Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Time Warner Cable to Acquire Insight Communications
Aug 15, 2011 – Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Insight Communications have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Time Warner Cable will acquire Insight for $3 billion in cash.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Insight Communications, Cable TV, MandA, USA

Montenegro gets fourth cable TV operator
Aug 12, 2011 – Montenegro's Agency for Electronic Media has authorised a fourth cable TV operator, MEDIA NET d.o.o., for the country. The service offers a basic package consisting of 35 channels and will be available in Podgorica, Rožaje and Berane.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, MEDIA NET d.o.o., Cable TV, Digital TV, Montenegro

More challenging environment ahead for the satellite communications sector
Aug 11, 2011 – Euroconsult has announced that the market reached new revenue highs once again. According to Euroconsult, the fixed satellite sector grew both in terms of transponder demand (+4.4%) and revenue, which reached $10.8 billion in 2010.
News categories: Euroconsult, Market Research, Satellite

Emerging Markets Account for 45 Percent of all Set-top Boxes Shipped Globally between 2011 and 2015
Aug 11, 2011 – The share of set-top boxes (STBs) shipped to emerging digital TV markets such as China, India, Russia and Latin America is forecasted to account for more than 45 percent of global STB shipments between 2011 and 2015, according to IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

UAE grants Al Maisan Satellite Communications a DTH Services License
Aug 10, 2011 – The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has awarded Al Maisan Satellite Communications Company (YahLive) a ten-year satellite services license for Broadcasting Satellite Transmission of Services.
News categories: Yahsat, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, UAE

Digital TV Labs Launches First Commercial ISDB-T Receiver Test Suite
Aug 10, 2011 – Digital TV Labs has announced that it has developed and shipped the first commercially available receiver test suite for digital terrestrial deployments of the ISDB-T standard, beginning with test services for South America.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, ISDB-T, Latin America, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Ceton Chooses MaxLinear Low-Power Tuners for InfiniTV Multi-Tuner Digital Cable TV Product Line
Aug 9, 2011 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Ceton Corp. has chosen its MxL241SF cable TV tuners for its InfiniTV multi-tuner digital cable TV product line for the PC.
News categories: MaxLinear, Ceton Corp, Cable TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Number of UK Quad Play Homes Will Treble by 2016
Aug 9, 2011 – Slightly fewer than half of UK households today are 'multiplay'. A new report by Strategy Analytics says that this number will grow to 67 percent by 2016. By the end of 2011, an estimated 613,000 UK subscribers will take a 'quad play' service.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Brazilian MSO SimTV chooses security partner Conax for digitization of its cable TV operations
Aug 9, 2011 – Conax has announced that it has entered into a contract with Brazilian cable TV operator, SimTV. Conax will deliver a content protection solution for SIMTV's cable TV service and guidance for the digitization of the operator's 16 remote sites.
News categories: Conax, SimTV, Brazil, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV