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OpenTV Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 25, 2009 – OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV) has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. For the full year, revenues were $116.5 million, 5.9% higher than revenues of $110.0 million in 2007.
News categories: OpenTV, Middleware, Results

Virgin Media Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Results
Feb 25, 2009 – Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2008. Total TV net additions were 44,500 in the quarter. 1.8m of Virgin Media's digital TV customers are now using VOD, representing a reach of 51.8%.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2008 Full Year Financial Results
Feb 24, 2009 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic has announced its audited financial results for the fiscal year 2008. The total number of reported O2TV's customers reached 115 thousand at the end of 2008.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Magyar Telekom announces 2008 full year results
Feb 24, 2009 – Magyar Telekom (NYSE: MTA)(Budapest: MTELEKOM) has reported its results for 2008. Demand for the new satellite TV product was very strong, the number of customers reached 5,000 by the end of the year with additional 13,000 orders received.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Hungary, IPTV, Montenegro, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

RCN Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
Feb 24, 2009 – RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2008. The digital video penetration rate rose to 87% of video customers from 69% in the fourth quarter of 2007 and 78% in the third quarter of 2008.
News categories: RCN Corp, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

ADB Group Reports Record Financial Results For 2008
Feb 24, 2009 – ADB Holdings (SIX: ADBN) has reported ADB Group's financial results for the full year 2008. High-definition TV (HDTV) product sales grew significantly, accounting for 72% of the Digital TV Equipment segment's revenue, up from 57% in 2007.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

TechnoTrend integrated into the Kathrein Group
Feb 23, 2009 – Grassau based Görler Telekom GmbH, a Kathrein Group company, is taking over TechnoTrend GmbH in a so-called asset deal. TechnoTrend GmbH has sites in Erfurt and Unterfoehring near Munich.
News categories: TechnoTrend, Kathrein, Germany, MandA, Set Top Box

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2008 Results
Feb 23, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. With 501,000 additions during Q4, digital video remained the strongest growing business for the seventh consecutive quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

New Zealand Sky Television Reports 2008 Interim Result
Feb 20, 2009 – New Zealand's SKY Television has reported a new all time high in subscriber numbers of 759,069 (as of 31 December 2008). This figure reflects a net gain of 10,493 additional subscribers for the six months ending 31 December 2008.
News categories: SKY Television, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers