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SES ASTRA Boosts Household Reach in the Ukraine
Apr 21, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris, LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has significantly increased its reach in the Ukraine. SES ASTRA gained 1.8 million households in 2008, reaching almost all (2.2 million) of the 2.3 million digital satellite homes in the country.
News categories: SES ASTRA, SIRIUS, Cable TV, Market Research, NABShow, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

Portugal Telecom presents DTT compatibility symbol
Apr 20, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has disclosed the DTT-compatibility symbol, a mechanism of verification of DTT compatibility for devices such as TV sets or decoder boxes.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Portugal, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Boxer Withdraws Application for Ireland's DTT
Apr 20, 2009 – The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has confirmed the decision of Boxer DTT Limited to withdraw its applications for the three DTT Multiplex Contracts.
News categories: Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Boxer, Digital TV, Ireland, Regulation, Terrestrial

Malta to set up free-to-air DTT network
Apr 17, 2009 – Digital Switchover in Malta will involve the setting up of a General Interest Objective (GIO) network. All transmissions on the GIO network will be unencrypted and therefore viewable without subscription and free of charge.
News categories: MITC, Digital TV, Malta, Terrestrial

TEO results for the first quarter of 2009
Apr 17, 2009 – TEO (Vilnius:TEO1L) of Lithuania has released its first quarter 2009 results. During January-March 2009, the number of customers using the company's TV services increased by 12.7 thousand to 79.4 thousand.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

DVB-T2 on track for Market Deployment
Apr 17, 2009 – Following on from the official launch of DVB-T2, the second generation transmission system for digital terrestrial television, at IBC 2008, broadcasters and vendors are on schedule for the early deployment of the new standard.
News categories: DVB Project, Digital TV, DVB-T2, NABShow, Terrestrial

Hi-tv Deploys Nagravision End-to-End Solution
Apr 17, 2009 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD) has announced that Hi-tv, part of Grupo Salinas, a US $10 billion group of Mexico-based companies, has launched an end-to-end Nagravision MPEG-4-based digital terrestrial television (DTT) solution.
News categories: Nagravision, Hi-tv, TV Azteca, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Mexico, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Tough competition in Swedish digital-TV market continues for Boxer
Apr 16, 2009 – As at 31 March, Boxer had 680,000 digital-TV subscribers. This figure applies to both Sweden and the new operation in Denmark. Overall, the number of customers in Sweden continues to fall as a result of increasing competition.
News categories: Boxer, Denmark, Digital TV, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

SIDSA seeks further expansion in Latin America
Apr 16, 2009 – SIDSA will be looking to Latin America at NAB. The company has carried out DVB trials, both DVB-T and DVB-H, in countries such as Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay and Panama, with plans to lead other DVB projects in the region.
News categories: SIDSA, Argentina, Colombia, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Ecuador, Latin America, Mobile, NABShow, Panama, Peru, Terrestrial, Uruguay