Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Worldwide Pay-TV Revenue on the Rise, to Reach $236 Billion at the End of 2012
Dec 20, 2011 – According to ABI Research, the worldwide pay-TV market will continue to grow to generate service revenues of $236 billion by the end of next year. Cable TV operators continue to face increasing competition from IPTV and over-the-top (OTT) services.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Broadband CPE and Home Networking Vendors Make Push towards Premium Services
Dec 19, 2011 – Infonetics has released vendor market share standings and market forecasts from two third quarter (3Q11) broadband access reports. Despite a 7% worldwide decline in cable CPE revenue, Motorola (NYSE: MMI) held on to the top spot in cable CPE.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CPE, DOCSIS, Fibre, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

Demand for Cable Set Top Boxes Remains Solid in 2011
Dec 19, 2011 – The cable set top box market is having a solid year in 2011, primarily due to robust demand for digital cable set top box products in Asia. In contrast, according to In-Stat, North American cable set top box unit shipments are decreasing.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Entropic Increases Performance and Efficiency With Newest Channel Stacking Switch Silicon
Dec 19, 2011 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq: ENTR) has announced its third generation Channel Stacking Switch (CSS) silicon, the EN5288. Used in single cable satellite installations, the new silicon is cost optimized for four tuner applications.
News categories: Entropic Communications, CES2025, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor

Time Warner Cable's TWC TV™ App Now Available on Android Smartphones
Dec 15, 2011 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has announced the launch of the TWC TV™ app for Android smartphones. The app allows customers to search program listings, browse network schedules, set favorite channels and program their DVR from their smartphone.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Apps, Cable TV, Smartphone, USA

Digital Terrestrial Set-top Box Shipments to Peak in 2012
Dec 15, 2011 – New data from IMS Research indicates that worldwide set-top box shipments for the digital terrestrial platform will peak in 2012 with 20.5 million shipments. Nearly 25% of these set-top boxes will be shipped into Western European nations.
News categories: IMS Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Fransat TV Platform Now Delivering DTT Channels to 1.6 Million TVs in France
Dec 15, 2011 – With analogue switch-off in France completed on 29 November, Eutelsat's FRANSAT service is firmly anchored as a key digital platform delivering national free-to-air channels to viewers beyond the range of over-the-air, cable or ADSL reception.
News categories: FRANSAT, Eutelsat, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

CEVA and Idea! Partner to Deliver Software-Based ISDB-T Demodulation Solution
Dec 15, 2011 – CEVA (NASDAQ: CEVA; LSE: CVA) has announced a software-based product offering for multi-standard DTV demodulation based on its CEVA-XC DSP core. The company has partnered with Idea! Electronic Systems to develop a complete, ISDB-T solution.
News categories: CEVA, Idea! Electronic Systems, CES2025, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Terrestrial

České Radiokomunikace completes digitalisation of TV broadcasting in the Czech Republic
Dec 14, 2011 – On November 11, 2011, České Radiokomunikace finished the construction of the three digital terrestrial networks which now allow 99.6 percent of the population of the Czech Republic to receive a digital television signal.
News categories: České Radiokomunikace, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Terrestrial