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Australia - Mobilesoft Appoints Administrators
Aug 21, 2007 – Roderick Mackay Sutherland and I, Sule Amautovic were appointed joint and several Administrators of Mobilesoft Limited and Mobilesoft (Aust) Pty Limited.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Finance, Set Top Box

SecureMedia Enters New Phase of Growth with Acquisition by Cavalier Telephone and TV
Aug 17, 2007 – SecureMedia, the industry leader and most experienced source for digital media protection is now the strongest, financially and strategically, having been acquired by Cavalier Telephone and TV, the largest full-service competitive communications provider in the United States.
News categories: SecureMedia, Cavalier Telephone, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, MandA, USA

Place-shifting TV technology gets funding
Aug 17, 2007 – Inxstor, a company planning to demonstrate placeshifting technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2008, has received a 600,000GBP investment from Braveheart Investment Group plc. and the Scottish Co-investment Fund.
News categories: INXSTOR, CES2025, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, UK, Venture Capital

New Zealand - SKY Television Announces 2007 Annual Result
Aug 17, 2007 – SKY's subscriber base grew by 43,941 (6.6%) subscribers over the previous year, to a new high of 711,211. The subscriber base comprises 529,830 residential digital subscribers (74%), 53,679 residential UHF subscribers (8%), 113,961 wholesale subscribers (16%) and 13,741 (2%) commercial and other subscribers. SKY is now in 44.5% of New Zealand homes.
News categories: Sky Television, Digital TV, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Hercules Provides $7.5 Million of Venture Debt to Quartics, a Semiconductor Design Company Focusing on Wireless Video Streaming Capabilities
Aug 16, 2007 – Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NASDAQ: HTGC) has announced that on August 2, 2007, it provided $7.5 million of venture debt to Irvine, California-based Quartics, Inc., a premier provider of video processing solutions.
News categories: Quartics, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Venture Capital

Insight Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 16, 2007 – Insight Communications (Nasdaq: ICCI) has announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Insight added a net 7,700 digital customers during the quarter to end at 661,500 customers.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Thailand - TrueVisions subscriber number reaches 569,000
Aug 14, 2007 – Thailand's TrueVisions subscriber numbers have reached 569,000, with the business' mass market strategy having attracted more than 228,000 customers since its launch a year ago.
News categories: TrueVisions, True Corporation, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

EchoStar Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Aug 10, 2007 – EchoStar's DISH Network® (Nasdaq:DISH) service added approximately 170,000 net new subscribers during the second quarter of 2007, ending the quarter with approximately 13.585 million subscribers to become the nation's third largest pay-TV provider.
News categories: Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 9, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. net subscribers increased to 128,000 in the quarter bringing the total number of DIRECTV U.S. subscribers as of June 30, 2007 to 16.32 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.51 million subscribers reported on June 30, 2006. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions increased 83% to 141,000. The total number of DIRECTV subscribers in Latin America as of June 30, 2007 increased to 2.94 million compared to 1.73 million as of June 30, 2006.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela