Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Sony To Launch 'Nasne' Networked Recorder And Media Storage Device
Apr 17, 2012 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) has announced that it will launch 'nasne™', a networked recorder and media storage device with built in 500GB hard disk drive (HDD) and digital terrestrial and satellite broadcast tuners.
News categories: Sony Computer Entertainment, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Japan, Satellite, Smart Home, Terrestrial

Harris Expands Digital TV Transmission Network for TV TEM in Brazil
Apr 16, 2012 – Harris (NYSE:HRS) has announced that TV TEM, a Rede Globo affiliate in Brazil, is installing 45 Harris® Maxiva™ digital TV transmitters to increase over-the-air digital TV (DTV) broadcast coverage in São Paulo.
News categories: Harris, TV TEM, Brazil, Content Distribution, ISDB-T, NABShow, SBTVD, Terrestrial

StarHub Partners Western Digital® For Recording Capabilities On HD Interactive Set-Top Box
Apr 16, 2012 – StarHub TV customers using HD Interactive set-top boxes will soon have recording options thanks to StarHub's new Value-Added Service (VAS) - Smart TV™, and the introduction of an external hard drive to enable recording capabilities.
News categories: StarHub, Western Digital, Cable TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Singapore

536,812 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2011
Apr 14, 2012 – The Uruguayan communications regulator, URSEC, has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2011. The number of Pay TV subscribers at year-end was 536,812.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

India adds over 3 million DTH subscribers in 4Q 2011
Apr 13, 2012 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its Performance Indicator Report for the fourth quarter of 2011. At year-end, India's DTH subscriber base was 44.21 million, up from 41.04 million at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

New ATSC Digital TV Standards Demonstrated at 2012 NAB Show
Apr 13, 2012 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) will highlight new innovations at the 2012 NAB Show. ATSC is also one of the leading organizations driving the global 'Future of Broadcast TV' (FoBTV) initiative.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Metaverse, Mobile, NABShow, Terrestrial

Cablemás adds Cubiware VOD platform
Apr 12, 2012 – Conax and Evolution Digital have announced that they have partnered with Cubiware to provide Cablemás with a VOD platform using Adaptive Bit Rate technology, to maximize bandwidth efficiency, and reduce operating costs.
News categories: Cubiware, Conax, Evolution Digital, Cablemás, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Mexico, Middleware, NABShow

Comutel enables ETV's DVB-T2 transmissions in Serbia
Apr 12, 2012 – COMUTEL has announced that ETV - a national broadcasting agency in Serbia - has started broadcasting its services on March 21st using DVB-T2 technology, a first in the region.
News categories: COMUTEL, Emisiona tehnika i veze, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Serbia, Terrestrial

Digital TV conversion slows in Western Europe
Apr 12, 2012 – Western Europe will not reach full digital TV penetration until 2017, despite penetration being as high as 85% by end-2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, Switzerland, Terrestrial, UK