishtv, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Siano Mobile Silicon Raises $24M in Round D Funding
Jan 11, 2010 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the completion of a $23.5M fourth round of funding. The round consists exclusively of all of Siano's existing investors: JVP, DFJ-Tamir-Fishman, Star Ventures, Walden Israel, and Bessemer Venture Partners.
News categories: Siano Mobile, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

Motorola Strengthens IP Video Portfolio with SecureMedia Acquisition
Jan 7, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of SecureM, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries, together operating as SecureMedia®.
News categories: Motorola, CES2025, Content Protection, DRM, IPTV, MandA, Streaming

SeaChange International Announces Agreement to Acquire VividLogic, Inc.
Jan 7, 2010 – SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of VividLogic, Inc.
News categories: SeaChange, Cable TV, CES2025, Content Protection, DVB-MHP, IPTV, MandA, Middleware, Set Top Box

SiBEAM Receives Equity Investment from Best Buy
Jan 5, 2010 – SiBEAM has announced that it has received an equity investment from Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) one of the world's largest retailers of consumer electronics.
News categories: SiBEAM, Best Buy, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Venture Capital

Irdeto acquires Philips white box cryptography IP suite
Dec 22, 2009 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that it has acquired Philips Electronics' full suite of white-box cryptology patents, patent applications, software and knowledge, to significantly booster its existing IP portfolio for its Irdeto Cloakware solution.
News categories: Irdeto, Philips, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, MandA, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Thomson files for bankruptcy protection in U.S.
Dec 17, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has reportedly filed for Chapter 15 protection in a New York bankruptcy court to protect its U.S. assets from creditors.
News categories: Thomson, Digital TV, Finance, Gateway, Set Top Box, USA

The Kudelski Group acquires Medialive
Dec 16, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has acquired Medialive. Medialive develops and licenses innovative and patented content protection and marking technologies for distribution over broadcast, internet, and mobile distribution networks and devices.
News categories: Kudelski, Medialive, Content Protection, Digital TV, MandA, Watermarking

$15M in Growth Capital for Widevine
Dec 14, 2009 – Widevine has announced that Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA), Samsung Ventures, the venture capital arm of Samsung Group, and a third corporation have become strategic shareholders in the company.
News categories: Widevine, Content Protection, Streaming, Venture Capital