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Naspers Provisional Results for the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2008
Jun 25, 2008 – Naspers (JSE: NPN) has reported a 19% increase in revenue to R20,5 billion. Over the period the total pay-TV subscriber base grew by 13% (246,000 additional equated homes) to 2,5 million subscribers under management.
News categories: Naspers, Angola, Cyprus, Digital TV, DVR, Ghana, Greece, Kenya, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Mobile video phone sales hit $99B in 2007
Jun 24, 2008 – Infonetics Research has reported that worldwide mobile video phone sales neared $99 billion in 2007 and are expected to grow strongly over the next 5 years, despite the challenge service providers face in making mobile video services profitable.
News categories: Infonetics Research, 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

IPTV middleware spending spree expected
Jun 24, 2008 – Communications market research firm Infonetics Research has reported that the combined Internet protocol television (IPTV) and switched digital video (SDV) equipment market increased 12% sequentially to $1.3 billion worldwide in 1Q08.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Czech Republic - O2 TV celebrates and rewards
Jun 23, 2008 – The number of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic (Madrid:TEF)(NYSE:TEF) TV customers will soon exceed 100,000.
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

CRTC report shows strong growth in the Canadian broadcasting distribution industry
Jun 18, 2008 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released the statistical and financial summaries for Canadian broadcasting distribution companies.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Portugal - Meo tops 100,000 customers
Jun 18, 2008 – Portugal Telecom's Meo has topped 100,000 customers, six months ahead of schedule. In the second quarter of 2008 there were 53,000 adhesions registered, more than the double the number in the first quarter of this year.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Subscribers

China's digital cable TV subscribers top 26 million by 2007
Jun 17, 2008 – China's digital cable television population doubled in 2007, as savvy domestic consumers embraced more forms of new media, according to a report by the country's media watchdog.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Jupiter Telecommunications Announces May 2008 Subscriber Figures
Jun 16, 2008 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of May 31, 2008 served by J:COM's 20 managed franchises reached 2.86 million, up 178,900, or 6.7% since May 31, 2007.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Digital TV, Japan, Subscribers

Over 1,000,000 households in NRW and Hesse switched to digital cable
Jun 13, 2008 – Over one million households in NRW and Hessen now receive their television and radio broadcasts via Unitymedia digital cable connections.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Subscribers