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NXP Semiconductors Announces Fourth Quarter 2008 Results
Mar 3, 2009 – NXP has announced fourth quarter sales of $979 million, a decrease of 21.9% over the third quarter of 2008 and a decrease of 25.6% over fourth quarter 2007, reflecting difficult and deteriorating market conditions towards the end of 2008.
News categories: NXP, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Pace plc results for the year ended 31 December 2008
Mar 3, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced its results for the year to 31 December 2008. Pace sold 4.7m set-top boxes into the EMEA region, with shipments into APAC of 1.1m. Americas shipments totalled 7.3m units.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Insight Announces Year-End 2008 Results
Mar 2, 2009 – Insight Communications has announced financial and operating results for the full year ended December 31, 2008. Insight had a digital customer net gain of 58,900, the highest net gain in digital customers in the company's history.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

TiVo Reports First Full Year of Profitability for Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2009
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were around 59,000, compared to 109,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

DISH Network® Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Mar 2, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2008. DISH Network lost around 102,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 13.678 million subscribers at year-end.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Vivendi: 2008 Goals Reached
Mar 2, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues reached €25,392 million compared to €21,657 million in 2007. In 2008, the digitization of the Canal+ subscriber base accelerated with nearly 350,000 upgrades from analog to digital offers.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

T-HT delivered strong performance in 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – T-Hrvatski Telekom (London: THTC; Zagreb: HT-R-A) has announced its consolidated audited results for the financial year 2008. MAXtv has been a major success with a 210.0% increase in subscribers to 135,573.
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Kudelski 2008 Results and New Client Wins
Feb 27, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2008 annual results. Digital TV progressed well in the second half, generating a 46.1% net revenue growth compared to the first half. For the full year Digital TV achieved a 15.3% growth rate.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Deutsche Telekom exceeds financial targets for 2008
Feb 27, 2009 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) exceeded its financial targets in the 2008 financial year. The number of Entertain triple-play lines activated climbed to around 353,000 by year-end.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Slovakia, Subscribers