Digital TV News: News Corporation
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ABI Research, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming
Hulu Debuts via Private Beta and on Distribution Partners AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!
Oct 29, 2007 – Hulu has announced the beta launch of its online video service, offering viewers a vast selection of streaming, on-demand, premium programming on a free, ad-supported basis.
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Hulu, Digital TV, Streaming, USA
NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 29, 2007 – NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2007.
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NDS Group, Full Release, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box
NDS Unveils Initiatives to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Demonstrating its Commitment to the Environment
Aug 30, 2007 – NDS has announced a host of initiatives aimed at reducing its carbon footprint and helping digital TV subscribers reduce their energy consumption. The cornerstone of the NDS environmental strategy is its R&D efforts to reduce the power consumption of set-top boxes (STBs) and digital video recorders (DVRs).
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NDS, Digital TV, DVR, IBC2023, Middleware, Set Top Box, Software
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