Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Unitymedia begins analogue cable TV switch off
Apr 6, 2016 – Germany's Unitymedia has announced a pilot city for its plan to switch all of it cable TV customers to digital. Hanau, in the country's Hesse region, will be completed converted by September 20, 2016.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany

Tele Columbus and Espial complete 4K UHD trial
Apr 6, 2016 – Espial and Tele Columbus have announced a successful initial phase of an ongoing field trial of Tele Columbus’ 4K UHD-ready video service, based on Espial video solutions and integrated by the Espial systems integration team.
News categories: Espial, Tele Columbus, Jaison Dolvane, Stefan Beberweil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Set Top Box

Doordarshan launches Mobile TV in India
Apr 4, 2016 – Doordarshan, has announced that it has launched a DTT-based mobile television service in 16 Indian cities. The mobile TV can be received using DVB-T2 Dongles in OTG enabled smart phones and tablets, Wi-Fi dongles, as well as on IDTVs.
News categories: Doordarshan, Digital TV, DVB-T2, India, Mobile, Terrestrial

Pay-TV services gain subscribers worldwide
Apr 4, 2016 – The latest quarterly Multiscreen Index report from informitv reveals the highest overall rise in the number of pay-television subscriptions around the world for two years, with most operators gaining subscribers.
News categories: informitv, Dr William Cooper, Dr Sue Farrell, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Worldwide

TRAI issues consultation paper on set-top box interoperability
Apr 4, 2016 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a pre-consultation paper on TV set-top box (STB) interoperability. STB interoperability would empower consumers to change their service provider without changing their STB.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box

39,000 households benefit from Singapore's DTV Assistance Scheme
Apr 4, 2016 – In an answer to a parliamentary question, Singapore's Minister for Communications and Information has said that 39,000 households have received free digital TV set-top boxes under the country's Digital TV (DTV) Assistance Scheme.
News categories: Ministry of Communications and Information, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Singapore, Terrestrial

Eastern European pay TV revenues still climbing
Apr 4, 2016 – Despite the subscriber count increasing by fewer than one million, Eastern European pay TV revenues will increase by 9.9% between 2015 and 2021 to $5.97 billion, according to Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

KPN grows TV market share in the Netherlands
Apr 3, 2016 – KPN continues to grow its share of the Dutch TV market, at the expense of cable operator Ziggo. KPN added 2.3 percentage points of market share in 2015 to take 28.7 percent of subscribers, according to Telecompaper.
News categories: Telecompaper, Kamiel Albrecht, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers

LG Innotek adopts AltoBeam demodulator for DTV NIM
Apr 1, 2016 – AltoBeam has announced that, LG Innotek (LGIT) has selected AltoBeam's ATBM7823 demodulator chip, for LGIT's DVB-T2/T/C2/C/S2X/S2/S hybrid digital and analogue TV tuner module, the TDJN Series NIM.
News categories: AltoBeam, LG Innotek, Dr. Steve Chaohuang Zeng, Gil-Sang Park, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-C2, DVB-S2, DVB-T2, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, Worldwide