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KPN adds 38k DTT and IPTV subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 27, 2009 – KPN Group (Amsterdam:KPN) has released its results for Q3 2009. KPN sees continued growth in TV (Digitenne DTT + IPTV), with IPTV taking an increasing share (~70k subscribers). The company is on track to exceed 1 million TV subscribers in 2010.
News categories: KPN, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Digital Set Top Box Market Remains a Strong Opportunity for Vendors and Technology Providers
Oct 26, 2009 – While the global recession has dampened growth in digital set top boxes (STB) in 2009, the market remains a tremendous opportunity for STB manufacturers and technology providers, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

South Africa announces DTT STB subsidy plans
Oct 22, 2009 – As part of its transition to digital TV, South Africa's Cabinet has allocated R400 million to subsidise the set-top boxes of up to 5 million poor households. The country's Bureau of Standards is finalising a South African DTT STB standard.
News categories: Department of Communications, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa, Terrestrial

ISDB broadcasting in Argentina to begin in 2 months
Oct 20, 2009 – Argentina will begin the first tests of its ISDB-based Sistema de TV Digital Terrestre digital TV service in the next two months, with the goal of covering about 400 cities and towns by 2011.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Record sales of digital satellite receivers in Germany
Oct 19, 2009 – According to the latest figures from GfK released by ASTRA Deutschland, in the first eight months of 2009, nearly 1.5 million digital satellite receiver were sold in Germany with a value of around 167 million euros.
News categories: ASTRA, GfK, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sky Italia to offer DVB-T USB stick for its HD STBs
Oct 19, 2009 – Sky Italia (NASDAQ and ASX: NWS) is planning to launch a DVB-T USB stick which will allow Sky HD and My Sky HD users to receive the free RAI and Mediaset channels that, since the launch of TivùSat, are no longer being broadcast by Sky Italia.
News categories: Sky Italia, Digital TV, DVR, Italy, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

SiTune Unveils Mobile DVB-T Demodulator Exceeding MBRAI Specification
Oct 19, 2009 – SiTune has announced a state of the art and revolutionary mobile DVB-T demodulator IC. STN-10D3000 is a highly integrated mobile DVB-T demodulator that exceeds MBRAI performance specification with excellent Doppler performance.
News categories: SiTune, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, Portable, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Microtune Unveils Ultra-Small, Super-Integrated MicroCeiver™ IC Platform
Oct 19, 2009 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced details of a new ultra-small, low-cost technology platform, named MicroCeiver™, that is the foundation for the Company's new breed of highly integrated receiver products for the digital TV and cable TV.
News categories: Microtune, Cable TV, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

ProSieben adds DVB-T to mobile broadband with Vodafone
Oct 18, 2009 – Germany's ProSieben, in co-operation with Vodafone (London:VOD), has launched a mobile broadband dongle with a built-in DVB-T receiver.
News categories: ProSieben, Vodafone, Germany, Peripherals / Accessories, Terrestrial