Middle-East and North Africa Digital TV News

SkyStream Launches New IP-TV Streaming Service Based On iDirect's VSAT Platform
Feb 8, 2011 – VT iDirect has announced that Sky-Stream has launched a satellite IP-TV streaming service. The service, which utilizes the Apple TV platform, allows customers in the Middle East and Africa to access on-demand programs in remote locations.
News categories: VT iDirect, SkyStream, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite, Streaming

Connected TV platform makes an entry into the Middle East & North Africa
Jan 29, 2011 – Techstorm has partnered with Verismo Networks to launch the VuMax service and bring HD quality OTT (Over The Top) entertainment, through broadband Internet, directly to TV sets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
News categories: Verismo Networks, Techstorm, VuMax, Digital TV, Middle-East, Set Top Box, Streaming

AME Pay-TV Subscriptions to Triple to 4 Million by Year-End 2015
Jan 24, 2011 – In AME's pay-TV market, subscriptions are expected to triple over the next five years, reaching 4 million. This represents an 11 percent CAGR in pay-TV subscriptions through 2015, the highest in the world, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Nigeria, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Subscribers

Orbit Showtime Network to switch-off 5 million TV pirates
Dec 7, 2010 – Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) is giving all of its subscribers new set-top boxes between now and December 19th when it will switch to a new 'unhackable' conditional access system.
News categories: Orbit Showtime Network, Algeria, Bahrain, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Middle-East, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, Set Top Box, Syria, UAE, Yemen

OneFi Technology Receives Financing Commitment
Dec 6, 2010 – OneFi Technology (Pink Sheets: ONFI) has received a financing commitment from Dr. Fahad al-Malik of Saudi Arabia. OneFi is working on a project to rollout network infrastructure in Saudi Arabia capable of delivering broadband WiMax and IPTV.
News categories: OneFi Technology, Broadband, IPTV, Saudi Arabia, Venture Capital

TTNET selects AirTies' gateway and set-top box solutions for IPTV roll-out in Turkey
Nov 25, 2010 – AirTies has announced that it has been selected by TTNET to provide its high definition IP set-top box and wireless ADSL gateway devices to support TTNET's IPTV service 'IPtivibu' and wireless services.
News categories: AirTies, TTNET, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Turkey

Iran opens digital television factory
Nov 22, 2010 – Iran's Minister of Industries and Mines, Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, has inaugurated Iran's first digital TV production line in Savojbolagh, Alborz province. The factory will produce DVB-T capable LCD and LED TVs in various sizes from 32 to 55 inches.
News categories: Iran, Smart TV, Terrestrial

2010 a milestone year for DTT in Europe
Oct 11, 2010 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database, developed for the DG Communication of the European Commission by the European Audiovisual Observatory, shows the current status of the European television market.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Satellite TV reception in Europe, North Africa and Middle-East shows continued strong take-up
Sep 15, 2010 – Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has announced the key highlights of its two-yearly survey of television reception by satellite and cable homes.
News categories: Eutelsat, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Middle-East, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK