Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Digital TV in 55% of Swiss households
Apr 18, 2011 – According to the New Establishment survey of Switzerland's TV and radio markets produced by Publica Data AG, at the end of 2010 55% of Swiss households were equipped with digital TV, up 3% on the previous year.
News categories: Publica Data, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Switzerland, Terrestrial

Bamboom Announces $4.5M Seed Round of Financing to Revolutionize Live TV
Apr 15, 2011 – Bamboom Labs has announced that it has raised $4.5MM of seed funding led by FirstMark Capital. Additional investors in the round included High Line Venture Partners, SV Angel/Ron Conway, First Round Capital, and Highland Capital Partners.
News categories: Bamboom Labs, Digital TV, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA, Venture Capital

J:COM ends 1Q 2011 with 2.7 million digital cable subscribers
Apr 15, 2011 – Jupiter Telecommunications (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced that the total subscribing households as of March 31, 2011 served by J:COM's 19 consolidated franchises reached 3.45 million, up 161,000 or 4.9% since March 31, 2010.
News categories: Jupiter Telecommunications, Cable TV, Japan, Subscribers

'Orient Express' to introduce Conax conditional access system
Apr 14, 2011 – Orion Express satellite television provider has entered into agreement with Conax to use Conax security on the 'Orient Express' DTH platform covering Siberia and Russia's Far East.
News categories: Conax, Orion Express, Asia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

Global Pay TV Subscribers Increase 6% in 2010 over 2009
Apr 14, 2011 – Over the last few years pay TV subscriber numbers had been negatively impacted. However, things seem to be improving as the total number of pay TV subscribers by year-end 2010 was greater than year-end 2009 by a little over 6%, says In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

ACCESS and HyperPanel Lab Power First HbbTV Pilot Services in France for Normandie TV
Apr 14, 2011 – ACCESS CO. has announced that HyperPanel Lab's HbbTV solution, including ACCESS' NetFront™ Browser DTV Profile, has been selected by Normandie TV. Normandie TV is the first French broadcaster to carry HbbTV services over digital terrestrial.
News categories: ACCESS CO., HyperPanel, Normandie TV, Digital TV, France, HbbTV, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

ER-Telecom selects CONAX CAM for HD TV Service in Russia
Apr 13, 2011 – SMiT (State Micro Technology Corporation) has announced that it has supplied a new Secure Conax chipset pairing Conditional Access Module (CAM) to support ER-Telecom's HD service expansion in Russia.
News categories: State Micro Technology, ER-Telecom, Conax, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia

UPC Nederland launches CI+ module
Apr 12, 2011 – Dutch cable TV operator UPC Nederland has announced the availability of a its CI+ module from April 26th. The module, when plugged into a suitable television set, allows access to the the full range of UPC digital channels.
News categories: UPC, Cable TV, CAM, Netherlands, Smart TV

Shanghai Completes Cable TV Network Consolidation
Apr 12, 2011 – Shanghai has announced that the city's cable TV networks have been completely consolidated into a single network covering more than 5 million households.
News categories: Cable TV, China