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AT&T Delivers Strong Third-Quarter Results; Growth Highlighted by Robust Wireless Gains, Advances in Enterprise Services, Accelerated TV Ramp
Oct 23, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has posted strong third-quarter results and delivered its tenth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in adjusted earnings per share. At the end of the third quarter, subscribers to AT&T's U-verse IP-based video service, totaled 126,000, up from 51,000 three months earlier.
News categories: AT&T, Full Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers, USA

Zoran Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Oct 22, 2007 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZRAN) has reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Revenues for the third quarter were $146.4 million, compared to $129.9 million last quarter and $129.4 million in the third quarter of 2006.
News categories: Zoran, Earnings Release, Digital TV, DVD, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Net Serviços de Comunicação Third Quarter 2007 Results
Oct 18, 2007 – Net's customer base connected to digital video closed the quarter at 419 thousand subscribers, up 210% compared to the base of 135 thousand subscribers at the end of the same period the previous year.
News categories: Net Serviços de Comunicação, Earnings Release, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers

Thomson: Third Quarter 2007 Revenues
Oct 18, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.7 million satellite set-top boxes in 3Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 5.8 million access products in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Full release, Broadband, Cable TV, Camcorder, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK, USA

TEO revenues grew by 10.4 per cent in the third quarter of the year 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – The total revenue of TEO LT for the third quarter of 2007 was LTL 204 million. The number of broadband Internet access users increased by 51.5 thousand and at the end of September 2007 amounted to 232.2 thousand, while the number of IP TV users amounted to almost 14 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, Digital TV, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers

Sogecable Consolidated results as of September 30th 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – As of September 30th 2007, the subscriber base of DIGITAL+ stood at 2,046,000 customers. At the end of the previous quarter, DIGITAL+ had 2,056,000 customers. DIGITAL+'s customer base decreased by 10,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2007.
News categories: Sogecable, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

AT&T Moves Ahead on DISH Deal
Oct 16, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has hired Goldman Sachs to explore the acquisition of EchoStar (Nasdaq:DISH).
News categories: AT&T, DISH Network, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Satellite, USA

Nighthawk Systems Announces Purchase of IPTV Assets/Technology
Oct 15, 2007 – Nighthawk Systems (OTCBB: NIHK), a leading provider of intelligent wireless power management and emergency notification solutions, announced today that it has purchased the IPTV set-top box business assets of Eagle Broadband (OTCBB: EAGB).
News categories: Eagle Broadband, Nighthawk, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Set Top Box, USA

Bluestreak Technology raises USD $20 million in Series D financing
Oct 11, 2007 – Bluestreak Technology has announced that it has secured USD $20 million dollars in Series D financing. France's Iris Capital, a new investor, led the round, which also includes internal investors and a new investor Tomorrow Group from Korea.
News categories: Bluestreak Technology, Iris Capital, Tomorrow Group, Solidarity Fund QFL, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Venture Capital