Cable TV (CATV, DVB-C, MMDS, …) News

S3 Group selected by Kabel Deutschland for end-to-end service validation
May 12, 2014 – S3 Group has announced that it has been selected by Kabel Deutschland, Germany's largest cable network operator, to help it scale and validate video services on various consumer premises equipment (CPE).
News categories: S3 Group, Kabel Deutschland, Bernd Hansen, Philip Brennan, Wolfgang Zeller, John Maguire, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Germany, QoE

Ono TV subscribers down 8,000 in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Grupo Corporativo ONO has announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Television subscribers were 782,000 at the end of the quarter, down 8,000 from 790,000 at the end of 2013. TiVo penetration grew to 49%.
News categories: Grupo Corporativo ONO, Cable TV, Results, Spain, Subscribers

Hawaiian Telcom adds 8,608 video subscribers in 1Q 2014
May 7, 2014 – Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq:HCOM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31. The company added 8,608 video service subscribers for a total of 20,279 subscribers at the end of the period.
News categories: Hawaiian Telcom, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

IPTV set to overtake DTH in Western Europe
May 7, 2014 – According to a report from Digital TV Research, IPTV subscriptions will climb by 7.5 million (38%) between 2013 and 2020.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Conklin-Intracom releases mobile TV app
May 6, 2014 – Conklin Intracom has announced the release of its cdn|anywhere™ Mobile TV app. Cable and IPTV service providers can now deliver live television programming, digital video recordings, and on-demand video to their subscribers’ hand-held devices.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Dave Hunt, Randy Holzworth, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, TV Everywhere, USA

Suddenlink to provide Netflix on TiVo devices
May 6, 2014 – Suddenlink has announced an agreement that will give its customers access to Netflix, the world's leading Internet television network, through the cable operator's integrated TiVo set-top devices.
News categories: Suddenlink, Netflix, TiVo Inc, Jerry Kent, Bill Holmes, Tom Rogers, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Streaming, USA

Com Hem digital TV subscribers down 1,300 in 1Q 2014
May 2, 2014 – Com Hem has announced its results for the first quarter of 2014. Digital telvision subscribers were down 1,300 in the quarter to finish at 595,200. Com Hem added 36,000 TiVo subscriptions during the period.
News categories: Com Hem, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, Sweden

Global VOD/EST and DVD/Blu-ray sales to pass $43Bn in 2019
May 1, 2014 – Worldwide VOD rentals (OTT and pay TV operator), electronic sell-through (EST), and DVD/Blu-ray disc sales are expected to grow 40% from 2013 to 2019 – growing from USD 30.6B in 2013 to over 43B in 2019.
News categories: ABI Research, Michael Inouye, Sam Rosen, Blu-ray, Cable TV, DVD, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Streaming, Worldwide

Cox launches SHOWTIME ANYTIME®
May 1, 2014 – SHOWTIME and Cox have announced the launch of the network’s authentication service, SHOWTIME ANYTIME, which provides SHOWTIME subscribers with on-demand access to network programming, as well as the live broadcast of SHOWTIME.
News categories: Cox, SHOWTIME, Apps, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile, TV Everywhere, USA