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Japan shipments of mobile digital TV phones hit 20 million
Feb 14, 2008 – Shipments of cell phones compatible with Japan's mobile digital TV service have surged to more than 20 million units in fewer than two years since launch, according to industry data.
News categories: Telecommunications Carriers Association, Digital TV, Japan, Market Research, Mobile, Subscribers

Telenor Fourth quarter and preliminary results for 2007
Feb 13, 2008 – At the end of 2007 Canal Digital had 932,000 (2006: 943,000) DTH and 705,000 (2006: 696,000) cable-TV subscribers, with 1.174 million (2006: 1,155,000) SMATV households.
News categories: Telenor, Earnings Release, Q4 2007 Report, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

The DIRECTV Group Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Results
Feb 13, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) U.S. net subscriber additions of 275,000 were driven by strong gross additions and the lowest monthly churn rate in 8 years. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions more than doubled to 199,000 due to higher gross additions and low monthly churn.
News categories: DIRECTV, Earnings Release, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Orb Networks Continues Phenomenal Growth, Surpasses 5M User Mark
Feb 12, 2008 – Orb, which unlocks media stored on a PC and enables users to their enjoy music, videos, webcams, and anything from the web on any device with an internet connection, has announced that it has surpassed the 5 million registered-user milestone.
News categories: Orb Networks, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Media Player, Placeshifting, Smart Home, Streaming, Subscribers

Qwest Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2007 Results
Feb 12, 2008 – Qwest (NYSE: Q) added 44,000 net DIRECTV subscribers in the quarter to end the year with a total of 649,000 video subscribers, an increase of 58 percent in total video customers from the end of 2006.
News categories: Qwest, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

HD Gives Digital Pay TV a Boost
Feb 12, 2008 – The Direct-to-Home (DTH) pay-TV market is expected to continue growing at about 7.6% annually in subscribers from 2006 to 2011, and new services such as high-definition TV will help increase revenue, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Maxcom Reports Results for Full-Year and Fourth Quarter of 2007
Feb 11, 2008 – Maxcom Telecomunicaciones, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: MXT) (BMV: MAXCOM CPO) has announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the full year ended December 31, 2007. Maxcom had around 6,000 IPTV subscribers at the end of 2007.
News categories: Maxcom, Digital TV, IPTV, Mexico, Results, Subscribers

Neuf Cegetel: double-digit organic growth in the fourth quarter
Feb 8, 2008 – Neuf Cegetel has reported its (unaudited) revenue figures for the fourth quarter. Neuf Cegetel had more than 750,000 TV subscribers at year-end 2007.
News categories: Neuf Cegetel, Earnings Release, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Unitymedia Q4 2007 subscriber growth update
Feb 7, 2008 – Unitymedia has set another quarterly growth record for new services in the fourth quarter of 2007, growing Digital TV, Internet and Telephony RGUs by over 30%, or 312,000 RGUs, in the quarter to a total of 1.28 million new services RGUs at December 31, 2007.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers