Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Sky New Zealand doubles HDi PVR subscribers in 2009
Feb 18, 2010 – SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has released its interim report for the six months to 31 December 2009. At 31 December 2009, SKY had 144,148 MYSKY HDi subscribers compared to 70,384 in December 2008, an increase of 104.8%.
News categories: SKY Television, DVR, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telenet concludes DTT transmission agreement with Norkring
Feb 18, 2010 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has signed an agreement with Norkring België concerning the use of capacity on the latter's broadcasting infrastructure. This will enable Telenet to offer digital terrestrial TV and radio in Flanders and Brussels.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial

DIRECTV U.S. up 119,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 254,000 in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported fourth quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 119,000 to give 18.56 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 254,000 to give 4.59 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Poland's 'n' DTH adds 120k post-paid in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – TVN Group has announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. The 'n' DTH platform reached 692 thousand active subscribers as of the end of 2009, up by over 120 thousand in the fourth quarter.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Technicolor (Thomson) releases FY 2009 Results
Feb 17, 2010 – The Board of Directors of Technicolor (Paris 18453; NYSE: TCH) have released full year 2009 results. 4Q 2009 revenues were €926 million, down 23.7% compared to 4Q 2008, mainly due to a significant year-on-year drop in Connect volumes.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Com Hem adds 31k digital TV subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 17, 2010 – Com Hem has reported results for 2009. During the fourth quarter of 2009, the number of digital television subscriptions increased by 31,100 (6 percent) to 575,800 subscriptions.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

France: CSA sets HD DTT timetable
Feb 17, 2010 – France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has set a new timetable for the deployment of digital terrestrial television in high definition on multiplex R5, covering services from TF1 HD, France 2 HD et M6 HD.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

Rogers adds 39k digital cable subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 17, 2010 – Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.a; RCI.b)(NYSE: RCI) has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The digital cable subscriber base grew by 7% from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009, to 72% of television households.
News categories: Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Subscribers

AccessKey IP Unveils New Set-Top Box and Open Internet Broadcast Device
Feb 16, 2010 – AccessKey IP (OTCBB:AKYI) has announced that its end-to-end Open Internet Broadcasting (OIB) system is ready for market. The Set-Top Box contains both terrestrial digital broadcast reception and AccessKey's Open Internet Broadcast security technology.
News categories: AccessKey IP, Content Protection, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial