Australia Digital TV News

CombiTel Powers Australia's First Hybrid IPTV Service
Jun 8, 2010 – CombiTel has announced that TransACT commenced commercial deployment of Australia's first hybrid IPTV Service using a turnkey IPTV solution integrated by CombiTel.
News categories: CombiTel, TransACT Communications, Australia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Digital TV Labs Appointed As First Test House For Freeview Australia EPG Product
Jun 3, 2010 – Digital TV Labs has become the first test facility to be approved by Freeview Australia as it launches its Freeview EPG product. The product includes an MHEG-based EPG, PVR functionality and support for the hybrid MHEG Interaction Channel.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Freeview Australia, Australia, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Telstra Takes T-Box™ National With Netgem
Jun 2, 2010 – Australia's Telstra (ASX:TLS) and Netgem (Paris: NTG FP 7537; ETGM) have announced the national launch of the T-Box™, a TV experience that blends broadcast and broadband content including, for the first time, YouTube™ videos and BigPond TV service.
News categories: Netgem, Telstra, Australia, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

3ality Digital Powers World's First Terrestrial Stereoscopic 3D Broadcast
Jun 2, 2010 – Through an agreement with Australia's Nine Network, 3ality Digital has made the first of three matches of the 2010 National Rugby League State of Origin series available to viewers in S3D.
News categories: 3ality, Nine Network, Australia, Metaverse, Terrestrial

FOXTEL and Microsoft Sign Xbox Agreement
May 20, 2010 – FOXTEL and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) have announced a new partnership offering Australians a brand new way of receiving FOXTEL - over the internet and direct to television sets through Xbox 360's online service Xbox LIVE.
News categories: FOXTEL, Xbox, Australia, Digital TV, Gaming, Streaming

Australia issues licences for 3D TV trials
May 14, 2010 – The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued licences which will allow the Nine Network and the SBS to conduct scientific trials of 3D TV in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Wollongong.
News categories: ACMA, Australia, Digital TV, Metaverse, Regulation, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Liberty Global adds 286k digital cable and loses 5k DTH subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter 2010. Digital cable was the strongest product with 286,000 organic additions to give 6.0 million digital cable RGUs at the end of the period.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Australia releases National Broadband Network Implementation Study
May 6, 2010 – The Australian Government has released the National Broadband Network Implementation Study. The NBN will expand the possibilities for service providers to deliver video services to end users.
News categories: DBCDE, Australia, Content Distribution, IPTV, Regulation, Streaming

More Australians going digital
Apr 23, 2010 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has released the latest summary figures from the Digital Tracker survey for the first quarter of 2010.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial