Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Mexico's Pay TV subscribers reach 10.4 million in 1Q 2011
Jul 4, 2011 – At the end of the first quarter of 2011, Mexico's telecommunications sector had registered growth of 12.7% year-on-year according to COFETEL. Satellite television remained the most dynamic segment of the sector.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Digital TV Labs' Receiver Quality Assurance for NGB's African DTT Rollouts
Jul 4, 2011 – Digital TV Labs has announced that it has been contracted by Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB), who operate under the Smart TV brand, to supply a DVB-T/T2 receiver conformance regime to assist the rollout of DTT services in select African markets.
News categories: Digital TV Labs, Next Generation Broadcasting AB, Africa, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Launch Of ASTRA 1N Satellite Postponed Until Late July
Jul 4, 2011 – SES (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the launch of its new ASTRA 1N satellite has been postponed due to an anomaly that occurred during the final launch count-down on July 1st, 2011.
News categories: SES S.A., Content Distribution, France, Germany, Satellite, Spain

APAC Revenues from Broadband and Pay TV Services To Rise 34% from 2010 to 2016
Jun 30, 2011 – Asia-Pacific telcos are forecast to see service revenues from DSL, fiber broadband and IPTV rise from $52.5 billion in 2010 to $79.5 billion in 2016. Significant revenue growth will come from fiber broadband and IPTV services, says ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Asia, Cable TV, China, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research

GOtv pay-DTT service launches in Zambia
Jun 30, 2011 – MultiChoice Zambia (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN) has partnered with the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) to launch pay TV in the country. The DVB-T2 service, called GOtv, is to launch on July 1st with 19 channels.
News categories: GOtv, ZNBC, MultiChoice, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Terrestrial, Zambia

Dolby Digital Plus Powers China's Terrestrial Broadcast
Jun 29, 2011 – Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) has announced that Dolby® Digital Plus and Dolby Digital have been selected as optional technologies for China's recently released national DTMB Receiver Specification for set-top boxes and TVs.
News categories: Dolby, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Hawaiian Telcom wins cable franchise for O'ahu
Jun 25, 2011 – Hawaii's Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) has granted Hawaiian Telcom (OTC: HWLT) a non-exclusive cable franchise for cable television services on the island of O'ahu.
News categories: Hawaiian Telcom, DCCA, Cable TV, Oceania, Regulation, USA

Will the future of satellite be guided by 3D?
Jun 24, 2011 – IDATE has published its report 'Satellite TV'. This report looks at the latest developments and major trends in television markets, especially with respect to 3D offers, and provides an analysis of how this affects the satellite industry.
News categories: IDATE, Europe, Market Research, Metaverse, North America, Satellite

87% of U.S. Households Subscribe to a Multi-Channel Video Service
Jun 23, 2011 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 87% of households in the U.S. subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service, up from 80% in 2004.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA