Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Cignal deploying Conax Cardless content protection in the Philippines
Sep 7, 2016 – Conax (SIX:KUD:S) has announced that Philippines DTH satellite provider Cignal TV is deploying Conax Cardless content protection technology to secure its next phases of growth.
News categories: Conax, Cignal TV, Morten Solbakken, Jane J. Basas, Content Protection, Digital TV, Philippines, Satellite, Set Top Box

Digital TV grows to 90% of all Dutch TV connections
Sep 7, 2016 – Digital television increased to 90 percent of all TV connections in the Netherlands at the end of the second quarter of 2016, according to Telecompaper's latest quarterly report on the Dutch television market.
News categories: Telecompaper, Kamiel Albrecht, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Sunny Digital selects Verimatrix security for cable TV expansion
Sep 7, 2016 – Verimatrix has announced that Sunny Digital Home Entertainment has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for DVB to provide revenue security for its digital cable service expansion in Telangana state.
News categories: Verimatrix, Steve Oetegenn, Y.S. Krishna, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, India

Nigeria's CTL first to deploy Conax Contego-as-a-Service cloud-based security
Sep 6, 2016 – Conax (SIX:KUD:S) has announced Nigerian terrestrial pay-TV operator CTL Cable as the first customer to deploy the newly launched Contego-as-a-Service cloud-based content protection platform.
News categories: Conax, Communication Trends Limited, Tom Jahr, Ofem Ekapong Ofem, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, MMDS, Nigeria

NAGRA adds anyCAST CONNECT to 4K Ultra HD partnership with KT Skylife
Sep 6, 2016 – NAGRA (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it has extended its content protection partnership with Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skylife to include NAGRA’s anyCAST CONNECT solution.
News categories: NAGRA, KT Skylife, Jean-Luc Jezouin, Han Lee, Content Protection, Digital TV, IBCShow, Korea, Satellite

Dish TV India and SITI Cable select Conax Cardless content protection
Sep 6, 2016 – Conax has announced that Dish TV India and SITI Cable have selected Conax (for Cardless content protection) as one of the key partners for their pay-TV expansion in the region.
News categories: Conax, Dish TV India, SITI Cable, Morten Solbakken, Jawahar Goel, V S Wadhwa, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

SITI Cable adds 0.4 million video subscribers in 2Q 2016
Sep 6, 2016 – SITI Networks (BSE: 532795, NSE: SITINET) [Siti Cable] has announced results for its first quarter ended June 30, 2016. The company added 400,000 digital video subscribers to bring its total to 8.3 million.
News categories: SITI Networks, Cable TV, India, Results, Streaming, Subscribers

SES and Fraunhofer demonstrate VR via satellite at IBC 2016
Sep 5, 2016 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) together with Fraunhofer HHI will demonstrate an R&D project at IBC this year showcasing the transmission of a 10K x 2K panoramic video signal via satellite to multiple devices.
News categories: SES S.A, Fraunhofer, Thomas Wrede, Dr. Ralf Schäfer, Digital TV, Europe, IBCShow, Metaverse, Satellite, Worldwide

Videocon d2h opts for Cisco Virtualized Video Processing
Sep 2, 2016 – Cisco has announced that Videocon d2h has selected the Cisco Virtual DCM. The Virtual DCM provides Videocon d2h the bandwidth efficiencies to deploy new services and meet ever-increasing consumer demands for 4K, multiscreen, OTT and Cloud DVR.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Videocon d2h, Sanjay Kaul, Saurabh Dhoot, Anil Khera, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Satellite