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Chunghwa Telecom Reports First Nine Months and Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 30, 2008 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported its results for the third quarter of 2008. At the end of September 2008, Chunghwa had a total of 591,000 MOD subscribers, of which 82,000 were new subscriptions added during the quarter.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

ADB Group delivers mid-period update on its 2008 second half business
Oct 30, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings (SIX: ADBN) has reported an update on the development of its business. The order book for the year is full, driven mostly by a continued strong operator demand and a favourable product mix.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Blu-ray, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

Qwest Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – In the third quarter, Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) reported steady gains in DIRECTV subscribers. Video subscribers increased by 39,000 during the quarter resulting in total video subscribers of 761,000.
News categories: Qwest, Fibre, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Jupiter Telecommunications Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – The number of Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) digital subscribers rose by 402,200 households (or 29%) from September 30, 2007 to 1,767,600 households as of September 30, 2008, accounting for 75% of all cable television subscribers.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

Telekomunikacja Polska Q3 2008 selected data
Oct 29, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided selected financial and operating data for the nine months ended September 30th, 2008. Broadband year-to-date revenue growth (+16%) was driven by the year-on-year increase of the subscriber base.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Telenor (Canal Digital) Third Quarter 2008
Oct 29, 2008 – Revenues for Telenor (Oslo:TEL) in the first three quarters of 2008 increased by NOK 2,094 million, or 3%. Revenues in the Canal Digital Group increased primarily due to higher sales of additional services to Cable TV subscribers.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Reports 2008 Third Quarter and Nine-Month Revenues and Earnings
Oct 28, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2008 third quarter. On a year-over-year basis, ST's net revenues grew 10.9%, supported by mid- to high single digit growth in Computer and Consumer.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

TeliaSonera January-September 2008
Oct 28, 2008 – TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has announced its results for the period January-September 2008. The total number of TeliaSonera TV subscriptions rose to 839,000, of which 450,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Cable TV, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

SES Reports Continued Strong Results
Oct 27, 2008 – SES S.A. (Paris, Luxembourg: SESG) reports on financial performance for the nine months ended 30th September 2008. Total utilised capacity increased from 820 at 30th June 2008 to 821 transponders at 30th September 2008.
News categories: Content Distribution, Results, Satellite