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Premiere meets targets for 2006 and raises forecasts
Feb 8, 2007 – At year end, Premiere had 3,409,990 subscribers - 1.1 percent more than on September 30, 2006 (3,373,932). Year-on-year (as of 12/31) Premiere booked a decrease of 156,464 subscribers (2005: 3,566,454) - or roughly 4.4 percent.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

News Corp. Results for the Quarter ended December 31, 2006
Feb 7, 2007 – SKY Italia, part of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), added more than 432,000 net subscribers over the past 12 months, bringing its subscriber base to 4.03 million at quarter end.
News categories: Sky Italia, News Corp, Digital TV, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV Announces Fourth Quarter and FY2006 Results
Feb 7, 2007 – The total number of DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. subscribers as of December 31, 2006 was 15.95 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.13 million subscribers reported on December 31, 2005.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

European Cable Industry reports strong 2006 results, Exceptional growth for Digital Cable TV
Feb 6, 2007 – According to Cable Europe, the European Cable Communications Association, 2006 was a landmark year for cable in Europe, with double digit growth across all triple play product lines and exceptional growth for digital cable TV (+53%).
News categories: Cable Europe, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Results, Subscribers

Czech Republic - O2TV has 20,000 customers
Feb 6, 2007 – Interest in the new and unique fixed-line television service is massive: at present, over 20,000 subscribers have jumped on board and newly sent orders further confirm huge interest in the service!
News categories: Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Subscribers

Freeview's Best Ever Christmas Delivers Two Million Sales
Feb 6, 2007 – Freeview has announced that Christmas 2006 was its best ever, with over two million digital boxes and digital televisions sold during the quarter.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Netherlands - Digitenne DTT reaches 265,000
Feb 6, 2007 – In the fourth quarter, the number of 'Digitenne' DTT customers surpassed the 250k mark, with 265,000 customers subscribing to the service at the end of 2006, up 44% year-on-year.
News categories: Digitenne, Digital TV, Netherlands, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Belgium - Quarter of a million Telenet Digital TV RGU's
Feb 5, 2007 – Telenet has announced that it has passed the milestone of 250,000 digital TV customers. This success is partly due to the successful Christmas campaign that the Mechelen-based company ran.
News categories: Telenet, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

IPTV becomes a reality as worldwide subscribers reach 3.6 million
Feb 5, 2007 – The latest worldwide IPTV research from Canalys shows how the number of commercial IPTV launches escalated in 2006, and suggests that IPTV services are now moving into the mainstream.
News categories: Canalys, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers