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Three years of phenomenal growth for DStv Compact
Nov 12, 2008 – MultiChoice's DStv Compact Bouquet has played a large part in the phenomenal growth of DStv over the last 3 years. The total DStv base is now at over 1.5 Million subscribers, with Compact making up almost 25% of these.
News categories: MultiChoice, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

Mediaset: approval for the results of the first 9 months of 2008
Nov 11, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Mediaset (Italy: MS) has approved the company's quarterly report. On 30 September, active Mediaset Premium cards totalled around 2.5 million, compared with around 1.6 million in the first nine months of 2007.
News categories: Mediaset, CAM, Italy, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

IPTV Takes Root in Central and Eastern Europe, IDC Says
Nov 11, 2008 – A recent study published by IDC indicates that despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous years, total IPTV subscriber connections in CEE are poised to grow more than 100% in 2008, from approximately 290,000 connections in 2007.
News categories: International Data Corp, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers

Insight Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 10, 2008 – Insight Communications has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Insight had a digital customer net gain of 14,400, an increase of 1,500 over net additions in Q3 2007.
News categories: Insight Communications, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Orange Jordan has just 20 IPTV subscribers
Nov 10, 2008 – According to its CEO, Mickael Ghossein, Orange Jordan's IPTV service has only 20 subscribers after two months of operation.
News categories: Orange, Digital TV, IPTV, Jordan, Subscribers

Steady Growth Continues in Global IPTV Market, Reports MRG, Inc.
Nov 10, 2008 – Multimedia Research Group's latest IPTV Global Forecast shows that global IPTV subscribers will grow from 20.4 million IPTV subscribers in 2008 to 89.6 million in 2012.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

DISH Network® Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Nov 10, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported total revenue of $2.94 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008. DISH Network lost approximately 10,000 net subscribers during the quarter, ending with approximately 13.78 million subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

ZON Multimédia Consolidated Results First Nine Months 2008
Nov 9, 2008 – ZON (Lisbon:ZON) has announced results for the First Nine Months of 2008. During 9M08, the Pay TV customer base reduced by 8.0 thousand to 1,539 thousand, a result of the combination of a net reduction in DTH subscribers and growth in cable subscribers.
News categories: ZON Multimédia, Cable TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telecom Italia Interim Financial Statements (to September 30, 2008)
Nov 7, 2008 – The Telecom Italia (Italy:TIT)(NYSE:TI) Board of Directors has examined and approved the Group's Q3 2008 Interim Report on Operations. The IPTV subscriber base grew by 138,000 customers versus year-end 2007 to 218,000.
News categories: Telecom Italia, IPTV, Italy, Results, Subscribers