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Cablevision digital cable down 14,300 subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were down 14,300 or 0.5% from June 2009 and up 73,800 or 2.6% from September 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

OpenTV Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
Nov 3, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ: OPTV) has announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, revenues were $31.8 million, an increase of 18% compared to $26.9 million for the third quarter of 2008.
News categories: OpenTV, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

KT adds 183,000 Qook TV subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – Korea Telecom (KT) [KRX:030200/NYSE:KTC] has released its 3rd Quarter 2009 results. Mega-TV IPTV subscribers reached 907,000 at the end of September 2009, up 183,000 in the quarter.
News categories: KT Corp, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Amino Provides Pre-Close Trading Update
Nov 3, 2009 – Amino Technologies plc (LSE: AMO) has said that it expects that its financial performance for FY 2009 will be significantly below market expectations and anticipates posting a material loss in H2.
News categories: Amino, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Cisco to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business
Nov 2, 2009 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, (SEHK: 0500). DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China.
News categories: Cisco Systems, DVN, Cable TV, China, MandA, Set Top Box

Reliance Big TV reaches 1.95 million subscribers in latest quarter
Oct 31, 2009 – Reliance Communications (Bombay:532712) has announced its results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2009. Reliance Big TV currently has 1.95 million subscribers, about 13% of the DTH market in India.
News categories: Big TV, Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Airtel Digital TV reaches 1.3 million customers in 3Q09
Oct 30, 2009 – Bharti Airtel (Bombay:532454) has announced results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2009. Airtel Digital TV, with a base of over 1.3 million customers, is available in over 5,000 towns and thousands of villages across India.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

T-Hrvatski Telekom MAXtv adds 19,000 subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 30, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HTRA CZ) has announced results for the first nine months of 2009. MAXtv, T-HT's IPTV service now has approximately 190,000 subscribers with nearly 19,000 net adds in Q3 2009.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Cogeco latest quarter shows 10k digital TV adds in Canada and 23k in Portugal
Oct 30, 2009 – Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced results for the fourth quarter and 2009 fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. In the quarter, digital TV net additions stood at 9,674 customers in Canada with 23,456 added by Cabovisão in Portugal.
News categories: Cogeco, Cabovisão, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers