Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Fan TV coming to Time Warner Cable subscribers
Apr 22, 2014 – Fan TV and Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) have announced the release of Fan TV, a new way to watch live TV and streaming content with a frictionless discovery experience and a breakthrough touch remote.
News categories: Fan TV, Time Warner Cable, Gilles BianRosa, Mike Angus, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

VIVA+ DTH launches in Indonesia
Apr 22, 2014 – AsiaSat and Digital Media Asia have announced the launch of VIVA+, a prepaid direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service on AsiaSat 5 at 100.5°E serving the fast-growing Indonesian pay DTH market.
News categories: AsiaSat, Digital Media Asia, David Khim, William Wade, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite

TEO LT adds 1,369 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2014
Apr 22, 2014 – TEO LT has released financial results for the first quarter of 2014. Over the first three months the number of IPTV subscribers increased by 4.3 per cent, over the year – by 14 per cent.
News categories: TEO LT, IPTV, Lithuania, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Comcast adds 24,000 billable video customers in 1Q 2014
Apr 22, 2014 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The company's video customers increased by 24,000 in the quarter to 22.601 million, the second consecutive quarter of customer growth.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

ViXS demonstrates RDK client on UltraHD 4K platform
Apr 22, 2014 – ViXS Systems (TSX: VXS) has announced that it is the first and only company with a shipping Ultra High Definition (UHD) 4K HEVC 10-bit System-on-Chip (SoC) to demonstrate a Reference Design Kit implementation.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Cable TV, RDK, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Netflix adds 4 million members in 1Q 2014
Apr 21, 2014 – Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has released its first-quarter 2014 financial results. The comany ended Q1 with over 48 million global members, and topped $1 billion in quarterly streaming revenue.
News categories: Netflix, Cable TV, Europe, Latin America, Middleware, North America, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Entropic announces Digital Channel Stacking Switch (dCSS) ICs
Apr 21, 2014 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced its latest digital Channel Stacking Switch (dCSS) and Band Translation integrated circuit (IC) family, the EN5500-series.
News categories: Entropic, Matt Rhodes, ICs, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Worldwide

MStar Semi for Videocon d2h HD MPEG-4 DVB-S2 set-top box
Apr 21, 2014 – MStar Semiconductor has announced the mass production of an HD MPEG-4 DVB-S2 set-top box with Videocon d2h, the fastest growing DTH service provider in India.
News categories: MStar Semi, Videocon d2h, Wayne Liang, Anil Khera, Digital TV, DVB-S2, India, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Russian pay TV subscribers to grow another 5% in 2014
Apr 18, 2014 – According to iKS-Consulting, the number of pay-TV subscribers in Russia increased during 2013 by 11% to 34.6 million. In 2014, the number of subscribers is forecast to grow by another 5% to 36.2 million.
News categories: iKS-Consulting, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers