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Primacom Quarterly Report Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – Digital TV revenues remained flat at EUR 0.2m in the first six months of 2006 and 2007. Customer numbers increased slightly from 4,153 on June 30, 2006 to 4,244 on June 30, 2007. A comprehensive relaunch of this product is planned for the second half of 2007.
News categories: PrimaCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

TiVo Announces Results for Second Quarter Ended July 31, 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) has reported financial results for the second quarter ended July 31, 2007. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the second quarter were 41,000, compared to 74,000 gross additions for the year-ago period. Overall, TiVo-Owned subscriptions totaled 1.71 million, up 136,000 on an annual basis compared to the year ago-period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Mexico, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA

PCCW reports interim results for 2007
Aug 29, 2007 – PCCW Limited has announced stronger growth of its core telecom, media and ICT business segments in the first half of 2007 as the Company began to reap the benefits of its quadruple-play strategy. now TV's installed base was 818,000 at the end of June, up 35 percent from a year earlier.
News categories: PCCW, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Hong Kong, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Subscribers

Kudelski Group 1st half 2007 results: continued growth and investments in the future
Aug 24, 2007 – Digital TV is on its way to successfully meet the target to more than double revenues in new business areas and exceed the CHF 100 million mark for the full year. New business areas include new segments (terrestrial TV, IPTV and mobile TV) and new products (PVR/pushVOD/EPG, advanced smart cards and conditional access modules).
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Terrestrial

Belgacom exceeds expectations
Aug 24, 2007 – Belgacom added 51,683 new TV subscribers in the first half of 2007. Acquisition of Belgacom TV customers accelerated considerably in the second quarter of 2007, with 41,857 new customers. Belgacom exceeds expectations by bringing its total Belgacom TV customer base to 191,348 at the end of June.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland reports 19% EBITDA growth for the first quarter ended June 30, 2007 of its fiscal year March 31, 2008
Aug 23, 2007 – Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Kabel Digital pay TV RGUs increased by 30.8% to 718 thousand at June 30, 2007 from 549 thousand RGUs on the same date in the previous year.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers

ITI Group enters the second half of year 2007 on a strong basis
Aug 23, 2007 – The ITI Group launched on 12 October 2006 through ITI Neovision "n" Poland's new generation digital platform. Since its roll-out, "n" has been delivering strong results in line with its business plan and by the end of the second quarter had a subscriber base exceeding 150,000.
News categories: ITI Group, Digital TV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DivX Acquires Technology for Enhanced Video Search and Discovery Services
Aug 22, 2007 – DivX, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIVX) has announced the acquisition of the assets of Veatros of Kansas. Veatros's technology will be used by DivX primarily for the purposes of producing enhanced video search and discovery services.
News categories: DivX, Digital TV, MandA, Media Player, Software, Streaming

Telegent Systems Announces Closing of $20 Million Financing
Aug 21, 2007 – Telegent Systems recently raised $20 million in a third round financing. Northern Light Venture Capital is the latest investor in Telegent, with all current Telegent investors participating in the round.
News categories: Telegent Systems, Northern Light, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Venture Capital