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Comstar-United Telesystems OJSC Financial Results For The Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007
Apr 17, 2008 – COMSTAR-UTS (LSE: CMST) has announced an 81% year on year growth in Moscow residential broadband internet subscribers to 651,000, including 122,300 triple-play (voice + broadband internet + pay-TV) subscribers.
News categories: Comstar, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

2007 Unitymedia Annual Results
Apr 17, 2008 – Alongside growth in Triple Play services, Unitymedia Cable converted nearly 170,000 subscribers as of December 31, 2007, from analogue television to the Digital TV Basic.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

Sigma Sinks on Broadcom Scare
Apr 16, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) may have won a key IPTV deal with Motorola (NYSE: MOT).
News categories: Sigma Designs, Broadcom, Motorola, Finance, IPTV, Semiconductor

Thomson: First Quarter Revenues, Near-term Priorities and Dividend Policy
Apr 16, 2008 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.2 million satellite set-top boxes in 1Q08, 0.4 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.2 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 4.8 million access products in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Shaw Announces Second Quarter with Continued Subscriber Growth
Apr 11, 2008 – Shaw Communications (TSX - SJR.B, NYSE - SJR) has announced results for the second quarter ended February 29, 2008. Digital cable customers grew by 48,006 to 850,642. DTH (Star Choice) increased 4,977 customers to 886,106.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Cogeco Cable Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Apr 10, 2008 – Cogeco Cable (TSX:CCA) has announced its financial results for the second quarter and first six months ended February 29, 2008. In Canada, digital television net additions stood at 17,879 compared to 13,961 for the same period last year.
News categories: Cogeco, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Subscribers

ITI Group full Year financial results 2007
Apr 8, 2008 – With a current subscriber base exceeding 300,000 by the end of the first quarter 2008, ITI Neovision ('n') (Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSE): ITIH.LU) looks back on a very successful year.
News categories: ITI Group, Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sogecable (DIGITAL+) First Quarter 2008 consolidated results
Apr 4, 2008 – As of March 31st 2008, the subscriber base of Sogecable's DIGITAL+ stood at 2,080,000. During the quarter, DIGITAL+ has continued growing the subscriber base with a net figure of 15,000 new clients joining.
News categories: Sogecable, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

ONO Fourth quarter and full year 2007 results
Mar 25, 2008 – ONO's cable television customers increased by 51,000 or 5.6% in the quarter to reach 960,000 as of 31 December 2007. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2007, 90% of our total television customer base enjoyed our digital offering.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers