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Eesti Telekom (Elion) issues 1st quarter report
Apr 24, 2009 – Eesti Telekom (Tallinn: ETLAT) has released its results for the 1st quarter of 2009, ending 31 March, 2009. By the end of the first quarter, Elion had 86.9 thousand IP and cable television customers (31 March 2008: 63.2 thousand).
News categories: Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

SES Delivers Growth From Strong First Quarter Operational Performance
Apr 23, 2009 – SES (Paris, LuxX:SESG) has reported financial performance for the three months to 31 March 2009. High definition TV services continued to proliferate; the group now carries a total of 136 HDTV programmes - 67 in the U.S. and 69 in Europe.
News categories: SES S.A, Content Distribution, Europe, North America, Results, Satellite

ADB Group delivers mid-period business update
Apr 23, 2009 – ADB (SIX: ADBN) has reported an update on the development and selected results of its Q1/2009 business. The Group's business progressed favourably during the first quarter of 2009, driven mainly by the strong demand from cable and satellite segments.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

MTG (Viasat) Q1 2009 Interim Report
Apr 22, 2009 – Modern Times Group (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 March 2009. The number of subscribers with ViasatPlus recordable digital boxes increased to 122,000 from 115,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: Modern Times Group, Denmark, DVR, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine

AT&T's First-Quarter Results
Apr 22, 2009 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported first-quarter results. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers in service increased by 284,000 in the first quarter -- up from 148,000 added in the year-earlier first quarter -- to reach 1.3 million in service.
News categories: AT&T, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Broadcom Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
Apr 21, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Net revenue for the first quarter of 2009 was $853.4 million, a decrease of 24.2% compared with the $1.127 billion reported for the fourth quarter of 2008
News categories: Broadcom, Results, Semiconductor

TEO results for the first quarter of 2009
Apr 17, 2009 – TEO (Vilnius:TEO1L) of Lithuania has released its first quarter 2009 results. During January-March 2009, the number of customers using the company's TV services increased by 12.7 thousand to 79.4 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

COGECO passes 500k digital cable subscriber mark
Apr 9, 2009 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced its financial results for the latest period. Digital Television service net additions stood at 25,102 and 48,719 customers for the quarter and first six months ended February 28, 2009, respectively.
News categories: COGECO, Cabovisão, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results For 2008
Apr 9, 2009 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced its results for 2008. In Moscow the number of broadband pay-TV subscribers was 145,000 and the number of pay-TV subscribers in the regions was 153,000. STREAM-TV's pay-TV subscriber base reached 1.8 million.
News categories: COMSTAR, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers