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Latens secures du IPTV service as it grows to 50,000 subscribers
Oct 30, 2008 – Latens has announced that the 'du' IPTV service, secured by Latens IPCAS, has grown to over 50,000 subscribers. UAE-based du offers an innovative, multilingual IPTV service catering to the tastes of different nationalities and cultures.
News categories: Latens, 'du', Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers, UAE, Video Exchange

Chunghwa Telecom Reports First Nine Months and Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 30, 2008 – Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) has reported its results for the third quarter of 2008. At the end of September 2008, Chunghwa had a total of 591,000 MOD subscribers, of which 82,000 were new subscriptions added during the quarter.
News categories: Chunghwa Telecom, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, Taiwan

Qwest Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – In the third quarter, Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) reported steady gains in DIRECTV subscribers. Video subscribers increased by 39,000 during the quarter resulting in total video subscribers of 761,000.
News categories: Qwest, Fibre, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Jupiter Telecommunications Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – The number of Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) digital subscribers rose by 402,200 households (or 29%) from September 30, 2007 to 1,767,600 households as of September 30, 2008, accounting for 75% of all cable television subscribers.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Results, Subscribers

Comcast Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 29, 2008 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Comcast added 417,000 digital cable customers in the third quarter of 2008, compared to 503,000 in the same period one year ago.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Telekomunikacja Polska Q3 2008 selected data
Oct 29, 2008 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided selected financial and operating data for the nine months ended September 30th, 2008. Broadband year-to-date revenue growth (+16%) was driven by the year-on-year increase of the subscriber base.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Subscribers

China Hits 1.2M CMMB Users
Oct 29, 2008 – China had 1.2 million CMMB users in October, reports Sina quoting SARFT's China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation (CSMBC). CMMB users are expected to reach 10 million by the end of 2009 and 50 million in 2010, said CSMBC.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Mobile, Subscribers

Telenor (Canal Digital) Third Quarter 2008
Oct 29, 2008 – Revenues for Telenor (Oslo:TEL) in the first three quarters of 2008 increased by NOK 2,094 million, or 3%. Revenues in the Canal Digital Group increased primarily due to higher sales of additional services to Cable TV subscribers.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

CASBAA hails "digital cushion"
Oct 28, 2008 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced new data for Asia's pay-TV market, showing 71 million digital pay-TV households out of 300 million pay-TV subscriptions across Asia.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Subscribers, Thailand, Vietnam