India Digital TV News

India - Intermedia Cable to deploy Irdeto Digital TV
Mar 24, 2007 – Irdeto and Intermedia Cable Communication Pvt. Ltd have announced that Irdeto will secure the deployment of a digital cable TV network across the city of Pune. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India

India - BSNL launches IP-TV service in Pune
Mar 15, 2007 – BSNL has commercially launched the Multiplay Services for its Broadband Customers on March 15, 2007 in Pune, India. Shri A.K.Sinha, CMD BSNL inaugurated the service.
News categories: BSNL, Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV

OpenTV launches on DishTV, India's first satellite service
Mar 14, 2007 – OpenTV (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that it has successfully integrated and downloaded its Core2 software to over 1,400,000 set-top boxes for DishTV. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware, Satellite

Irdeto Digital TV chosen to secure Indian MSO Manthan Broadband
Mar 3, 2007 – Irdeto and Manthan Broadband Services have announced that the Irdeto Digital TV content security system will be used to protect the content and revenues of Manthan’s digital TV operation in Kolkata, West Bengal and Eastern India. More …
News categories: Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India

TRAI Consultation Paper on the Issues Relating to DTH television
Mar 2, 2007 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a Consultation Paper on the issues relating to DTH.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Digital TV, India, Satellite

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA

UTStarcom Partners With AKSH Optifibre to Deliver First IPTV Service in India With MTNL
Feb 2, 2007 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a three-year contract through its partnership with AKSH Optifibre Ltd. to deploy its RollingStream™ end-to-end IPTV solution with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India.
News categories: UTStarcom, AKSH Optifibre, MTNL, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Amino Signs Licence Agreement With Time Broadband
Jan 19, 2007 – Amino Technologies (stock code: AMO) has signed an agreement with Dimensions Broadband UK, on behalf of its sister company Time Broadband Services, which takes Amino into the Indian subcontinent and provides access to Indian tier 1 telcos.
News categories: Amino, Time Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Set Top Box

India - Digital TV to be all-pervasive in 11th Plan period
Jan 16, 2007 – All television homes in India may turn digital in the next few years with the government planning to switch over to digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the 11th Plan period (2007-2012).
News categories: Digital TV, India, Terrestrial