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Amino Technologies - Interim (end-May) Results
Jul 16, 2007 – Amino Technologies plc (stock code: AMO) presented its unaudited consolidated results for the six-month period ended 31 May 2007. Shipments of AmiNET products increased compared to H2 2006 by 11.5% to 240,000 units.
News categories: Amino Technologies, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, UK

Sistema Announces Financial Results for Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
Jul 10, 2007 – The Stream-TV subscriber base grew by 4% quarter on quarter to 1.66 million subscribers by the end of the quarter, including 1.56 million pay-TV customers, 86,000 Internet and 9,700 telephony subscribers.
News categories: Sistema, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Irdeto Acquires French Company, IDway SAS
Jul 6, 2007 – Irdeto, a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers (JSE: NPN), has announced that it has acquired IDway SAS, a leading software company providing open software solutions for digital TV consumer devices based in Paris, France.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-MHP, France, MandA, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

DiBcom adds investment of Euro20 million
Jul 4, 2007 – DiBcom has announced the closing of its fifth round of financing at Euro20 million (approximately $27 million U.S.), bringing its total funding to date to Euro60 million (approximately $80 million U.S.).
News categories: DiBcom, NATIXIS, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, Venture Capital

Intel Capital leads $10 Million investment in Mirics Semiconductor
Jul 2, 2007 – Intel Capital has announced that it is the lead investor in a $10 million round of funding into Mirics Semiconductor. Mirics is a UK-based company working to enable receiving content onto mobile devices.
News categories: Mirics Semiconductor, Intel Capital, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, UK, Venture Capital

Magnum Semiconductor Agrees To Acquire LSI Consumer Products Business
Jun 27, 2007 – LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) and Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Magnum will acquire the LSI consumer products business in a transaction to be funded by private equity investment.
News categories: Magnum Semiconductor, LSI Corp, Digital TV, MandA, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Tablet

Private Equity comes to the rescue of Europe's cable industry
Jun 25, 2007 – The latest report from media analysts Screen Digest finds that the European cable industry is in rude health, thanks mainly to a massive injection of private equity investment over the past five years.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable Europe (ECCA), Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Private Equity

Comstar UTS Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2007
Jun 16, 2007 – COMSTAR – United TeleSystems OJSC (LSE: CMST) has announced a sevenfold year on year increase in its “”Double play”” (broadband + Pay TV) Moscow subscriber base to 100,500 customers.” More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Money crunch pushes Enuclia out of picture
Jun 13, 2007 – Beaverton startup Enuclia Semiconductor has laid off the last of its 53 employees and closed down for good after failing to secure funding it had been counting on. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Semiconductor, USA, Venture Capital