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Thomson sees U.S. satellite set-top box weakness
Oct 22, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS) has announced results for the quarter ending September 30, 2009. In the quarter Thomson saw weakness across all Connect markets, in particular in the North American market with low orders for satellite set-top boxes.
News categories: Thomson, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Viasat adds 27,000 premium pay-TV subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 21, 2009 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the period ended 30 September 2009. For the quarter, Viasat added 24,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 3,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

LG Dacom adds 83,000 IPTV subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 20, 2009 – LG Dacom has announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Dacom added 83,000 myLGtv IPTV subscribers in the quarter to give a total of 248,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

STMicroelectronics Reports 2009 Third Quarter and Nine Month Financial Results
Oct 20, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2009 third quarter and nine months ended September 26, 2009. In comparison to the year-ago quarter, all market segments decreased with Consumer down by 28%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

TEO LT passes 90k TV subscriber mark
Oct 16, 2009 – TEO LT (Vilnius:TEO1L) has released its third quarter 2009 results. During the last 12 months the number of TV service (IPTV and DTT) users almost doubled and at the end of September amounted to 91.7 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Sigma Designs to Acquire CopperGate Communications
Oct 13, 2009 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM) and CopperGate Communications have announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Sigma to acquire CopperGate in a cash and stock transaction with an agreed value of $160 million.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CopperGate, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Mid Europa Partners Adds ITV Bulgaria to its SEE Pay TV Platform
Oct 9, 2009 – Mid Europa Partners has announced that the acquisition of the Bulgarian direct-to-home satellite pay TV operator Interaktivni Tehnologii AD (ITV) has been completed.
News categories: Interaktivni Tehnologii, Mid Europa Partners, Bulgaria, MandA, Satellite

Trident and NXP to Combine Digital TV and Set-Top Box Businesses
Oct 5, 2009 – Trident Microsystems (NASDAQ: TRID) and NXP Semiconductors have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Trident will acquire NXP's television systems and set-top box business lines.
News categories: Trident Micro, NXP, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Ziggo adds 387k digital TV subscribers Y-o-Y to end 2Q09
Sep 30, 2009 – Ziggo has released its half year statement for the period ended June 30, 2009. In the first half of 2009, the market for digital television grew rapidly. This resulted in a year-on-year increase of 387,000 customers to a total base of 1,382,000.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers