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SES Reports Solid Nine Months Core Infrastructure Performance
Oct 23, 2009 – SES (Paris, LuxX:SESG) has reported results for the nine months to 30 September 2009. No satellites were launched in the quarter, however preparations are well advanced for the launch of NSS-12 which will deliver a mix of DTH, VSAT and telecom applications.
News categories: SES S.A., Content Distribution, Results, Satellite

Shaw adds 113,000 digital TV subscribers in latest quarter
Oct 23, 2009 – Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the quarter ended August 31, 2009. In the quarter digital cable customers were up 110,501 to 1,297,684. DTH customers increased 2,728 to 900,941.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

NXP Semiconductors Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results
Oct 23, 2009 – NXP Semiconductors has announced its third quarter results. Home segment sales for the quarter were USD 217 million compared to USD 212 million in the same quarter in 2008, a nominal sales increase of 2.4%.
News categories: NXP, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

BSkyB adds 287,000 HD customers in latest quarter
Oct 23, 2009 – In the three months to 30 September 2009, BSkyB (LSE:BSY) continued to see strong demand for its products. Sky+HD was the principal driver reaching 5.902 million households in the quarter and surpassing 60% penetration of the base.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Elion adds 6k IP and cable-TV customers in 3Q09
Oct 22, 2009 – Eesti Telekom (Tallinn: ETLAT) has released results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2009. The number of Elion IP and cable-TV customers increased by 6,000 in the third quarter reaching 94.4 thousand as of 30 September.
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Spain's DIGITAL+ still losing subscribers
Oct 22, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for the period January-September 2009. DIGITAL+, Sogecable's Spanish satellite platform, had 1,899,216 subscribers at 30th September, 2009.
News categories: PRISA, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

AT&T adds one million U-Verse TV subscribers Y-o-Y
Oct 22, 2009 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported third-quarter results. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers increased by 240,000 -- versus a net gain of 232,000 in the year-earlier third quarter -- to reach 1.8 million, up more than 1.0 million over the past year.
News categories: AT&T, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Microtune Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Oct 22, 2009 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has reported results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. Through September 30, 2009, Microtune has shipped a cumulative number of approximately 143.7 million silicon tuner chips.
News categories: Microtune, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Broadcom to 'right-size' digital TV organisation
Oct 22, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported unaudited financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2009 was $1.254 billion, a decrease of 3.4% compared with the third quarter of 2008.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box