Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

China DTH satellite TV trial to begin in July
Jun 23, 2011 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) is to begin a DTH satellite TV trial on July 20th in Ningxia. 10,000 receivers with smart cards have been distributed in the region free-of-charge to allow access to the service.
News categories: SARFT, CAM, China, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Viaccess Selected to Protect Skynindo's Premium Pay TV Services in Indonesia
Jun 22, 2011 – Viaccess (Paris: FTE; NYSE: FTE) has announced that its content security solutions were selected by Skynet Indonesia, Skynindo, to protect its TV offering to subscribers in the region.
News categories: Viaccess, Skynindo, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Indonesia, Satellite

SNL Kagan Report Shows China to Become Asia's Top Pay-TV Economy in 2011
Jun 22, 2011 – An analysis of China's pay-TV market by SNL Kagan finds that while China has long been the world's largest multichannel market in terms of subscribers, 2011 revenues of $7.5 billion are set to rank China as the top pay-TV market in Asia.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, China, IPTV, Market Research

China Releases DTT Receiver Standards
Jun 22, 2011 – The Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC) has issued national standards for digital terrestrial television (DTT) set-top boxes and embedded DTT receivers.
News categories: Standardization Administration, China, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SeaChange and Civolution Announce Partnership for NexGuard Video Watermarking to Enable Premium VOD for Cable Services
Jun 22, 2011 – SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) and Civolution have announced a collaboration to offer NexGuard forensic watermarking for premium VOD, critical for cable operators looking to launch Home Premiere services.
News categories: Civolution, SeaChange, Cable TV, Content Protection, Watermarking

NDS Enables Hybrid Functionality for Astro B.yond Platform
Jun 21, 2011 – NDS has announced that their MediaHighway™ set-top box (STB) software is enabling hybrid functionality for the Astro B.yond platform in Malaysia.
News categories: NDS Group, Astro B.yond, Digital TV, DVR, Malaysia, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Vietnam's AVG chooses Conax for its new DTH and DTT platform
Jun 21, 2011 – Conax has announced a contract with Audio Visual Global (AVG) to deliver a high-end security solution for AVG's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite and digital terrestrial television service in Vietnam.
News categories: Conax, An Vien Group, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam

ChinaSat-10 broadcast satellite launches
Jun 20, 2011 – China has launched its ZX-10 ZhongXing-10 (ChinaSat-10) satellite. The spacecraft is based on the DFH-4 platform which can support the transmission of 150-200 TV programs simultaneously to users with a 0.45m antenna.
News categories: China Satcom, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Singapore to launch DVB-T2 trial network in summer 2011
Jun 20, 2011 – MEDIA BROADCAST has been selected by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to conduct a DVB-T2 technical trial in the city state.
News categories: MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH, Media Development Authority, BroadcastAsia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Singapore, Terrestrial