Cable TV (CATV, DVB-C, MMDS, …) News

NAGRA selected by Mexico's Telecable for multiscreen TV offering
May 27, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that its end-to-end multiscreen solution, NAGRA MediaLive, has been selected by one of Mexico’s largest cable companies, Telecable, to enable its next generation TV services.
News categories: NAGRA, Telecable, Luis Vielma, Tom Wirth, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile

Broadcom market share grows to nearly 49% of set-top box IC market
May 27, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), once thought of as primarily strong in the North American cable set-top box market, has extended its market share such that it now leads in the cable, satellite, IPTV, and DTT markets worldwide.
News categories: ABI Research, Broadcom, Sam Rosen, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Worldwide

MEA generates $8 billion pay TV revenues
May 21, 2014 – Digital TV penetration will reach two-thirds of total TV households in the Middle East & Africa region by end-2014; having crossed the halfway mark in 2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Africa, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

NimbleTV to add nine more US cities
May 20, 2014 – NimbleTV has announced its latest domestic expansion plans. NimbleTV enables customers with a cable subscription to watch TV from any location, on any device.
News categories: NimbleTV, Anand Subramanian, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile, TV Everywhere, USA

Liberty Global selects Irdeto Rights to secure video services on consumer devices
May 20, 2014 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced a new deployment of Irdeto Rights with Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK). Liberty Global will be using Irdeto Rights to deliver content securely to IP devices.
News categories: Irdeto, Liberty Global, Graham Kill, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Europe, TV Everywhere

ARRIS unveils additions to its European cable CPE portfolio
May 20, 2014 – ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) has unveiled five new CPE solutions for European cable operators. These solutions address demand for quick and reliable content access on a variety of devices—with the latest wireless technology and attractive form factors.
News categories: ARRIS Group, Steve McCaffery, ANGA COM, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Europe, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Major U.S. pay TV providers add 260,000 subscribers in 1Q 2014
May 19, 2014 – LRG has found that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US added about 260,000 net video subscribers in 1Q 2014, compared to a gain of about 230,000 video subscribers in 1Q 2013.
News categories: Leichtman Research Group, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Promptlink launches Set-Top Box Test Platform
May 19, 2014 – Promptlink Communications has announced release of the Promptlink Set-Top Box Test Platform™ (STBTP). The STBTP performs a complete functional test of all video and audio features of a digital set-top box.
News categories: Promptlink, Dr. Foad Towfiq, ANGA COM, Cable TV, QoE, Set Top Box, Worldwide

US pay TV subscriptions rise in Q1 as cable achieves best quarter in years
May 15, 2014 – The number of U.S. household subscribing to pay TV services surged in the first quarter, as the increasingly resilient cable segment moderated its customer loses, according to IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS Technology, Erik Brannon, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA