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TVN Group ('n' DTH) reports second quarter 2008 results
Aug 12, 2008 – The TVN Group (Warsaw:TVN) has announced record results for the second quarter of 2008. 'n' DTH subscribers were 326,000 at the end of the quarter.
News categories: ITI Neovision, TVN Group, 'n', Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

ADB Group Reports Record First-Half 2008 Financial Results
Aug 12, 2008 – ADB Holdings (SWX: ADBN) has reported results for the first half of the year 2008. High-definition TV (HDTV) product sales accounted for 67% of the Digital TV Equipment revenue, up from 49% in the first half of 2007 and 57% in the entire year 2007.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

SingTel Group's results for the quarter ended 30 June 2008
Aug 12, 2008 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2008. The customer base for mio TV grew nearly 2,000 to more than 45,000 at the end of the quarter from a quarter ago.
News categories: SingTel, 5G, Australia, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

Devas Multimedia plans DMB service in India
Aug 11, 2008 – Devas Multimedia plans to deliver video and TV channels via a hybrid satellite-terrestrial (DMB) network to mobile devices. Devas is working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on a service to be launched in 2009-10.
News categories: ISRO, Digital TV, India, MandA, Mobile, Satellite

NXP Semiconductors Completes Acquisition of Conexant's Set-top Box Operations
Aug 11, 2008 – Following the announcement of April 29 this year, NXP Semiconductors has confirmed the completion of the acquisition of the Broadband Media Processing (BMP) business of Conexant Systems (NASDAQ:CNXT).
News categories: NXP, Conexant, Digital TV, IBCShow, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Amino results for the six-month period ended 31 May 2008
Aug 11, 2008 – Amino Technologies (LSE: AMO) has announced its unaudited consolidated results for the six-month period ended 31 May 2008. Shipments of set-top boxes in H1 2008 were 256,000 units.
News categories: Amino, DVR, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming

Telecom Italia: Board of Directors examines and adopts Group first-half report for 2008
Aug 8, 2008 – Telecom Italia (Italy:TIT)(NYSE:TI) revenues were down 3.3% at €14,838 million, from €15,337 million in H1 2007. The IPTV service continued penetrating the consumer market with a portfolio of 180,000 clients, up 100,000 compared with Y/E 2007.
News categories: Telecom Italia, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers

RCN Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) has announced its results for the second quarter 2008. Total revenue generating units increased 4% from last year to approximately 909,000. At quarter-end, RCN's digital video penetration rate rose to 75%.
News categories: RCN Corp, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Consolidated Communications Holdings Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 7, 2008 – Consolidated Communications Holdings (Nasdaq: CNSL) has reported results for the second quarter and six-month period ended June 30, 2008. IPTV subscribers were 14,112, an increase of 4,535, or 47.4%.
News categories: Consolidated Communications, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA