Canada Digital TV News

Steady growth for all services of Videotron in Q2 2007
Aug 9, 2007 – For the second quarter of 2007, the Company reports steady customer growth for its four products. Vidéotron posted a net increase of 26,000 subscribers to its illico Digital TV service, bringing the total to 679,000.
News categories: Vidéotron, Quebecor Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Subscribers

ExpressVu now testing MPEG-4 signal delivery
Jul 23, 2007 – Members of the Digital Forum have recently reported that Bell ExpressVu is now testing MPEG-4 signal delivery on its satellite systems which suggests the company is a step closer to introducing new MPEG-4 HD satellite receivers to the Canadian market.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

North American Free-To-Air Set-Top Boxes: It's A Big Biz
Jul 22, 2007 – FTA pirates tapping into Echostar's DISH Network service and Canada's Bell ExpressVU system, have now distributed their illegal services and products to an estimated two million illegal TV Households, according to the Carmel Group.
News categories: Carmel Group, Canada, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Market Research, North America, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

HDTV Market to Cross 50 Million Units by 2008, According to New Report
Jun 28, 2007 – A new report titled "HDTV: A Global Strategic Business Report", has been released by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. The report primarily focuses on HDTV capable sets (displays only) and integrated HDTV sets (displays & tuners).
News categories: Global Industry Analysts, Asia, Canada, Digital TV, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Market Research, Smart TV, Spain, UK, USA

Canada - Digital TV subscriptions still climbing
Jun 16, 2007 – In the last quarter of 2006, the number of digital television subscribers in Canada increased by an estimated 4% (or 223,000), according to the latest report in Decima's "Digital Domain" series.
News categories: Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Latin American TV reaps the digital dividend
May 24, 2007 – A report from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV will make major inroads in Latin America over the next 5 years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time - from 5.9 million at present to 22.8 million by 2012.
News categories: Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Satellite, USA, Venezuela

Canada - CRTC announces analogue switch-off date
May 17, 2007 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has decided to establish August 31, 2011, as the date by which television licensees will only broadcast digital signals.
News categories: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Backgrounder on Canadian conventional television, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Canada - ExpressVu MPEG-4 HD receivers now slated for Q4 2007
May 8, 2007 – Digital Home has learned that on April 30th, ExpressVu informed dealers the new HD receivers would now be launched in the fourth quarter of 2007.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

Canada - SaskTel Exceeds $1 Billion in Revenues
Apr 27, 2007 – Max(TM) Entertainment Services’ IPTV grew to 51,277 customers. In 2006, SaskTel launched Max HD, the world’s first commercial launch of HDTV over an IPTV network. More …
News categories: Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Subscribers