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Portugal's pay TV subscribers reached 2.3 million in 1Q09
May 22, 2009 – According to Portugal's ANACOM, at the end of March 2009 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.3 million, 39 thousand more than in the previous quarter and up 257 thousand from the same quarter of 2008.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Bezeq (yes) Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 20, 2009 – Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ) has announced results for the first quarter 2009 period ended March 31, 2009. 'yes' posted record revenue of NIS 384 million, driven by a 2.0% year-over-year increase in subscribers to 560,000.
News categories: Bezeq, yes, Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cable Modem Services Drive Growth for Cable TV Operators
May 19, 2009 – There are currently 124 million digital cable TV subscriber households around the world, reports In-Stat in its latest cable TV market research. Strong growth in cable modem services is complementing cable pay TV services.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Market Research, Subscribers

Sri Lanka's Dialog TV up 68% Y-o-Y in 1Q09 to 130k subscribers
May 15, 2009 – Dialog Telekom (Colombo:DIAL) has announced results for the 1st Quarter of 2009. Dialog TV satellite pay TV subscribers increased by 68% year-on-year to over 130 thousand.
News categories: Dialog Telekom, Results, Satellite, Sri Lanka, Subscribers

Belgacom TV adds 49k in January-March quarter
May 15, 2009 – Belgacom (Brussels: BELG) has reported results for the period January to March 2009. At the end of March, Belgacom TV counted 555,000 subscribers, including 49,000 net adds in the first quarter.
News categories: Belgacom, Belgium, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom adds 72 thousand 'meo' subscribers in 1Q09
May 14, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. In 1Q09, net additions to the 'meo' satellite and IPTV pay-TV service reached 72 thousand bringing the total customer base to 384 thousand.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Multimedia Polska adds 10k digital subscribers in Q1'09
May 14, 2009 – In the first quarter of 2009, Multimedia Polska (Warsaw:MMP) recorded a net increase in RGUs of 33,250 (after churn), including 12,724 CATV RGUs (including the addition of 2,301 analog cable TV RGUs, 580 IPTV RGUs and 9,843 DTV RGUs).
News categories: Multimedia Polska, Cable TV, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

Canal+ France adds 75,000 subscriptions Y-o-Y to end-Q1
May 14, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. With the launch of the 'neufbox by SFR', SFR added 163,000 net new broadband customers in the period. Canal+ France year-on-year portfolio growth was 75,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Vivendi, Canal+ Group, SFR, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Poland's 'n' has 544 thousand activations at end-Q1
May 14, 2009 – TVN Group has announced results for the first quarter of 2009. In March 2009 TVN took control of the 'n' DTH platform. By the end of the quarter, 'n' had signed up 549,000 postpaid subscribers of which over 544,000 had been activated.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers