Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Comcast adds 43,000 video customers in 4Q 2013
Jan 28, 2014 – Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. Combined Video, High-Speed Internet and Voice Customers increased by 649,000 in the final period, with video customers increasing by 43,000.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Tricolor TV adds 2.2 million customers in 2013
Jan 28, 2014 – Russia’s Tricolor TV has announced that it ended the year with 14.1 million customers up 2.2 million over the year. More than 10 million are paying customers and 3.1 million are owners of HD receiving equipment.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Just under six in ten UK adults receive pay TV
Jan 28, 2014 – Ofcom has published its eighth annual report on the consumer experience of telecoms, the internet, digital broadcasting and postal services in the United Kingdom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, UK

Ziggo adds 6,000 digital TV subscribers in Q4 2013
Jan 24, 2014 – Ziggo has released Q4 2013 results. Subscribers to consumer digital Pay TV recovered slightly with a limited subscriber growth of 6,000 during the quarter versus a decline in the prior-year quarter and the first quarters of 2013.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, CAM, Netherlands, Results, Smart TV, Subscribers

Teracom and Broadcom collaborate on Ultra HD broadcast demonstration
Jan 24, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that Teracom, a provider of terrestrial network operations in Sweden and Denmark, has selected Broadcom silicon to demonstrate 4K Ultra HD and DVB-T2 broadcast capabilities with Boxer TV.
News categories: Broadcom, Teracom, Håkan Axén, Aidan O'Rourke, Denmark, DVB-T2, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Satcom sector in India to grow at over 6% per year
Jan 23, 2014 – According to Euroconsult, India’s satellite communication sector has experienced significant growth over the past five years driven by explosive demand from DTH pay-TV platforms and growing telecommunication needs in the country.
News categories: Euroconsult, Deepu Krishnan, Content Distribution, India, Market Research, Satellite

Dish TV India adds 220,000 subscribers in 4Q 2013
Jan 23, 2014 – Dish TV India (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) has reported Q3 fiscal 2014 results. The company added 220 thousand subscribers in the quarter ended December 31, 2013 taking its net subscriber base to 11.2 million.
News categories: Dish TV India, Digital TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Novabase builds system-in-package cable STB with ACCESS STB Labs
Jan 23, 2014 – Novabase Digital TV Technologies and ACCESS STB Labs have announced the development of a SIP-based set-top box for cable operators that supports multiple conditional access systems (CAS).
News categories: Novabase, ACCESS STB Labs, ALi Corp, Sasikanth, Michael Pauli, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

yes launches multiscreen TV in Israel with Viaccess-Orca content discovery
Jan 23, 2014 – Viaccess-Orca has announced that Israeli-based satellite provider yes is using the Viaccess-Orca COMPASS content discovery platform to support its new yes Go TV Everywhere service.
News categories: Viaccess-Orca, 'yes', Dovev Goldstein, Haggai Barel, Content Distribution, Israel, Mobile, Satellite