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Tata Sky Achieves Four Million Connections in India
Aug 6, 2009 – NDS has recognised India's Tata Sky as having achieved a remarkable milestone in reaching four million connections in under three years since launch. The latest one million subscribers were gained in just over seven months.
News categories: Tata Sky, NDS Group, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Virgin Media adds 56,600 PVR subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 6, 2009 – Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Digital TV net additions were 32,900 in the quarter. Virgin added 56,600 V+ DVR subscribers in the period to reach an installed base of 668,500.
News categories: Virgin Media, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK

Israel's yes adds 2k subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 5, 2009 – Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ) has announced its results for the second quarter of 2009 and the six months ended June 30, 2009. The yes multi-channel pay-TV segment posted revenue of NIS 376 million as subscribers increased to 562,000, up 2% year-over-year.
News categories: Bezeq, yes, DVR, Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sky Italia subscriber base still at 4.8 million
Aug 5, 2009 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported its 4th quarter fiscal 2009 results. Net subscriber additions of 235,000 over the past 12 months increased SKY Italia's subscriber base to 4.8 million at quarter's end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global adds 370k digital cable subscribers in 2Q09
Aug 4, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Digital cable remains the strongest of segment, with the addition of 370,000 subscribers in the three months ended June 30, 2009.
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

Iliad adds 146k subscribers in 1H09
Aug 4, 2009 – Over the 1st half-year 2009, Iliad (Paris: ILD) consolidated its position as the leading ADSL alternative operator. At 30 June 2009, Iliad's ADSL had a total of 4,371,000 subscribers, compared with 3,134,000 at 30 June 2008.
News categories: Iliad, DVR, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Subscribers

RCN cable tv subscribers stable at 368,000 in 2Q09
Aug 4, 2009 – RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) has announced its second quarter 2009 results. Cable TV customers were stable at 368,000 with the digital penetration rate remaining flat at 91% of video customers.
News categories: RCN, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Hellas Sat acquires licence for Greek DTH
Aug 3, 2009 – A contract between Hellas Sat, part of the OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE), and the Hellenic Republic has been signed. Under the agreement OTE Group receives a licence to provide subscriber TV services in Greece through its satellite Hellas Sat 2.
News categories: OTE Group, Hellas Sat, Digital TV, Greece, Satellite, Subscribers

SK broadband IPTV subscribers up 19k in 2Q09
Jul 31, 2009 – SK broadband (KOSDAQ: 033630) has announced results for the second quarter of 2009. Subscribers to SK broadband's broad&tv IPTV service increased by 19,000 in the quarter to reach 775,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: SK broadband, broad&tv, IPTV, Korea, Results, Subscribers