Digital TV News: News Corp

Liberty Media Completes Acquisition of Largest Stake in DIRECTV
Feb 27, 2008 – Liberty Media (Nasdaq: LINTA, LCAPA) has announced that it has completed the exchange of its 16.3% stake in News Corporation for a subsidiary of News that holds a 41% stake in The DIRECTV Group (Nasdaq: DTV), regional sports networks, and $465 million of cash.
News categories: Liberty Media, News Corporation, DIRECTV, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, USA

News Corporation Increases Stake in German Pay-TV Operator, Premiere AG
Feb 21, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has announced that it has secured additional shares in leading German pay-TV operator, Premiere AG, increasing its total stake to 19.9 percent.
News categories: News Corporation, Premiere AG, Digital TV, Germany, MandA, Satellite

OpenTV surpasses major industry milestone of 100 million enabled devices worldwide
Feb 19, 2008 – OpenTV is pleased to announce that more than 100 million OpenTV-enabled digital set-top boxes and televisions have been deployed worldwide.
News categories: OpenTV, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV

News Corporation Reports Record Second Quarter Operating Income of $1.4 Billion, a 24% Increase on Revenue Growth of 10%
Feb 4, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported its second quarter results. SKY Italia added more than 400,000 net subscribers over the past 12 months, bringing SKY Italia's subscriber base to 4.43 million at quarter end.
News categories: Sky Italia, News Corp., Digital TV, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

NDS Group plc Reports Second Quarter Results
Jan 29, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2007.
News categories: NDS Group, Earnings Release, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite

News Corporation Acquires 14.58 Percent Interest in German Pay-TV Operator, Premiere AG
Jan 7, 2008 – News Corporation has announced that it has acquired a 14.58 percent stake in Premiere AG, the leading German pay-TV operator for 287 million Euro in cash.
News categories: News Corp, Premiere AG, Digital TV, Germany, MandA, Satellite

Macrovision Agrees to Acquire Gemstar-TV Guide
Dec 7, 2007 – Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN) and Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST) have announced a definitive agreement for Macrovision to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide in a cash and stock transaction.
News categories: Macrovision, Gemstar-TV Guide, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, MandA, Middleware, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

News Corporation Reports First Quarter Operating Income of $1.05 Billion
Nov 7, 2007 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) reported 410,000 net new SKY Italia subscribers added over the past 12 months, bringing SKY Italia's subscriber base to 4.24 million at quarter-end.
News categories: News Corporation, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

The Launch of Hulu Signals a New Phase in the Broadband Video Market; but Risks Exist for Large TV Networks in an Online World
Nov 5, 2007 – Recent news concerning NBC and News Corporation's Hulu joint-venture includes the launch of its recent site in beta mode, signaling that the broadband video market has entered into a new phase.
News categories: ABI Research, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming