Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

DISH pay TV subscribers down 81,000 in 2Q 2015
Aug 5, 2015 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported second quarter 2015 results. DISH pay TV subscribers (including Sling TV) declined approximately 81,000 in the second quarter compared to a loss of approximately 44,000 in the second quarter 2014.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

STMicroelectronics unveils DOCSIS 3.1 chipset
Aug 4, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the STiD325 (codenamed Barcelona), its DOCSIS 3.1 chipset for Broadband CPE2 Cable Modems, embedded Media Terminal Adapters (eMTAs), and Gateways, as well as for Video Gateways alongside a set-top-box chipset.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Philippe Notton, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CPE, DOCSIS, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Worldwide

Broadcom delivers 10G EPON residential gateway for Cable MSOs
Aug 4, 2015 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced a DOCSIS-compatible 10G Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) residential gateway reference design. Broadcom's platform allows cable MSOs to provide multi-Gigabit speeds via FTTH.
News categories: Broadcom, Jim McKeon, Cable Modem, Cable TV, DOCSIS, Fibre, Gateway, Semiconductor, USA

Airtel Digital TV adds 339,000 subscribers in 2Q 2015
Aug 4, 2015 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015. As on June 30, 2015, DTH had 10.4 million customers, which represents an increase of 10.9% as compared to the corresponding quarter last year.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Charter residential video customers down 33,000 in 2Q 2015
Aug 4, 2015 – Charter Communications has reported results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. Residential video customers decreased by 33,000 in the second quarter of 2015, versus a loss of 29,000 in the year-ago period.
News categories: Charter, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Nicaragua adopts ISDB-T for DTT broadcasting
Aug 4, 2015 – The Republic of Nicaragua has decided to adopt the Japanese terrestrial digital TV broadcasting system (called the ISDB-T system) for its digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB).
News categories: Telcor, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Nicaragua, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Mexico distributes 4.3 million DTT receivers
Aug 1, 2015 – Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) has said that it has distributed 4.3 million digital terrestrial television receivers as part of its programme to move the country to digitial television broadcasting.
News categories: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Digital TV, Mexico, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Pay TV in 21% of TV households in East Africa
Jul 31, 2015 – According to research by Dataxis, in the five countries of the East African Community (EAC), DTT had an overall 53% share of pay TV users, followed by DTH with 43% and the remainder on CATV systems in Kenya and Tanzania.
News categories: Dataxis, Burundi, Cable TV, Digital TV, Kenya, Market Research, Rwanda, Satellite, Subscribers, Tanzania, Terrestrial, Uganda

StarTimes to distribute DTH across Sub-Saharan Africa with SES
Jul 31, 2015 – SES Platform Services (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that StarTimes will distribute TV channels for their direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers across Sub-Saharan Africa via SES Platform Services’ broadcast facility in Germany.
News categories: SES S.A, StarTimes, Wilfried Urner, Pang Xinxing, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite