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Taiwan Broadcasting System goes HD with ATEME MPEG-4 Encoders
Dec 17, 2012 – ATEME has announced that Taiwan Broadcasting System (TBS), the public and largest free to air broadcaster of the Republic of China, selected ATEME's Kyrion encoders to rollout HD for digital terrestrial television.
News categories: ATEME, Taiwan Broadcasting System, Content Distribution, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Ofcom releases International Communications Market Report
Dec 13, 2012 – UK consumers lead the world in using technology to enhance their viewing experience, Ofcom research reveals. The UK is ahead of other countries for catching up with TV online and is at the forefront of using technology such as smart TVs and DVRs.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Everywhere, UK

MaxLinear MxL683 Tuner+ISDB-T Demodulator IC in Mitsumi 'Time Shift' NIMs
Dec 12, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Mitsumi has started volume shipments of its six-channel 'time shift' TV network interface modules (NIM) for use in Japanese televisions based on MaxLinear's MxL683.
News categories: MaxLinear, Mitsumi, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Japan, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Kyrgyztelecom begins digital TV transmission in Bishkek
Dec 5, 2012 – Kyrgyzstan has begun its transition to digital TV with the switching on by Kyrgyztelecom of its first DVB-T2 TV transmitter. The launch is part of a plan to roll-out digital TV across the country for eventual analogue switch-off in 2015.
News categories: Kyrgyztelecom, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Kyrgyzstan, Terrestrial

MaxLinear announces MxL608 tuner for cost-sensitive DVB-T and DTMB applications
Dec 5, 2012 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced the MxL608, a digital TV tuner optimized for cost-sensitive DVB-T and DTMB applications. The MxL608 is part of MaxLinear's MxL600 'super radio' family of CMOS tuners.
News categories: MaxLinear, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Satellite TV subscribers in Croatia pass the 100,000 mark
Dec 4, 2012 – HAKOM has reported communications market data for Croatia for the end of Q3 2012. Satellite TV is the fastest growing segment of the TV market with subscriptions up nearly 21 percent since the end of Q3 2011, to over 100,000.
News categories: HAKOM, Cable TV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

1 in 25 Irish households invest in a set-top box during October
Nov 30, 2012 – Ireland's move to Saorview saw almost 1 in 25 households buying a set-top-box in October. According to GfK, set-top-box volumes sales have increased by 1800%, while volume sales of television sets have been growing by 80% year-on-year.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, Ireland, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Germany's media authorities push for upgrade to DVB-T2
Nov 27, 2012 – Germany's Conference of Directors of the media authorities (DLM), which represents the interests of the country's 14 regional media authorities, has called for preparations to begin for the upgrade of Germany's digital terrestrial television network to DVB-T2.
News categories: Medienanstalten, DVB-T2, Germany, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Teletec wins Tijuana set-top box tender
Nov 26, 2012 – Mexico's Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL) has announced that Teletec has won the tender to provide set-top boxes for the roll-out of digital terrestrial TV in Tijuana, Mexico's first city to have the service.
News categories: COFETEL, Teletec de México, Digital TV, Mexico, Set Top Box, Terrestrial