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Com Hem has 410,000 digital TV subscribers
May 5, 2008 – During the period January-March 2008 Com Hem increased its number of digital-TV subscribers by 16,000 to 410,000.
News categories: Com Hem, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Telenet announces First Quarter 2008 results
May 5, 2008 – As of March 31, 2008, Telenet (Euronext Brussels: TNET) reported a total of 438,000 subscribers to the digital television service (iDTV), representing a net increase of 47,000 subscribers for the first quarter of 2008.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Comcast Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 1, 2008 – Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) added 494,000 digital cable customers in the first quarter of 2008. During the quarter, 450,000 digital cable customers added advanced services, like DVR and HDTV, to their digital service.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

NDS Group plc Reports Third Quarter Results
May 1, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. NDS had 86.9 million active digital TV smart cards, 83.1 million cumulative middleware clients deployed and 12.1 million cumulative DVR clients deployed.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

J:COM Releases Consolidated Quarterly Financial Results
Apr 30, 2008 – Since March 31, 2007, the number of J:COM (JASDAQ: 4817) Digital Cable TV subscribers has risen by 397,800 households (34%) to 1,563,500 households as of March 31, 2008, accounting for 70% of all cable television subscribers.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Results, Subscribers

Telenor First quarter 2008: Continued growth and stable margin
Apr 30, 2008 – Revenues in the Canal Digital Group increased primarily due to higher revenues from sales of additional services to subscribers, including hardware sales.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Denmark, Digital TV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Time Warner Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2008 Results
Apr 30, 2008 – Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) has reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Digital video net additions were 261 thousand for the quarter.
News categories: Time Warner, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

BSkyB 3rd Quarter Results
Apr 30, 2008 – British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY) third quarter net customer additions increased by 10% to 56,000 to 8.888 million with improved churn more than offsetting lower gross additions.
News categories: BSkyB, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

TP Group reports results for the first quarter 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) has provided selected financial and operating data related to the activities of TP Group for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. TPSA now has 49 thousand IPTV subscribers up from 9 thousand at the end of Q1 2007.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, Digital TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers