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TiVo subscribers down 146 thousand in quarter to end-July 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2009. TiVo lost 42,000 direct subscribers and 104,000 subscribers through MSOs/broadcasters, to leave a total of 3.05 million at the end of the period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Sigma Designs Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results
Aug 26, 2009 – Sigma Designs® (Nasdaq:SIGM) has reported financial results its second fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2009. Net revenue for the second quarter was $51.3 million, down $6.9 million from $58.2 million reported for the same period last year.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

ANT ships 1.6 million units in 1H09
Aug 25, 2009 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announce its results for the six months ended 30 June 2009. Shipments increased 8% to 1.6 million units (H1 2008: 1.5 million units) during the period. Loss from operations was reduced by 11% to £0.9m (H1 2008: £1.0m).
News categories: ANT plc, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

LG Dacom adds 31k IPTV subscribers in June 2009
Aug 24, 2009 – LG Dacom has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Dacom added 78,000 myLGtv IPTV subscribers in the quarter to give a total of 188,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: LG Dacom, myLGtv, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

New Zealand Sky PVR installations reach 100k in 2Q09
Aug 21, 2009 – New Zealand's SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has announced result for the year ended 30 June 2009. SKY's subscriber base grew by 30,326 (4.1%) subscribers over the previous year, to a new high of 778,902.
News categories: SKY Television, 5G, Cable TV, DVR, Mobile, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cyfrowy Polsat adds 42k subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 20, 2009 – Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) had 2,844,106 DTH subscribers as of 30 June 2009 - 24.3% more than at 30 June 2008. Since starting sales of own-manufactured set-top boxes in March 2008, Polsat has sold or leased about 354 thousand to subscribers.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

PCCW 'now TV' subscriber base up 7% Y-o-Y at end-June 2009
Aug 20, 2009 – PCCW (SEHK:0008) has reported interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The 'now TV' installed base increased by 7% year-on-year to 992,000 at the end of June, while the paying base was up 6% year-on-year to 705,000.
News categories: PCCW, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Com Hem digital TV subscribers pass 500,000
Aug 18, 2009 – Com Hem has reported results for the second quarter of 2009. During the period, the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 4 percent to 504,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Amino announces results for the six months ended 31 May 2009
Aug 18, 2009 – Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) has announced results for the period ended 31 May 2009. Amino saw a 30% reduction in unit shipments to 178,000. Unit shipments in Europe were slightly ahead of the corresponding period last year at 146,000 units.
News categories: Amino, Content Distribution, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box