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Canal Digital is first customer of Pace's new MultiDweller™ head-end equipment
Jul 27, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that Canal Digital (Oslo:TEL) is the first customer of its new MultiDweller™ technology. Canal Digital will use the equipment to help increase its reach amongst multidweller-subscribers in the Nordic market.
News categories: Pace plc, Canal Digital, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Sweden, Terrestrial

Africa's SADC sets 2013 analogue switch-off deadline
Jul 16, 2009 – The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has set December 2013 as the deadline for its members to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting.
News categories: SADC, Angola, Botswana, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Terrestrial, Zambia, Zimbabwe

du TV+ to launch in UAE with Microsoft Mediaroom
Jul 15, 2009 – du plans to launch high-definition IP television services in the UAE next month. The new 'du TV+' service is powered by Microsoft Mediaroom, and features digital recording and VoD, as well as HDTV.
News categories: Microsoft, 'du', Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UAE

Serbia Broadband Adds New 'Total TV' Capacity at 16°E
Jul 13, 2009 – Serbia Broadband (SBB) has announced the expansion of its Total TV platform with new multi-year contracts concluded with Eutelsat Communications (Paris: ETL) for two transponders at its 16 degrees East video neighbourhood.
News categories: Serbia Broadband, Eutelsat, TOTAL TV, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Content Distribution, Croatia, Digital TV, Montenegro, Satellite, Serbia, Slovenia

EU Launches Digital Dividend Consultation
Jul 10, 2009 – By 2012 digital TV will completely replace analogue transmission and several Member States want to quickly use the potential of wireless to achieve full broadband access. The EU has launched an urgent public consultation on a common approach.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Smart TV, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Video on-demand server revenue tripling by 2013
Jul 8, 2009 – According to Infonetics Research, the number of IPTV subscribers doubled in 2008 to 26 million worldwide, and is expected to surge to 155 million by 2013. IP set-top box vendor revenue is forecast to grow at 14% annually between 2008 and 2013.
News categories: Infonetics, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Parasat Cable TV goes digital in Mindanao
Jul 8, 2009 – Mindanao cable television operator, Parasat Cable TV, has launched its digital television platform in Cagayan de Oro City, a first in the Philippines outside Metro Manila.
News categories: Parasat Cable TV, Transparent Video Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Philippines

Arabsat and Sudanese Radio & TV to operate DTH platform from Khartoum
Jul 7, 2009 – The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) and the Sudanese Radio & TV corporation have signed an agreement to launch and operate a DTH platform in Khartoum. The platform is to be ready for operation by the end of this year.
News categories: Arabsat, Sudanese Radio & TV Corp, Content Distribution, Satellite, Sudan

Keisense and DiviNet Partner to Jointly Deliver Interactive TV Services
Jul 6, 2009 – DiviNet and Keisense have announced the successful integration of Keisense's ConnecTiVi into DiviNet's IPTV network. The combined solution will enable a range of interactive services over legacy television sets.
News categories: DiviNet, Keisense, Content Distribution, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box