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Viaccess acquires 100-percent stake in Orca Interactive
Mar 9, 2008 – Viaccess has signed an agreement to acquire 100-percent stake in Orca Interactive Ltd, an Israeli company listed on AIM London Stock Exchange, for an estimated price of 21.4 million US dollars.
News categories: Viaccess, Orca Interactive, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, MandA, Middleware

PCCW reports 2007 annual results
Mar 6, 2008 – now TV took a leadership position in the local pay-TV market last year and secured an installed customer base of 882,000 at year end, up 16% from 2006's 758,000.
News categories: PCCW, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

TiVo Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2008
Mar 5, 2008 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO)-owned subscription gross additions for the fourth quarter were 109,000, compared to 163,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-owned subscriptions increased slightly from the prior quarter to 1.75 million.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Earnings Release, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Swisscom - more customers, profitable growth
Mar 5, 2008 – Broadband communications experienced strong growth year-on-year, with the number of broadband customers rising by 17.1% to 1.6 million. By the end of 2007, around 70,000 customers had signed up for Bluewin TV.
News categories: Swisscom, Earnings Release, Annual Report, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Switzerland

BlueRun Ventures Invests in Innofidei
Mar 4, 2008 – Innofidei has announced that it has raised $10 million in year 2007 from BlueRun Ventures together with another investor. The company will use the funding for R&D and operating capital.
News categories: Innofidei, BlueRun Ventures, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

TVonics bought by Contact Holdings
Feb 29, 2008 – TVonics, the UK based digital TV set top box company, has been acquired by the Contact Holdings Group which specialises in contract manufacturing, product packaging and supply chain management.
News categories: TVonics, MandA, Set Top Box, UK

Kudelski Group's 2007 results marked by strong top-line growth and long-term investments
Feb 29, 2008 – Digital terrestrial operators and Eastern European satellite operators experienced particularly strong growth, with sales doubling versus the previous year. Strong growth in South America compensated for a volume decline in North America and USD weakness.
News categories: Kudelski Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Terrestrial

Belgacom concludes a very solid year in challenging times
Feb 29, 2008 – Belgacom proved to be a strong iDTV market player with very solid results for Belgacom TV, adding in total 165,654 new customers in 2007. This brought the total TV customer base to 305,319 at the end of December 2007.
News categories: Belgacom, Full year results, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

Telecom Italia Media: The Board of Directors Approves Results at December 31, 2007
Feb 28, 2008 – During the first half of the year, a contract was finalized to acquire frequencies in Sicily. Following this transaction, the national coverage of the two Digital Multiplexes increased to 87.2% and 74.9%, respectively.
News categories: Telecom Italia Media, Earnings Release, Content Distribution, Italy, Results, Terrestrial