New Zealand Digital TV News

TiVo subscribers down 146 thousand in quarter to end-July 2009
Aug 26, 2009 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2009. TiVo lost 42,000 direct subscribers and 104,000 subscribers through MSOs/broadcasters, to leave a total of 3.05 million at the end of the period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

New Zealand Sky PVR installations reach 100k in 2Q09
Aug 21, 2009 – New Zealand's SKY Television (NZX: SKT) has announced result for the year ended 30 June 2009. SKY's subscriber base grew by 30,326 (4.1%) subscribers over the previous year, to a new high of 778,902.
News categories: SKY Television, 5G, Cable TV, DVR, Mobile, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Freeview New Zealand passes quarter million mark
Jul 15, 2009 – Tightened consumer spending, an increase in TV viewing habits and improved affordability of Freeview|HD® receivers are all paying dividends for Freeview, with the latest figures confirming it is now available in more than a 250,000 Kiwi homes.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

TelstraClear Partners with Top Developers for Personal Video Recorder
Jun 22, 2009 – TelstraClear (ASX:TLS) has contracted Digisoft and Verimatrix to deliver a next generation personal video recorder (PVR) for its cable customers. The companies will jointly develop a hybrid HD DVB-C set-top box with PVR, IPTV and supporting services.
News categories: Verimatrix, Digisoft, TelstraClear, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box

TiVo subscriptions down 139k in quarter to end-April '09
May 27, 2009 – TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 30, 2009. TiVo-Owned subscription gross additions for the first quarter were approximately 37,000, compared to 48,000 gross additions for the year-ago period.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Australia, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Mexico, New Zealand, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

MPA Sees Strong Asia Pacific Pay-TV Subs Growth
Apr 22, 2009 – Against the background of a poor global macroeconomic environment, media owners and investors focused on Asia Pacific can take comfort from the defensive nature of the region's pay-TV and broadband industries, according to a Media Partners Asia report.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, New Zealand, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

14% of NZ Homes Now Have Freeview
Apr 15, 2009 – More than 14% of homes in New Zealand now have Freeview according to figures released today. This equates to nearly 10,000 new homes a month (or 72,000 new viewers over the quarter) now enjoying the benefits of free-to-air digital television.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Terrestrial

TiVo comes to New Zealand!
Mar 26, 2009 – Hybrid Television Services, the exclusive licensee of TiVo® products in Australia and New Zealand, has revealed its plans for the launch of TiVo in New Zealand by Christmas this year.
News categories: TiVo, Digital TV, DVR, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

New Zealand Sky Television Reports 2008 Interim Result
Feb 20, 2009 – New Zealand's SKY Television has reported a new all time high in subscriber numbers of 759,069 (as of 31 December 2008). This figure reflects a net gain of 10,493 additional subscribers for the six months ending 31 December 2008.
News categories: SKY Television, New Zealand, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers