Finance (M&A, results, venture capital, private equity, …) News

Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) Group selected data
Feb 26, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided selected data for the full year ended December 31, 2008. TV subscribers nearly doubled in the fourth quarter to 113 thousand, owing to the launch of TP's satellite TV service.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland with double digit growth rates in revenue and EBITDA
Feb 26, 2009 – KDG was able to further expand its customer base despite the financial and economic crisis. RGUs for digital pay TV grew by 82,900 to a total of 846,300 units. At the end of 2008 the number of all digital pay TV users reached 2 million.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Cablevision Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 26, 2009 – Cablevision (NYSE:CVC) has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 22,800 from September 2008 and 208,500 from December 2007.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

FASTWEB Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 26, 2009 – The Board of Directors of FASTWEB (Milan: FWB) has approved the draft financial statement for the year ending 31 December 2008. The IPTV service recorded a positive trend, with subscribers increasing by 13% in the year.
News categories: FASTWEB, IPTV, Italy, Results

Cyfrowy Polsat report for the three months to 31 December 2008
Feb 26, 2009 – As at 31 December 2008 Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) had 2,726,993 subscribers, 31.8% more than as at 31 December 2007, when the number was 2,068,328.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica Quarterly Results 2008 January - December
Feb 26, 2009 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its 2008 results. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2.2 million at the end of 2008, up almost 30% on the prior year, driven by net adds of 109,500 in the fourth quarter and some 519,500 in the year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Multimedia Polska releases quarterly report
Feb 25, 2009 – As at 31 December 2008, Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) had 1,129,226 revenue generating units (RGUs), including 624,336 cable TV RGUs (of which 4,974 were IPTV RGUs and 70,732 were Digital TV RGUs).
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Mediacom Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008
Feb 25, 2009 – Mediacom Communications (Nasdaq: MCCC) has reported financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2008. During the quarter, digital customers grew by 19,000 ending the year with 643,000 customers.
News categories: Mediacom Communications, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

Videotron satisfied with its 2008 performance
Feb 25, 2009 – Vidéotron has announced that 2008 was highlighted by significant growth for all products. 2008 was also significant in terms of milestones for Videotron with the installation of its millionth illico Digital TV set-top box.
News categories: Vidéotron, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers