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STMicroelectronics Reports 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Revenues and Earnings
Jan 27, 2009 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2008 fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. On a sequential basis, Consumer was lower by 8%. In comparison to the year-ago quarter, Consumer declined 12%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor

Verizon Reports Sustained Revenue Growth and Continued Strong Cash Flows for 4Q and Full-Year 2008
Jan 27, 2009 – In the fourth quarter, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) added 303,000 net new FiOS TV customers. The company had 1.9 million FiOS TV customers at year-end 2008, adding nearly 1 million FiOS TV customers since year-end 2007.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Netflix Announces Q4 2008 Financial Results
Jan 26, 2009 – Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. Netflix ended the quarter with approximately 9,390,000 subscribers, representing a 26% year-over-year growth from 7,479,000 subscribers at end-2007.
News categories: Netflix, DVD, Results, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Zoran Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2008 Results
Jan 26, 2009 – Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. DTV revenues grew 59 percent annually, achieving records in revenues and units shipped.
News categories: Zoran, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Korea Telecom (KT) 4th Quarter 2008 Preliminary Earnings
Jan 23, 2009 – Korea Telecom (KT) [KRX:030200/NYSE:KTC] has released its 4th Quarter 2008 Preliminary Earnings Commentary. Mega-TV subscribers reached 773,109 at the end of 2008, having fallen in number in both November and December.
News categories: KT, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Kesa (Darty) Interim Management Statement
Jan 20, 2009 – Kesa Electricals has released an interim management statement for the period Nov. 1, 2008 to Jan. 8, 2009. The launch of the new Darty Box IPTV offer shows encouraging early results with subscribers expected to reach close to 200,000 by end-January.
News categories: Kesa, Darty Box, France, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Axel Technologies Closes €2.4 million Investment Round To Boost The Development of Multistandard Mobile TV technology
Jan 20, 2009 – Axel Technologies has announced that they have secured a new €2.4 million investment for business and product development. Axel Technologies develops mobile TV technology that enables device manufactures to bring mobile TV to all portable devices.
News categories: Axel Technologies, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Venture Capital

Qualcomm Acquires Handheld Graphics and Multimedia Assets from AMD
Jan 20, 2009 – Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and AMD (NYSE: AMD) have announced that Qualcomm has acquired certain graphics and multimedia technology assets, intellectual property and resources that were formerly the basis of AMD's handheld business.
News categories: Qualcomm, AMD, MandA, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

Maroc Telecom consolidated revenues at December 31, 2008
Jan 19, 2009 – Maroc Telecom's landline Internet customer base reached 482,000 lines at the end of 2008, up 1.3% compared to 2007, to which nearly 30,000 Internet Mobile 3G+ and 10,000 IPTV customers have to be added.
News categories: Maroc Telecom, IPTV, Morocco, Results, Subscribers