Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

New generation of TV services begin to close gap on cable
Feb 1, 2011 – Cable will retain dominance in the global multi-channel TV market over the next five years but the threat from the new generation of digital and internet protocol (IP) services will take its toll, predicts Ovum.
News categories: Ovum, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Cavium Networks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire China-Based Celestial Semiconductor
Jan 31, 2011 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) has announced that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Celestial Semiconductor, a fabless provider of ARM-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor solutions for a range of digital media applications.
News categories: Cavium Networks, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet

Optus Selects Irdeto's Conditional Access System to Secure Its Viewer Access Satellite Television System (VAST)
Jan 31, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Optus has selected Irdeto's CA technology for the company's Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) effort, recently implemented by the Australian Government to allow all Australians to enjoy digital TV including HDTV.
News categories: Irdeto, Optus, Australia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

FRANSAT set-top box shipments reach 800,000
Jan 27, 2011 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) subsidiary, FRANSAT, has reported that over 800,000 set-top-boxes have been shipped to receive Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) channels by satellite via the FRANSAT platform.
News categories: FRANSAT, Eutelsat, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Brazil Pay TV subscriber base grew 30.7% in 2010
Jan 26, 2011 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended 2010 at 9,768,993, up 2,295,517 in the year. In December, 237,936 subscribers were added - a growth of 2.5% in the month.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Irdeto Secures Shaanxi BC&TV Transition to Digital TV with Cloaked CA
Jan 26, 2011 – Irdeto has announced that Shaanxi BC&TV is starting trials of Irdeto's Cloaked CA, a conditional access technology that is part of a strategy to transition over two million subscribers from analogue to digital services.
News categories: Irdeto, Shaanxi BC&TV, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Panama to launch DVB-T broadcasting in September
Jan 25, 2011 – According to Panama's Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos (ASEP), the country will begin its DVB-T implementation in September this year.
News categories: Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos, Digital TV, Panama, Terrestrial

NDS Secures Sky Deutschland CI+ Modules
Jan 25, 2011 – NDS has announced that Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) has launched Common Interface Plus (CI+) modules based on the NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) system.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky Deutschland, Austria, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

AME Pay-TV Subscriptions to Triple to 4 Million by Year-End 2015
Jan 24, 2011 – In AME's pay-TV market, subscriptions are expected to triple over the next five years, reaching 4 million. This represents an 11 percent CAGR in pay-TV subscriptions through 2015, the highest in the world, according to a new report from Pyramid Research.
News categories: Pyramid Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Nigeria, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Subscribers