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

New Zealand - Freeview achieves strong household take-up
Aug 13, 2007 – A mere three months after Freeview ushered in a new era in New Zealand broadcasting, take-up figures for the period clearly show New Zealanders are embracing all that free-to-air digital broadcasting provides.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

FOXTEL Accelerates Growth in Subscribers and Profits To Record Highs
Aug 9, 2007 – FOXTEL has announced that it has achieved record high growth across all key metrics in the year ended 30 June 2007. At 30 June 2007, FOXTEL had 1,292,000 direct subscribers (including the sales queue), an increase of 13.1% since 30 June 2006. The net increase of 150,000 subscribers represents a 36% increase on the net additions in the previous year. FOXTEL's total subscriber base, including wholesale customers, grew to 1,443,000 an increase of 12.4% over the 12 month period.
News categories: Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DVB-T Tuner planned for Sony's PS3
Aug 2, 2007 – "We're hoping next year - about the same time that [New Zealand] Freeview launches its terrestrial broadcasting service (expected to be in March) - to release a digital tuner for the PS3, turning it into a programmable TV recorder."
News categories: Digital TV, Gaming, New Zealand, Terrestrial

AUSTAR delivers record subscribers and profits
Aug 2, 2007 – The Company continues to experience strong subscriber growth, ending the first half of 2007 with a total of 639,128 subscribers. Total television subscribers increased by 38,002 for the half, whilst the second quarter delivered 19,768 subscribers.
News categories: AUSTAR, Earnings Release, Australia, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Zinwell Licenses Highgate MHEG-5 Solution
Jul 31, 2007 – Highgate has announced that Zinwell has licensed its MHEG-5 (v1.06) solution for deployment across its range of MPEG-2 SD STB and iDTV module solutions
News categories: Highgate, Zinwell, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

New Zealand start-up close to IPTV network deal
Jul 5, 2007 – Kiwi company TargetCast is negotiating to provide a local TV network with a user-friendly broadband and IPTV platform technology solution, that is capable of providing TIVO-like functionality. More …
News categories: Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, New Zealand

ANZ Teleport & Broadcast Launches DTH Platform with Intelsat
Jun 21, 2007 – Intelsat has announced that New Zealand-based ANZ Teleport & Broadcast Ltd. selected the Intelsat platform on which to launch a new direct-to-home television service. More …
News categories: Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite

New Zealand Freeview launches with MHEG-5 Technology from S&T
Jun 19, 2007 – Strategy & Technology (S&T), specialists in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5 middleware, is pleased to confirm the successful launch of its EPG application on the new Freeview digital satellite service in New Zealand.
News categories: S&T, Freeview NZ, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, New Zealand, Satellite, TV Services

Irdeto Conducts Sydney DVB-H trial
Jun 18, 2007 – Irdeto has partnered with Broadcast Australia, and head-end systems vendor Thomson in a DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld) trial in Sydney, Australia.
News categories: Australia, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Mobile