Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Magyar Telekom Sat TV up 34k and IPTV up 9k in 3Q09
Nov 5, 2009 – Magyar Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has reported results for the first nine months of 2009. The total number of TV customers was 584,000 at the end of September with growth mostly driven by satellite. Demand for IPTV also strengthened.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

RomTelecom finishes 3Q09 with 831,000 DTH subscribers
Nov 5, 2009 – The OTE Group (Athens: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. In Romania, RomTelecom's DTH subscribers passed 831,000 in the quarter and a new IPTV project is to be launched in the coming months.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE Group, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV U.S. up 136,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 162,000 in 3Q09
Nov 5, 2009 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported third quarter 2009 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 136,000 to give 18.44 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 162,000 to give 4.33 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, DTVLA, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Eutelsat Communications Reports Record Revenue Growth
Nov 5, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Video Applications registered a sustained increase in revenue (+8.5%) with 3,329 TV channels broadcast by Eutelsat's fleet at quarter end (+4.7%).
News categories: Eutelsat, Results, Satellite

DT Germany sells 164,000 IPTV packages in 3Q09
Nov 5, 2009 – Deutsche Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has released results for the third quarter. Entertain, DT's IPTV service in Germany, had sold 885,000 packages by the end of the quarter, well on the way to the target of one million for the full year.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers

Time Warner Cable digital subscribers stable at 8.8 million
Nov 5, 2009 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. At the end of the period TWC had approximately 13.0 million video subscribers, of which approximately 8.8 million received video via digital transmission.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA

Sky Perfect subscribers down 16k in October
Nov 4, 2009 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Tokyo:9412) has announced the number of subscribers as of the end of October 2009. Subscribers to SKY Perfect JSAT's broadcast services were down 15,918 in October to give a cumulative total of 3,727,352.
News categories: SKY Perfect, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

Sky Italia subscriber base remains at 4.8 million
Nov 4, 2009 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. SKY Italia's 4.8 million subscriber base remained unchanged during the period.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Comcast deploys additional 2.6 million STBs in 3Q09
Nov 4, 2009 – Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. At the end of the period Comcast's digital video customers totaled 18.0 million, an increase of 463,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA