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Spain - DIGITAL+ 2,061,000 subscribers at end-Q3
Oct 16, 2008 – PRISA (Madrid: PRS.MC) has announced its January-September 2008 results. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+ at September 30th 2008 stood at 2,061,000 subscribers. At September 30th 2007, the subscriber base stood at 2,046,000.
News categories: Sogecable, PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Thomson: Near-term Priorities and Third Quarter Revenues
Oct 16, 2008 – Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) reported total revenues of €1,170 million for the quarter (3Q07, €1,348 million). Satellite set-top box sales declined. Sales of gateways for telcos performed well and cable products grew significantly.
News categories: Thomson, Cable TV, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Ziggo Half year statement
Oct 9, 2008 – In the first half of 2008 the market for Ziggo's digital television grew fast and resulted in an increase of 161,000 customers for a total base of 995,000.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

Premiere Releases Q3 Subscriber Figures
Oct 2, 2008 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has disclosed EBITDA guidance for 2008 and released Q3 2008 subscriber numbers using a new classification. 940,000 that would have been included using the previous subscriber classification have been excluded.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

SoftAtHome and Etisalat Demonstrate Solutions for the Digital Home
Sep 29, 2008 – SoftAtHome has announced that Etisalat will be demonstrating SoftAtHome solutions for the Digital Home on their booth during the Gitex Technology Week in Dubai, paving the way for the deployment of convergent services in this part of the world.
News categories: SoftAtHome, Etisalat, Finance, Gateway, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, UAE

Verimatrix Completes Series C Round with Investment from JK&B Capital
Sep 26, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that JK&B Capital has joined Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and SunAmerica Ventures in its Series C round of funding.
News categories: Verimatrix, Content Protection, Venture Capital

COMSTAR-United TeleSystems OJSC Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Sep 4, 2008 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. The number of Comstar-Direct double-play (Internet & pay-TV) subscribers grew by 44% year-on-year to 146 thousand.
News categories: COMSTAR, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

DoÄŸan Yayın (D Smart) Business Review & 1H08 Results
Aug 29, 2008 – DoÄŸan Yayın Holding A.Åž. (DYH) (Istanbul:DYHOL) has published its 1H08 Results and Business Review. Dogan's DTH satellite service, D Smart, now has over 600 thousand subscribers, up from 91 thousand one year ago.
News categories: DoÄŸan, D Smart, CAM, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Turkey

Kudelski Group 1st half 2008 - migration to service mode on track
Aug 29, 2008 – The Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX) has announced results for its first half year ended June 30, 2008. In the first half 2008, Nagravision expanded its global reach with 92.3 million active devices for conditional access.
News categories: Nagravision, Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Iraq, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial