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Commercial Satellite Industry Set to Grow Even in Troubled Economic Times
Dec 3, 2008 – With many industries around the world in the doldrums due to the current economic crisis, NSR's latest multi-client market research report projects that the commercial satellite transponder leasing market should emerge relatively unscathed.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Content Distribution, Market Research, Satellite

Taiwan Broadband Communications Selects Nagravision to Secure and Integrate All Digital MPEG-4 Cable TV System
Dec 3, 2008 – Nagravision (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) has selected Nagravision to secure and provide integration services for its all digital MPEG-4 cable TV system.
News categories: Nagravision, Taiwan Broadband Communications, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Taiwan

SES Announces Multi-Year Agreement With Echostar To Expand Direct-To-Home Broadcasts In Mexico And The U.S.
Nov 26, 2008 – SES (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced an agreement to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS). It is expected that capacity on QuetzSat-1, a new satellite, will be used by Dish México to provide DTH services in Mexico.
News categories: EchoStar, SES, QuetzSat, Dish México, Content Distribution, Mexico, Satellite

ZTE, UTStarcom and Huawei Win Shanghai IPTV Deal
Nov 25, 2008 – ZTE (Hong Kong: 0763; Shanghai: 000063), UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) and Huawei have won the bidding to expand Shanghai Telecom's IPTV network.
News categories: Shanghai Telecom, ZTE, UTStarcom, Huawei, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Airfield Media Group Selects Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ Neighbourhood To Broadcast Belgian French-Language Channels In Its TéléSAT Platform
Nov 20, 2008 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the signature of a contract with Airfield Media Group for satellite capacity at the HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood to broadcast the five Belgian French-language channels in the new TéléSAT, pay-TV platform.
News categories: Eutelsat, TéléSAT, Belgium, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Turkey's Largest ISP, TTNET, appoints On Demand Group to manage On-Demand Television Service
Nov 18, 2008 – On Demand Group (ODG) (NASDAQ: SEAC) have been appointed to manage a Video-on-Demand (VOD) service solution for TTNET, Turkey's largest ISP. The roll out of IPTV services to its customer base represents a key expansion of TTNET's service offer.
News categories: On Demand Group, TTNET, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Turkey

German utilities Stadtwerke Sindelfingen/Boeblingen select Alcatel-Lucent's fiber-based triple play solution
Nov 18, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that it has been selected by Stadtwerke Sindelfingen and Stadtwerke Boeblingen, utility companies near Stuttgart, for the deployment of a fiber to the home (FTTH)-based triple play solution.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Stadtwerke Sindelfingen, Stadtwerke Boeblingen, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, Germany, IPTV

GridNetworks Launches Gridcast TV, A Service for Content Owners to Deliver Internet Video to the TV
Nov 17, 2008 – GridNetworks has launched GridCast TV, a service that enables content distributors to stream video directly over the internet to viewers' TVs. The service uses existing UPnP devices such as the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and internet-enabled TVs.
News categories: GridNetworks, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Gaming, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

KDDI Develops Technology to Follow Up Missed Part of TV Program
Nov 14, 2008 – KDDI R&D Laboratories has developed the 'network-based follow-up replay application,' a technology that allows viewers to watch a TV program from the beginning even when they start viewing it from the middle.
News categories: KDDI R&D Labs, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Japan, Middleware, Mobile