Middle-East and North Africa Digital TV News

IPTV Deployments More Than Double In a Year as Broadband Continues to Achieve Strong Growth
Oct 8, 2007 – The DSL Forum today announced new broadband and IPTV statistics at the Broadband World Forum Europe in Berlin. The statistics, prepared for the DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic, show that the number of people using IPTV services increased by 179 per cent in the 12 months to 30 June 2007.
News categories: Point Topic, DSL Forum, Africa, Asia, BBWF, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

Libyana Mobile Phone's DVB-H trial set by ENENSYS
Sep 30, 2007 – The largest Libyan telecom operator Libyana Mobile Phone (LMP) started a DVB-H trial in Tripoli and selected ENENSYS Technologies' (Euronext Paris stock Exchange: FR0010286252 - MLENS) solution for the complete transmission system.
News categories: ENENSYS, Libyana, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Libya, Mobile

Vestel Elektronik announced 1H07 IFRS consolidated results
Sep 25, 2007 – Vestel Elektronik announced total revenues of US$1,538mn (€1,158mn) and net loss of US$28.7mn (€21.6mn) in 1H07. The Company was able to increase its flat TV sales by 45% YoY to approx. 1.2mn units in 1H07.
News categories: Vestel, 1H07 IFRS financials, Digital TV, DVD, Optical Disc Recorder, Results, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Turkey

Verimatrix Content Security Selected for Qatar IPTV Service
Sep 24, 2007 – Verimatrix has announced that it is providing the security solution for the world's first fully integrated IPTV triple-play deployment in Qatar.
News categories: Verimatrix, Qtel, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Qatar, Set Top Box

The status of IPTV in the Arab World
Sep 20, 2007 – Despite the advantages that IPTV provides, only four operators in three countries in the Arab World region offer commercial IPTV services.
News categories: Arab Advisors, Bahrain, Broadband, Digital TV, Egypt, IPTV, Kuwait, Market Research, Middle-East, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE

DoÄŸan Yayın Holding 2007 September 1H07 Results (DYH 2007 İlk 6 Ay Sonuçları)
Sep 17, 2007 – Total D-Smart users are expected to reach 4.8mn in 2016 (from 150,944 at end-August 2007), corresponding to ~23% of total households and ~33% of total satellite households.
News categories: DoÄŸan, D Smart, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Turkey

ADB Selected By Yes For HD Launch
Sep 11, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it has been selected by 'yes' to supply its ADB-7820S set-top boxes (STBs) for the digital satellite operator's launch of high definition (HD) services in Israel.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Yes, Digital TV, IBCShow, Israel, Satellite, Set Top Box

Dubai conducts its own mobile TV trial
Sep 10, 2007 – As part of its efforts to check the technical and commercial viability of Digital Video Broadcasting on Handhelds (DVB-H) in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Media City (DMC) is testing the technology in Dubai.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, UAE

Latens to Secure du IPTV Services
Sep 6, 2007 – Latens has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Dubai-based telco, du, to protect its IPTV service. du, the new telecom operator in United Arab Emirates (UAE), has acquired over 500,000 customers. This represents more than 10% of the UAE population within less than a year of its launch of operations.
News categories: Broadband, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Set Top Box, UAE