Cable TV (CATV, DVB-C, MMDS, …) News

Triple-play revenues to reach $144 billion in 2018
Nov 26, 2013 – Telcos and cable operators are investing heavily in their networks to upgrade their subscribers to bundles. These operators will reap the rewards of this investment as total subscription revenues will increase by 65% from $124 billion in 2012 to $205 billion in 2018, according to the Triple-Play Forecasts report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Simon Murray, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Television now 55% digital as analogue broadcasting switch-off advances worldwide
Nov 21, 2013 – The world has witnessed a massive shift from analogue to digital television, with over 55 per cent of households with a TV now receiving a digital signal compared with just 30 per cent in 2008, according to ITU research.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, Brahima Sanou, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

DVB Steering Board Ratifies GSE-LITE Specification
Nov 20, 2013 – The DVB Steering Board has retified its new DVB-GSE-Lite specification. The DVB-GSE protocol allows for efficient encapsulation of IP and other network layer packets over the second generation DVB physical layer specifications.
News categories: DVB Project, Peter Siebert, DVB-C2, DVB-S2, DVB-T2

SeaWell Networks delivers multiscreen services to Nemont.TV subscribers
Nov 19, 2013 – SeaWell Networks has announced that Nemont Telephone Cooperative has selected SeaWell's Spectrum™ Session Delivery Controller (Spectrum) to deliver live and on-demand local video content over a subscriber's broadband connection both on- and off-network.
News categories: SeaWell Networks, Nemont Telephone, Derrick Mottern, Duncan Potter, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Mobile, USA

Blue Ridge selects TiVo to deliver multiscreen viewing experience
Nov 19, 2013 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) and Blue Ridge Communications, a cable provider in eastern Pennsylvania, have announced that Blue Ridge has selected TiVo to provide its whole home television solution and user experience for its advanced TV offerings.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Blue Ridge, Mark Masenheimer, Tom Elam, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, USA

Brazil adds 432,000 pay TV subscribers in 3Q 2013
Nov 18, 2013 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended September 2013 at 17.4 million, with more than 2 million new subscribers being added over the preceding 12 months.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Mediacom rolls out Pace media gateway with TiVo user interface
Nov 18, 2013 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced that Mediacom Communications has chosen to deploy the Pace MG1 Multi-tuner Media Gateway with TiVo’s Advanced User Interface (UI) as its flagship platform.
News categories: Pace plc, Mediacom, TiVo Inc, JR Walden, Tim O'Loughlin, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Major US multi-channel video providers lost about 25,000 subscribers in 3Q 2013
Nov 18, 2013 – Leichtman Research has found that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US -- representing about 94% of the market -- lost about 25,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2013, compared to a loss of about 50,000 video subscribers in 3Q 2012.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Switzerland's upc cablecom now offering replay function
Nov 18, 2013 – upc cablecom has announced that customers can watch programmes they have missed with up to 30 hours’ delay. Thanks to upc cablecom’s new replay function, all programmes can be paused, watched in slow motion, fast forwarded and rewound.
News categories: upc cablecom, Cable TV, Switzerland