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Rogers Reports Strong First Quarter 2008 Financial and Operating Results
Apr 29, 2008 – Strong demand for HD and PVR digital set-top boxes combined with a 'triple play' marketing campaign contributed to a growth of 49,000 in the digital subscriber base of Rogers Cable (NYSE: RCI) in the three months ended March 31, 2008.
News categories: Rogers, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Conexant Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT) has announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 that exceeded the company's expectations entering the quarter.
News categories: Conexant, Broadband, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

KPN publishes first quarter results 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Q1 2008 was another quarter with healthy growth of TV subscribers with 56k net adds. The customer base reached 553k (compared to 296k in Q1 2007). The commercial launch of DVB-H is anticipated for mid 2008.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics Reports 2008 First Quarter Revenues and Earnings
Apr 28, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2008 fiscal first quarter ended March 30, 2008.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Automotive, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Results, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Hanaro Posts Revenues of KRW 493 Billion for the First Quarter of 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – hanarotelecom (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the first quarter of 2008. hanaTV recently reached 900,000 subscribers on a cumulative basis, strengthening the position as a leading player in IPTV.
News categories: Hanaro, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers

Verizon Reports Continued Strong Growth in 1Q 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported another quarter of strong sales and operational results. Verizon added a net 263,000 new FiOS TV customers to give 1.2 million FiOS TV subscribers in total at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Verizon, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers, USA

Public announcement of the Summary of Annual report 2007 of Telekom Slovenia Group and Telekom Slovenije, d. d.
Apr 25, 2008 – At the end of September 2007, the share of IPTV in Slovenia was 14.7%, an increase of 8.21% in share from the previous year. The largest market share - 61.4% - among IPTV service-providers was held by Telekom Slovenije (Ljubljana: TLSG).
News categories: Telekom Slovenia, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Kosovo, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

TeliaSonera January-March 2008
Apr 25, 2008 – TeliaSonera's total number of TV subscriptions rose to 797,000, of which more than 400,000 were IPTV subscriptions.
News categories: TeliaSonera, Broadband, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Lithuania, Mobile, Norway, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Motorola Announces First-Quarter Financial Results
Apr 24, 2008 – Strong demand for Motorola (NYSE: MOT) High Definition and DVR devices resulted in shipments of over four million digital entertainment devices during the quarter, including a milestone three millionth IP device to-date.
News categories: Motorola, Broadband, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Set Top Box