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Sigma Designs Reports Preliminary Revenue Results for Fiscal Third Quarter
Nov 18, 2008 – Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ:SIGM) has reported preliminary revenue would be below prior estimates provided by the Company for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended November 1, 2008.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

City Telecom (bbTV) Announces Annual Results 2008
Nov 17, 2008 – City Telecom (Hong Kong: 1137; NASDAQ: CTEL) has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2008. The Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) IPTV service (bbTV) increased its subscriptions by 21.9% to 156,000 as of 31 August 2008.
News categories: City Telecom, HKBN, bbTV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Telefónica earns €5,596 million to September and confirms all growth forecasts for 2008
Nov 14, 2008 – During the third quarter of 2008 Telefónica (Madrid, NYSE: TEF) maintained the intense commercial activity registered since the beginning of the year. Pay TV accesses stood at over 2.1 million at the end of the quarter, up 54.0% on the prior year.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

Com Hem January-September 2008 results
Nov 13, 2008 – In the first three quarters of 2008, Com Hem's revenues amounted to SEK 2,827 million. From the second to the third quarter of this year, the number of digital TV subscribers increased by over 5 percent to 450,000.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Vivendi (Canal+ Group) Third Quarter Earnings
Nov 13, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues were €17,777 million compared to €15,643 million for the first nine months of 2007. Net Canal+ Group portfolio growth over the past 12 months amounted to approximately 40,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Cyfrowy Polsat results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – The number of Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) subscribers grew by 42% to 2,402,524 as at 30 September 2008 - an increase of 115 thousand as compared to Q2 2008 and 335 thousand since the beginning of the year.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom (Meo) 2008 first nine month results
Nov 13, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its results for the first nine months ended 30 September 2008. YTD net additions to the 'Meo' pay-TV service reached 191 thousand to give 211 thousand customers at the end of September.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Premiere announces results for Q3 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – In the third quarter 2008, Premiere AG (PRE.XE) posted total revenues of EUR 244.6 million (Q3 2007: EUR 247.5 million). Premiere had a total of 2.411m direct subscribers at the end of Q3 2008 (Q3 2007: 2.535m).
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

BT Second quarter and half year results to September 30, 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – BT Vision (LSE:BT.A)(NYSE:BT) now has 340,000 customers. Of the new customers added in the quarter, an average of 83% chose to take a subscription pack, nearly three times as many as last year. September also saw the launch of a new HD movie service.
News categories: BT Vision, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, UK