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OTE Group Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results
Nov 26, 2008 – OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. At quarter-end, the number of RomTelecom DTH customers in Romania amounted to 559K. OTE's Greek IPTV commercial launch is expected in early 2009.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland Wins More And More Customers
Nov 26, 2008 – On September 30, 2008 the number of KDG's digital TV RGUs (including 73.3 thousand PVR RGUs) amounted to 1,888.9 thousand (1,392.6 thousand on September 30, 2007), representing a digital TV RGU penetration based on total RGUs of 16.8%.
News categories: KDG, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Naspers Limited Interim Results
Nov 26, 2008 – Naspers (JSE:NPN, LSE:NPSN) has announced its results for the six months ended September 2008. Pay-television (Multichoice) recorded exceptionally strong growth of 171,000 new subscribers. Irdeto shipped 8.3m units in 1H FY08.
News categories: Naspers, Multichoice, Irdeto, Angola, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Ghana, Kenya, Middleware, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

ONO Q3 2008 Earnings and Operating Results
Nov 25, 2008 – ONO has announced consolidated results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008. Cable television customers increased by 148,000 or 16.3% in the last twelve months, reaching 1,057,000 as of 30 September 2008.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Bezeq Group (yes) Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Nov 25, 2008 – Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ) has announced its financial results for the third quarter 2008. 'yes' maintained its 37% market share with 556,000 subscribers as of September 30, 2008, up 11,000 subscribers from the year ago period.
News categories: 'yes', Bezeq, Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TiVo Reports Record Profitability for the Third Quarter Ended October 31, 2008
Nov 25, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2008. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the third quarter were approximately 44,000, compared to 69,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Canada, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Amino To Acquire Set-Top Box Division From Tilgin AB
Nov 20, 2008 – Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO) is pleased to announce that it has signed a sales and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Tilgin's IPTV set-top box division. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on 1 December 2008.
News categories: Amino, Tilgin, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Set Top Box

ITI Group ('n') 2008 Nine months financial results
Nov 19, 2008 – ITI Holdings (Luxembourg: ITIH) has announced results for the nine months ended 30 September 2008. ITI Neovision launched its 'n' digital TV platform in October 2006. In just two years of operations 'n' has attracted more than 400,000 subscribers.
News categories: ITI Group, DVR, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Sonic to Acquire CinemaNow
Nov 19, 2008 – Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) has announced that it is to acquire CinemaNow. CinemaNow is at the forefront of digital video distribution, offering over 6,000 Hollywood movies, TV shows and music videos to users across multiple platforms.
News categories: CinemaNow, Sonic Solutions, DVD, DVR, MandA, Streaming, Tablet, USA