New Zealand Digital TV News

Digital TV Labs Licensed To Offer DTG Test Suites For UK And NZ Freeview Pre-Testing
Mar 24, 2010 – Digital TV Labs has become the first test facility to receive a licence to offer the full Digital TV Group (DTG) Test Suite, providing manufacturers with a cost-effective pre-DTG test and debugging process.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Digital TV, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK

Verimatrix Secures Enhanced Hybrid DVB-C/IP Digital TV Services for TelstraClear
Mar 23, 2010 – Verimatrix has announced New Zealand's TelstraClear (ASX: TLS) as a new DVB hybrid operator that will be securing its pay-TV revenue with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for DVB.
News categories: Verimatrix, TelstraClear, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, New Zealand, Video Exchange

SKY Television - New Zealand's First 'All Digital' Broadcaster
Mar 10, 2010 – SKY Television's analogue UHF pay TV network will shut down at midnight tonight which means that SKY will become New Zealand's first 'all digital' TV broadcaster.
News categories: SKY Television, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Terrestrial

Freeview NZ Adopts MHEG Interaction Channel For Hybrid Services
Feb 25, 2010 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has announced that Freeview NZ has adopted the MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) from the D-book 6.1 as part of an upgrade to its MHEG Country Profile that will allow hybrid services to be provided.
News categories: IMPALA, Freeview NZ, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Sky New Zealand doubles HDi PVR subscribers in 2009
Feb 18, 2010 – SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has released its interim report for the six months to 31 December 2009. At 31 December 2009, SKY had 144,148 MYSKY HDi subscribers compared to 70,384 in December 2008, an increase of 104.8%.
News categories: SKY Television, DVR, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Freeview NZ achieves strongest result since launch
Feb 11, 2010 – Freeview NZ has achieved its highest performing quarter since it launched in 2007. The sales figures for the final three months of 2009 put the total number of households able to receive Freeview at 346,116.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Asia-Pac IPTV Subs to Hit 9.4 Million This Year
Nov 25, 2009 – According to Frost & Sullivan, the Asia-Pacific IPTV subscriber base is expected to grow by 51 percent in 2009 to close at 9.4 million users, making the region the second largest IPTV market in the world by the end of this year.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Australia, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Subscribers, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

TiVo to launch in New Zealand in November
Sep 17, 2009 – Telecom New Zealand (NZX:TEL) and Hybrid Television Services have announced a partnership that will see TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) delivering unmetered entertainment to NZ living rooms from November.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Hybrid Television Services, Telecom New Zealand, Digital TV, DVR, New Zealand, Streaming

Telecom New Zealand launches XT Mobile TV
Sep 2, 2009 – XT Mobile Network customers can enjoy drama, comedy or news for free until 30 November 2009 with Telecom's new Mobile TV service. XT Mobile Network is the 3G mobile network run by Telecom New Zealand (NZX:TEL).
News categories: Telecom New Zealand, 5G, Mobile, New Zealand