MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service) News

Cable TV subscribers in Brazil exceed 4 million
Apr 29, 2009 – ANATEL has released March's quarterly report on the pay TV market in Brazil. Cable TV remains dominant in the country with subscriber numbers passing the 4 million mark in March. DTH (satellite) numbers remain steady at around 2.1 million.
News categories: ANATEL, Brazil, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Pay-TV subscriptions in Brazil grew 19% in 2008
Apr 9, 2009 – According to an ABTA/SETA survey, the number of pay TV subscribers in Brazil grew by 19% in 2008 to reach 6.2 million households across the country.
News categories: SETA, ABTA, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2008 Results
Feb 23, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008. With 501,000 additions during Q4, digital video remained the strongest growing business for the seventh consecutive quarter.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Brazil's ANATEL releases September Pay TV quarterly report
Dec 1, 2008 – ANATEL has released September's quarterly report on the pay TV market in Brazil. The data shows a growth of over 5% versus June 2008 to 6.119 million customers.
News categories: ANATEL, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced financial and operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Digital video, including both cable and DTH, remained the strongest product with 363,000 additions.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Brazil - Pay TV reaches 5.5 million homes
Oct 13, 2008 – The Associação Brasileira de TV por Assinatura (ABTA) and the Sindicato das Empresas de TV por Assinatura (SETA) have announced that Brazil's pay-TV subscriber base has grown 12.7% versus the same period of 2007 to reach 5.5 million homes.
News categories: ABTA, SETA, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for Q2. At June 30, 2008, Liberty Global's 14.7 million video subscriber base consisted of 9.5 million analog cable and MMDS and 5.2 million digital cable and DTH subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Brazil - TVA launches HD set-top box in time for the Olympics
Jul 24, 2008 – TVA has launched its convergente HD (high definition) decoder along with a package of attractions in the technology.
News categories: Televisão Abril, Brazil, Cable TV, MMDS, Set Top Box

Telefonica posts a 22.4% increase in net profit in the first quarter to €1,538 million
May 14, 2008 – Telefónica (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF) has increased global pay TV subscribers by +64.4%. In Spain, Telefonica added 42,958 new IPTV customers in the quarter (35,591 in the same period of 2007) to give a total of 554,045 at the end of March 2008.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Broadband, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, MMDS, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers