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Global Mediacom (Indovision) 2007 Annual Report
May 8, 2008 – Indovision currently has more than 50% pay TV subscriber market share, making it the largest pay TV operator in Indonesia. Total subscribers as per 31 December 2007 was 305,372, representing a growth of 59% from last year's amount of 192,117.
News categories: Global Mediacom, Indovision, Digital TV, Indonesia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

T-Hrvatski Telekom results for first quarter ended 31 March 2008
May 8, 2008 – Croatia's T-Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: THTC.L, HT.ZA; Bloomberg: THTC LI, HRTA CZ) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008. T-Com had 56,355 MAXtv IPTV customers as at 31 March 2008 (Q1 2007: 15,976).
News categories: T-Hrvatski Telekom, Broadband, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Russia will drive growth in the Eastern European pay TV market over the next five years
May 8, 2008 – The latest report from media analyst Screen Digest examines the market for pay TV in 12 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, and Russia. A total of 63m homes are forecasted to be subscribing to pay TV services by 2012.
News categories: Screen Digest, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

SureWest Communications Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 8, 2008 – SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) has announced operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Video RGUs increased 180% to 55,200 in the first quarter compared to the prior year.
News categories: SureWest, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Cablecom - 300,000 customers with digital TV
May 8, 2008 – Cablecom's growth shows no signs of slowing. At the end of the first quarter of 2008, the number of digital TV customers exceeded the 300,000 mark.
News categories: Cablecom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Switzerland

IPTV to drive take-up of pay TV in Western Europe, says Analysys Mason
May 8, 2008 – The pay-TV market in Western Europe is generally considered to be mature, but the increasing deployment of IPTV services will see the market enjoy a modest rate of growth in the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services.
News categories: Analysys, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Czech TV-Platform CS LINK Signs For More ASTRA Capacity
May 8, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has signed an agreement for an additional transponder at 23.5ºE for the Pay-TV platform CS Link. CS Link is the largest pay-TV platform in the Czech Republic with 400,000 customers.
News categories: SES ASTRA, CS Link, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers

Cablevision Systems Corporation Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 8, 2008 – Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were up 41,000 or 1.6% from December 2007 and 158,000 or 6.3% from March 2007.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Virgin Media Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
May 8, 2008 – Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) digital TV net additions were 57,900 in the quarter. During the quarter, Virgin added a record 101,800 V+ DVR subscribers to reach an installed base of 364,200.
News categories: Virgin Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, UK