Oceania (Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia) Digital TV News

Liberty Global adds 286k digital cable and loses 5k DTH subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the first quarter 2010. Digital cable was the strongest product with 286,000 organic additions to give 6.0 million digital cable RGUs at the end of the period.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Australia releases National Broadband Network Implementation Study
May 6, 2010 – The Australian Government has released the National Broadband Network Implementation Study. The NBN will expand the possibilities for service providers to deliver video services to end users.
News categories: DBCDE, Australia, Content Distribution, IPTV, Regulation, Streaming

More Australians going digital
Apr 23, 2010 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has released the latest summary figures from the Digital Tracker survey for the first quarter of 2010.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial

APAC Pay-TV and Broadband Markets Poised For Profitable Growth
Apr 22, 2010 – Broad industry trends remain favorable in Asia's pay-TV and broadband markets, according to a new report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report, entitled Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets 2010, says industry fundamentals are strong.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Satellite, Singapore, Streaming, Taiwan, Terrestrial, Thailand

Australian FetchTV Launches with Orca Interactive RiGHTv Middleware
Apr 21, 2010 – Australian based FetchTV has selected Orca Interactive to supply its RiGHTv IPTV as the middleware platform for FetchTV's wholesale subscription TV service.
News categories: Orca Interactive, FetchTV, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

UEC set-top boxes for Eastern Australia satellite TV in-fill service
Apr 14, 2010 – The Australian Government has announced that VAST, a Southern Cross Media and Imparja joint venture, will provide digital TV services to viewers in eastern Australia who cannot receive DTT. Altech UEC will be the initial supplier of set top boxes.
News categories: Southern Cross Media, Imparja, Altech UEC, Australia, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box

Australian First: iiNet Gets Set to Play FetchTV
Apr 12, 2010 – Australia's iiNet (ASX: IIN) has announced its partnership with FetchTV, confirming it will be the first ISP to deliver the digital TV service directly to Australian lounge rooms over an iiNet customer's ADSL2+ broadband connection.
News categories: iiNet, FetchTV, Australia, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

Verimatrix Secures Premium Content at FetchTV in Australia
Apr 12, 2010 – Verimatrix has announced FetchTV as the latest customer to deploy its security solution. The Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV enables the secure delivery of content for FetchTV's channels and on-demand libraries.
News categories: Verimatrix, FetchTV, Australia, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, NABShow, Set Top Box, Streaming

LG and Telstra announce first Flatscreen TV with BigPond® Movies
Apr 9, 2010 – LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS) and Telstra (ASX:TLS) have announced an alliance that will see the two companies be the first in Australia to come together to bring BigPond® Movies to LG's new range of flatscreen TVs.
News categories: LG Electronics, Telstra, Australia, Digital TV, IPTV, Smart TV, Streaming