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MaxLinear and Peregrine Semi team on dual-RF-input digital TV reference design
Nov 5, 2013 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced a collaboration with Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI) to produce a dual-RF-input digital TV front-end reference design, supporting reception of both digital terrestrial TV and cable TV.
News categories: MaxLinear, Peregrine Semi, Brian Sprague, Mark Schrepferman, Cable TV, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Hungary completes digital TV switchover
Oct 31, 2013 – At 12.30 on Thursday, 31 October 2013, terrestrial analogue television broadcasting came to a close in the entire area of Hungary, bringing the process of digital switchover to a conclusion.
News categories: NMHH, Digital TV, Hungary, Terrestrial

Gains in Asia and Latin America STB markets won’t offset declines in N. America, W. Europe
Oct 31, 2013 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Set-Top Boxes and Pay TV Subscribers report. There are real STB unit shipment declines occurring in America and Europe that won’t be offset by growth in Asia Pacific and Latin America until 2014.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Jeff Heynen, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

MRG releases silicon TV tuner market report
Oct 23, 2013 – MRG has released its latest report, Worldwide Silicon TV Tuners in Six Regions. MRG expects that the worldwide annual value of this market will remain flat to slightly negative over the coming years, hovering around the US$500 million per year level.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Gerry Kaufhold, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Romania announces timetable for transition to digital television
Oct 17, 2013 – Romania's National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has announced a preliminary timetable for the country's transition to digital television.
News categories: ANCOM, Digital TV, Romania, Terrestrial

TEO IPTV passes the 100,000 subscriber mark in 3Q 2013
Oct 15, 2013 – Lithuania's TEO Group has announced results for the third quarter of 2013. The number of customers using the company's 'Interactive GALA' IPTV service exceeded 100 thousand during the period, up 15.2% year-on-year.
News categories: IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Unotel, Media Networks and NAGRA launch Pay TV in Brazil
Oct 10, 2013 – Unotel Telecom, Media Networks and NAGRA have announced the signature of an agreement for the launch of a new pay-TV offering. The new service will be initially offered to the four million broadband subscriber base of the shareholders and partners of Unotel.
News categories: NAGRA, Media Networks, Unotel, Orlando Ferreira Neto, Thierry Martin, Leandro Gaunszer, Brazil, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Terrestrial

Honduras adopts ISDB-T for DTT
Sep 27, 2013 – The government of Honduras has announced the adoption of ISDB-T as its standard for digital terrestrial television. In 2007, Honduras opted for the ATSC system, but has now changed its policy to favour the Japanese-Brazilian standard.
News categories: Digital TV, Honduras, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Pay TV subscribers down 500,000 year-on-year in Spain to end-Q2 2013
Sep 27, 2013 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission has published telecommunications statistics for the country for the second quarter of 2013. Total pay TV subscribers dropped below 3.8 million at the end of the quarter, down from around 4.3 million at the same point in 2012.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial