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Spain's DIGITAL+ subscribers down 34 thousand in Q1
Apr 30, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for the period January-March 2009. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+, Sogecable's Spanish satellite platform, was 2,001,000 at quarter end, down from 2,035,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Motorola Reports First-Quarter Financial Results
Apr 30, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported sales of $5.4 billion in the first quarter of 2009. Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility segment shipped more than 4.3 million digital entertainment devices in the quarter.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

Comcast Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
Apr 30, 2009 – Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. At the end of the quarter, Comcast's video, high-speed Internet and voice customers totaled 46.1 million, reflecting 549,000 net additions in the period.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Croatia's MAXtv subscribers up 167.9% to 150,953
Apr 30, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced results for the first three months of 2009. MAXtv, the Group's TV service, increased subscriber numbers by 167.9%, ending the first quarter of 2009 with 150,953 subscribers.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

2.5 million digital TV customers for France Telecom
Apr 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its first quarter 2009 results. The company had 2.5 million digital TV (ADSL and satellite) customers at 31 March 2009, a year-on-year increase of 75%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Telenet adds 107k digital TV subscribers in Q1
Apr 29, 2009 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announces results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Telenet achieved record quarterly net subscriber additions to its digital TV product of 107,000 during the first quarter of 2009.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Chunghwa has 686,000 Multimedia-On-Demand subscribers
Apr 29, 2009 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported its operating results for the first quarter of 2009. As of the end of the quarter, Chunghwa had 686,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, equivalent to a 57.6% year-over-year increase.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

STMicroelectronics Reports 2009 First Quarter Financial Results
Apr 29, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2009 first quarter ended March 28, 2009. Automotive/Consumer/Computer/Telecom Infrastructure Product Groups net revenue declined 40% year-over-year to $627 million.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Cable TV, DOCSIS, DVR, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Time Warner Cable 2009 Reports First-Quarter Earnings
Apr 29, 2009 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Video revenues rose 2% ($64 million) to $2.7 billion, driven by video price increases and continued growth in digital video subscriptions.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA