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SES AMERICOM To Cease IP- PRIME® Service By July 31, 2009
Dec 15, 2008 – SES AMERICOM (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it will cease providing its IP-PRIME IPTV service in North America. The termination of the service is motivated by the slow adoption of IPTV by small and medium size telecom operators.
News categories: SES AMERICOM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Finance, IPTV, USA

Broadcom Updates Guidance for Fourth Quarter 2008 Results
Dec 8, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has updated its financial guidance for the fourth quarter of 2008. Due to the current global economic environment, customers across Broadcom's markets have requested adjustments in their deliveries for the fourth quarter.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor

Swedish AirplusTV closes Digital Terrestrial pay-TV deal with Telecom Italia
Dec 2, 2008 – AirplusTV Group and Telecom Italia Media finalized the agreement for the transfer of all activities concerning the Digital Terrestrial pay-TV platform La7 Cartapi'u to the Italian division of AirplusTV.
News categories: AirplusTV, Telecom Italia Media, Italy, MandA, Terrestrial

Sigma Designs Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
Dec 2, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended November 1, 2008. Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 was $46.8 million and GAAP net income was $3.7 million or $0.14 per diluted share.
News categories: Sigma Designs, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Etisalat and France Telecom establish a cooperation agreement
Dec 1, 2008 – Etisalat (Abu Dhabi: ETISALAT) and France Telecom (Paris and NYSE: FTE) have signed a cooperation agreement covering Digital Home services, content, international networks and Enterprise solutions. Etisalat will acquire a 16.6% stake of SoftAtHome.
News categories: France Telecom, Etisalat, MandA, Media Player, Smart Home, UAE

TSMC's Fourth-Quarter Business Guidance Revised
Dec 1, 2008 – TSMC (Taipei:2330, NYSE:TSM) has announced that fourth-quarter business will be below the company's previous guidance given on October 30, 2008 due to a reduction of wafer shipment resulting from continuing weakness in global economic conditions.
News categories: TSMC, Results, Semiconductor

Telekom Slovenije Income Still Increasing
Nov 28, 2008 – Telekom Slovenije (Ljubljana: TLSG) has announced its results for the January to September 2008 period. The number of IPTV (SiOL TV) ports increased by 96% to 65,929 connections compared with 33,580 at the end of September 2007.
News categories: Telekom Slovenije, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results For The Third Quarter
Nov 28, 2008 – COMSTAR-United TeleSystems (LSE: CMST) has announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. The consolidation of STREAM-TV's regional operations will boost Comstar's pay-TV subscriber base to more than 2 million users.
News categories: Comstar, STREAM-TV, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

STMicroelectronics Updates 2008 Fourth Quarter Outlook
Nov 28, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that its revenue for the fourth quarter would be below the outlook provided in the Company's news release dated October 28, 2008.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor