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NDS Group plc Reports Second Quarter Results
Jan 29, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007.
News categories: NDS Group, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite

Zoran Corporation Reports Record Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007
Jan 28, 2008 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007.
News categories: Zoran, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Verizon Caps Successful Year With Strong 4Q Results
Jan 28, 2008 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported continued strong quarterly financial and operational results. Verizon added 226,000 net new FiOS TV customers to give 943,000 total FiOS TV customers at year-end.
News categories: Verizon, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Amino Technologies Results For The Year Ended 30 November 2007
Jan 28, 2008 – Amino Technologies (stock code: AMO) has announced its audited final results for the year ended 30 November 2007. Shipments of AmiNET products for the period increased 45% to 598,000.
News categories: Amino, Earnings Release, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming

STMicroelectronics Completes Acquisition of Genesis Microchip
Jan 25, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has announced that it has performed all necessary steps to complete its acquisition of Genesis Microchip Inc. and has therefore concluded the acquisition.
News categories: Genesis Microchip, STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, MandA, Semiconductor, Smart TV

Dish TV Earnings Release for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2007
Jan 25, 2008 – Dish TV India added 297,000 new subscribers during 3Q, up from 278,000 additions in 2Q, an increase of 7%. The gross subscriber base stood at 2.7 million on December 31, 2007.
News categories: DishTV, Digital TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Fresco Microchip Secures US$14 Million in Series B Funding
Jan 24, 2008 – Fresco Microchip, a developer of leading edge RF, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that its has secured US$14.3 million in Series B funding led by Celtic House and Ventures West.
News categories: Fresco Microchip, Celtic House, Ventures West, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Venture Capital

Conexant Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2008
Jan 24, 2008 – Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT) has announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 that exceeded expectations established by the company at the beginning of the quarter.
News categories: Conexant, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor

AT&T Delivers Strong Fourth Quarter, Reaffirms 2008 and Multi-Year Outlook
Jan 24, 2008 – At the end of the fourth quarter, subscribers to AT&T (NYSE:T) U-verse, the company's next-generation IP-based video service, totaled 231,000, up from 126,000 three months earlier.
News categories: AT&T, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, USA