Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Liberty Global Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results
Nov 2, 2011 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the third quarter. Over the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, Liberty Global added 234,000 and 739,000 digital cable subscribers, driven by strong demand for HD and DVR services.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

3.7 million pay TV subscribers for Colombia
Nov 2, 2011 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country up to September 2011. The total number of subscribers grew from 3.4 million at the end of Q3 2010, to over 3.7 million at the end of September 2011.
News categories: Comisión Nacional de Televisión, Cable TV, Colombia, Satellite, Subscribers

Comcast Reports 3rd Quarter 2011 Results
Nov 2, 2011 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. At the end of the period, digital penetration was 90.6%, with HD and/or DVR customers increasing by 126K to 10.6 million, or 52.5% of digital customers.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, DVR, Results, USA

NDS Powers New Kabel Deutschland HD Set-Top Box
Nov 2, 2011 – NDS has announced that Kabel Deutschland has launched a new HD set-top box (STB) powered by NDS technologies. The new box includes NDS' MediaHighway® STB software, VideoGuard® conditional access, an NDS VOD solution and a customized EPG.
News categories: NDS Group, Kabel Deutschland, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Germany, Middleware, Set Top Box

TVN and Canal+ to merge their Polish pay-TV activities
Nov 1, 2011 – ITI Holdings has confirmed that, together with TVN, they have agreed on a partnership with CANAL+ Group to merge their Polish pay-TV activities in a joint venture in order to create a common DTH platform in Poland.
News categories: TVN Group, Canal+ Group, MandA, Poland, Satellite

Satellite and IPTV Gaining Fast on Cable Video; Netflix, Amazon Threat Insignificant So Far
Nov 1, 2011 – Infonetics Research does not expect OTT to have a significant impact on pay TV subscribers because operators are responding to OTT with their own enhanced delivery offerings. Cable video's share is expected to decline as satellite video increases.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming

Cable Operators to Deploy 10 Million Video Gateways in 2016
Oct 28, 2011 – Cable video gateways, devices that integrate the functions of a broadband router with set-top box functions, will grow from less than 700 thousand units in 2010 to over 10 million in 2016, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, Market Research, Set Top Box

Motorola Mobility Announces Third Quarter Financial Results
Oct 27, 2011 – Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) has reported results for the third quarter of 2011. Home segment net revenues were $825 million, down 10 percent compared with the year-ago quarter. GAAP operating earnings were $54 million.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, Content Distribution, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

Freeview HD Sales Surpass 3 Million in UK
Oct 27, 2011 – Freeview, the UK's largest digital TV service, has revealed that it has sold more than three million Freeview HD devices. The vast majority - 90 per cent - of Freeview HD devices sold are televisions.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK