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Asia Comprises Over Half the World's Pay TV Subscribers
May 19, 2010 – Asia dominates worldwide Pay TV, accounting for slightly more than 50% of subscribers in 2010, reports In-Stat. China alone will encompass 26.3% of the total, followed by the rest of Asia Pacific at 22.3%, North America 15.3% and W. Europe 15.6%.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Easy TV withdraws from Irish pay DTT negotiations
May 18, 2010 – The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has been advised by the Easy TV consortium that it has decided to decline the BAI's offer to pursue negotiations for the provision of three Commercial DTT Multiplex Contracts.
News categories: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Digital TV, Ireland, Terrestrial

Antenna Hungária launches MinDig TV Extra pay DTT
May 18, 2010 – Antenna Hungária has launched a pay-tv service, branded as MinDig TV Extra, on its digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) platform as of May 25, 2010. The new service offers an additional ten popular thematic channels.
News categories: Antenna Hungária, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Hungary, Terrestrial

Ocean Blue MHEG-5 powers interactivity for Freeview HD
May 17, 2010 – Ocean Blue Software has announced compliance of its MHEG-5 engine, Voyager™, with the UK's specification for DVB-T2 Freeview HD receivers. Ocean Blue's MHEG-5 HD engine has been fully compliance tested to DTG D Book version 6.2.
News categories: Ocean Blue, DVB-T2, MHEG-5, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Australia issues licences for 3D TV trials
May 14, 2010 – The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued licences which will allow the Nine Network and the SBS to conduct scientific trials of 3D TV in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Wollongong.
News categories: ACMA, Australia, Digital TV, Metaverse, Regulation, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SANYO Latest TV Tuners Feature Fresco Microchip Hybrid Receivers
May 12, 2010 – Fresco Microchip has announced that SANYO Tuner Industries has selected its FM1150 analog demodulator and digital IF processor IC for its UDA series tuner family. SANYO's latest tuners are targeted at North American and European hybrid TVs.
News categories: Fresco Microchip, SANYO, Digital TV, Europe, North America, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SMART TV DTT launches in Ghana
May 12, 2010 – Ghana has become the first African country to have SMART TV, a new digital terrestrial television service. The service was launched by Next Generation Broadcasting AB (NGB) in collaboration with Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) with commercial roll-out expected in the coming weeks.
News categories: Next Generation Broadcasting AB, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, SMART TV, Digital TV, Ghana, Terrestrial

Coradir, Cometrans, UTE to make free STBs for Argentina
May 11, 2010 – According to NexTV Latam, Coradir, Cometrans and UTE (Unión Transitoria de Empresas) will manufacture the 1.2 million ISDB set-top-boxes that the Argentine government plans to distribute free-of-charge this year.
News categories: Coradir, Cometrans, Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Ghana targets 2013 for analogue switchover
May 7, 2010 – The Secretary of Ghana's National Digital Broadcasting Migration Technical Committee (NDBMTC) has announced that the committee has set 2013 as the time frame for the completion of the country's migration to digital TV.
News categories: Digital TV, Ghana, Regulation, Terrestrial