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

Shaw delivers solid first quarter results
Jan 14, 2009 – Shaw Communications (STSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the first quarter ended November 30, 2008. During the quarter digital cable customers grew by 60,717 to 967,037 and DTH (Star Choice) customers increased 448 to 892,976.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Continued growth for COGECO despite the difficult economic climate
Jan 14, 2009 – COGECO (TSX: CGO) has announced its results for the first quarter of 2009, ended November 30, 2008. Digital Television service net additions stood at 23,617 customers compared to 16,253 customers for the same period in the prior year.
News categories: COGECO, Cable TV, Canada, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

Nortel Obtains Court Orders for Creditor Protection
Jan 14, 2009 – Nortel Networks Corporation (NYSE/TSX: NT) has announced that the Company, Nortel Networks Limited and certain other Canadian subsidiaries have obtained an Order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for creditor protection.
News categories: Nortel, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, UK, USA

CompleteTV Completes Acquisition of CIMA Technologies IPR and Assets
Jan 5, 2009 – CompleteTV, a UK company developing innovative set top technology for new generation Over-the-Top IPTV services, has announced the acquisition of the IPR and assets of CIMA Technologies (Hong Kong).
News categories: CompleteTV, China, Hong Kong, MandA, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

Mirics secures additional $7m funding to accelerate worldwide growth
Jan 5, 2009 – Mirics Semiconductor has announced that it has secured $7m of financing from its existing investor team of Acacia Capital Partners, Intel Capital and Pond Venture Partners.
News categories: Mirics, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

iPanel Receives $37M Investment
Jan 4, 2009 – Orchid Asia Group Management has invested USD 30 mln in iPanel. Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary (000917.SZ) has also invested RMB 50 mln (approx USD 7.35 mln) through its subsidiary Shenzhen Fortune Venture Capital.
News categories: iPanel, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Venture Capital

Zoran Corporation Updates Its Forecast for the Fourth Quarter 2008
Dec 23, 2008 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that it expects revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 to be below previously announced expectations.
News categories: Zoran, Results, Semiconductor

Motorola Announces Strategic Cooperation Agreement with SXBN on Integrated DTV Platform
Dec 18, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that Hangzhou Motorola Technologies (HMT) has signed a strategic agreement for joint development of its integrated Digital TV (DTV) platform with China's Shaanxi BC & TV Intermediary Co. (SXBN).
News categories: Motorola, SXBN, China, Finance, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Astro announces Quarterly Financial Results Q3 FY2009
Dec 15, 2008 – Malaysia's ASTRO All Asia Networks (Kuala Lumpur:ASTRO) has announced its unaudited consolidated results for the third quarter ended 31 October 2008. Astro TV subscribers increased by 96 thousand to 2.565 million at the end of the quarter.
News categories: ASTRO All Asia Networks, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers