Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Modification in India's Switchover Date to Digital Cable TV
Jun 20, 2012 – The installation of digital cable set-top boxes in India's four metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai will not meet the mandated deadline of June 30th, 2012. The governement has therefore set a new deadline of October 31st, 2012.
News categories: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Regulation, Set Top Box

Shaw Direct Launches Set-Top Video on Demand Service
Jun 20, 2012 – Shaw Direct (TSX:SJR.B) (NYSE:SJR) is the first direct-to-home provider in Canada to use adaptive streaming technology to deliver On Demand content directly to set-top boxes.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Canada, Satellite, Set Top Box

IGLOO Partners with Irdeto to Launch New TV Offering
Jun 20, 2012 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that IGLOO, a new television offering launched as a joint venture between SKY and TVNZ, has selected Irdeto Cloaked CA to securely deliver premium content over the new TV service.
News categories: Irdeto, IGLOO, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, New Zealand, Streaming, Terrestrial

MediaScape adds satellite capacity for Cignal TV in the Philippines
Jun 20, 2012 – SES (Paris; LuxX: SESG) has announced a new agreement with MediaScape to provide additional capacity on the SES-7 satellite. The additional capacity will enable MediaScape to ramp up its Cignal TV DTH offering to 15 HD and 51 SD channels.
News categories: SES S.A., Cignal TV, BroadcastAsia, Philippines, Satellite, Subscribers

DTH leads the digital boom in Latin America
Jun 20, 2012 – Most Latin American territories are experiencing a surge in digital TV take-up, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The report forecasts that 103 million homes will have digital TV in 2017, up from 40 million at end-2011.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Venezuela

Envivio Selected for StarHub's HDTV, Mobile and OTT Video Service Expansion
Jun 20, 2012 – Envivio (Nasdaq:ENVI) has announced that the Envivio 4Caster™ encoders powered by Envivio Muse™ software have been deployed by StarHub for HDTV, OTT and mobile TV services. StarHub serves more than 544,000 TV households in Singapore.
News categories: Envivio, StarHub, BroadcastAsia, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Singapore, Streaming, Subscribers, Tablet

Verimatrix Chosen to Provide Revenue Security for Nepal's Only DTH Service
Jun 20, 2012 – Verimatrix has announced that Dish Media Network has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority (VCAS™) 3 system on its DVB-S2 network. Kathmandu-based Dish Media Network is Nepal's only satellite-based direct-to-home (DTH) service provider.
News categories: Verimatrix, Dish Media Network, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, Nepal, Satellite, Set Top Box

Singapore's free-to-air TV channels to go fully digital by 2013
Jun 19, 2012 – Singapore's Media Development Authority has announced that Singapore's seven free-to-air (FTA) TV channels will go fully digital by the end of 2013 using the DVB-T2 broadcasting standard.
News categories: Media Development Authority, MediaCorp, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Singapore, Terrestrial

Verimatrix Selected to Secure YOU SCOD18 Digital Cable
Jun 19, 2012 – Verimatrix has announced that YOU SCOD18, an Indian Multi System Operator (MSO), has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) architecture to provide revenue security for its new digital cable service.
News categories: Verimatrix, YOU SCOD18, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, India