Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

WDR to begin DVB-T2/HEVC trials in Cologne-Bonn
Oct 14, 2014 – German public broadcaster WDR has announced that, with Media Broadcast, it is planning to begin test broadcasting in DVB-T2 with HEVC video coding in the Cologne-Bonn area.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH, WDR, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Germany, Terrestrial

Cyfrowy Polsat launches updated satellite set-top box
Oct 13, 2014 – Cyfrowy Polsat has announced the availability of its new HD 5500 satellite set-top box. The new model is manufactured in Polsat's own factory which has already produced more than 6 million set-top boxes.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Nagra enables hybrid OTT and DTT service for Vodafone Spain
Oct 13, 2014 – NAGRA (SIX: KUD.S) has announced that its QuickStart Hybrid solution is enabling a combined over-the-top (OTT) and digital terrestrial television (DTT) offering for Vodafone España.
News categories: NAGRA, Vodafone, SmarDTV, Thierry Legrand, Isaac Mendoza, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Spain, Streaming, Terrestrial

Tricolor TV subscribers pass the 15 million mark
Oct 8, 2014 – Russian satellite TV service, Tricolor TV, has announced that during Q3 2014 its subscriber base passed the 15 million mark. At the end of the quarter the company had 15.17 million subscribers.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Technicolor and Sinclair Broadcast demonstrate live ATSC 3.0
Oct 8, 2014 – Sinclair Broadcast and Technicolor (Paris:TCH; OTCQX:TCLRY) have delivered an industry first by successfully deploying Technicolor's ATSC 3.0 4K UltraHD testbed and receiving an over-the-air signal.
News categories: Technicolor, Sinclair Broadcast, Vince Pizzica, Mark Aitken, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Terrestrial, USA

Subscriber numbers to fall for 40 of Europe's Pay TV operators
Oct 8, 2014 – A report from Digital TV Research forecasts that subscriber numbers will fall for 40 of Europe's pay TV operators between 2013 and 2020.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

India's Radiant Digitek selects Pace software and set-top boxes
Oct 8, 2014 – Pace has announced that Indian cable MSO, Radiant Digitek Network has selected its pre-integrated middleware, conditional access and set-top box solution to deliver TV services to its subscribers.
News categories: Pace plc, Miguel Gil, Lokesh Joshi, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Set Top Box

South Africa's OpenView HD now available on same satellite as DStv
Oct 6, 2014 – OpenView HD, South Africa’s first free-to-view DTH satellite television platform, will soon also be available on the same satellite dish used to receive DStv, Vivid and Freevision services.
News categories: Platco Digital, OpenView HD, Maxwell Nonge, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa

DVB-T2 pilot project launched in Berlin
Oct 6, 2014 – MEDIA BROADCAST has launched a pilot project in Berlin to test the new DVB-T2 standard. All leading TV broadcasters, relevant industry associations and many companies in the CE industry are involved as project partners.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH, Ulf Heggenberger, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Germany, Semiconductor, Terrestrial