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Silicon TV Tuners Value Expected to Reach US$ 750 Million in 2015
Aug 16, 2011 – The transition from older-style can-type tuners to silicon TV tuners finally began to occur in 2010. According to new In-Stat research, sales of silicon TV tuners will reach $750 million in 2015.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ATSC Begins Work on Broadcast Standard for 3D-TV Transmissions
Aug 15, 2011 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has launched development of a three-dimensional (3D) broadcast TV standard that will provide methods for transmission of 3D-TV content to both fixed and mobile devices.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Metaverse, Mobile, Terrestrial, USA

Emerging Markets Account for 45 Percent of all Set-top Boxes Shipped Globally between 2011 and 2015
Aug 11, 2011 – The share of set-top boxes (STBs) shipped to emerging digital TV markets such as China, India, Russia and Latin America is forecasted to account for more than 45 percent of global STB shipments between 2011 and 2015, according to IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Digital TV Labs Launches First Commercial ISDB-T Receiver Test Suite
Aug 10, 2011 – Digital TV Labs has announced that it has developed and shipped the first commercially available receiver test suite for digital terrestrial deployments of the ISDB-T standard, beginning with test services for South America.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, ISDB-T, Latin America, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Ofcom releases 2011 Communications Market report
Aug 4, 2011 – The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has released its 2011 UK Communications Market report. There were nearly 1 million internet-enabled TVs sold during 2010, and 125,000 sales of TVs with 3D capabilities.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Altech Opens World Class Factory for the Manufacture of Digital Set-Top Boxes
Aug 2, 2011 – Altech UEC (Johannesburg: ALT) has consolidated six buildings on two sites into a single, 13,500m2 state-of-the-art factory at Mount Edgecombe as South Africa begins its migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT).
News categories: Altech UEC, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial

KommAustria issues tender for two DVB-T2 multiplexes
Jul 28, 2011 – The Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria) has issued a tender for the provision of two nationwide DVB-T2 multiplexes. The deadline for submitting proposals to build the MUX D and MUX E networks is November 15, 2011.
News categories: KommAustria, Austria, Content Distribution, DVB-T2, Terrestrial

Spain ends Q1 2011 with 5 million pay TV subscribers
Jul 26, 2011 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has published telecommunications statistics for the country for the first quarter of 2011. Total pay TV subscribers passed the 5 million mark in the first quarter.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

New DVB-T2 Profile for mobile TV: T2-Lite
Jul 22, 2011 – The DVB Project has introduced a new profile for its DVB-T2 terrestrial standard for lighter applications such as mobile TV: T2-Lite. Version 1.3.1 of the DVB-T2 specification document introduces the T2-Lite profile.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, DVB-T2, IBCShow, Mobile, Portable, Terrestrial