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Verizon Reports Continued Growth in 3Q
Oct 27, 2008 – Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has reported results for the third quarter 2008. Verizon added 233,000 net new FiOS TV customers. The company has 1.6 million FiOS TV customers, compared with more than 700,000 FiOS TV customers at the end of Q3 2007.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Dish TV India Earnings Release For The Quarter September 30, 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – Dish TV India (Bombay:532839) has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 30 September 2008. Dish TV's net subscriber base stood at 3.4 million on September 30, 2008. Dish TV added 529,000 subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: Dish TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Tilgin Interim report 1 January - 30 September 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – Tilgin (STO:TILG) net sales increased by 44 percent since the second quarter to SEK 59.1 million, and the gross margin improved to a new all-time high of 42 percent.
News categories: Tilgin, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Telmex Internacional Third Quarter 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – In the third quarter Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) consolidated revenues totaled 19.573 billion pesos. In Brazil, Net had close to 2.9 million pay TV users and 2.1 million broadband Internet users.
News categories: Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Eesti Telekom Reports 3rd Quarter and first nine months 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – Sales revenues of the Eesti Telekom Group (Tallin: ETLAT) in the third quarter of 2008 reached 100.1 million EUR (3rd quarter 2007: 103.1 million EUR). By the end of the third quarter, Elion had 75.4 thousand IP- and cable television clients.
News categories: Elion, Eesti Telekom, Cable TV, Estonia, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Maxcom Reports Results For The Third Quarter And Nine Months Of 2008
Oct 23, 2008 – Maxcom (NYSE: MXT) (BMV: MAXCOMCPO.MX) has announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Pay TV number of RGUs reached 16,161. The Company recorded TV net adds of 4,944 in the quarter.
News categories: Maxcom, IPTV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Televisa Third-Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 23, 2008 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV, BMV:TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for third quarter of 2008. As of September 30, 2008, the number of gross active Sky subscribers increased to 1,728,214, compared with 1,542,466 as of September 30, 2007.
News categories: Grupo Televisa, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic - 2008 Nine Months Financial Results
Oct 23, 2008 – Telefónica O2 Czech Republic has announced its unaudited financial results for the first nine months of 2008. The total number of O2 TV's customers increased to 108 thousand at the end of 3Q 2008.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Shaw announces strong fourth quarter and full year results
Oct 23, 2008 – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B, NYSE:SJR) has announced results for the quarter ended August 31, 2008. During the quarter Star Choice added 1,736 customers to reach 892,528 subscribers and digital cable customers increased by 23,020 to 906,320.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers