Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Charter Announces Next Generation TV Strategy With TiVo
Jan 24, 2011 – Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) and TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) have announced that Charter and TiVo have finalized an agreement for TiVo's user interface to be used on Charter's next generation hybrid cable/IP platform.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Charter, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Paraguay to begin DTT broadcasting in May
Jan 21, 2011 – Paraguay has presented details of its plan to convert the country to digital terrestrial television with technical assistance from Japan. Initial ISDB-Tb broadcasting will begin on May 14, with the project completing in 2016.
News categories: Content Distribution, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Paraguay, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Asia Pacific CE Market to Follow 10% CAGR during 2010-2013
Jan 21, 2011 – According to RNCOS, the global consumer electronic market will witness significant growth in the Asia Pacific region. It is projected that the Asia Pacific CE market will grow at a CAGR of around 10% during 2010-2013.
News categories: RNCOS, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Blusens Chooses MaxLinear for its web:tv Home Entertainment Device
Jan 20, 2011 – Blusens has announced that it has chosen MaxLinear's MxL101SF DVB-T HDTV receiver IC for its new web:tv connected home device that brings Internet connectivity to the television set.
News categories: MaxLinear, Blusens, Digital TV, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Mozambique adopts DVB-T2 for digital terrestrial broadcasting
Jan 19, 2011 – The Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM) has announced that the country will adopt DVB-T2 for its migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting. Installation of infrastructure should begin this year.
News categories: INCM, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Mozambique, Terrestrial

200,000 subscribers for South Africa's TopTV
Jan 18, 2011 – TopTV, the satellite pay TV service launched by On Digital Media (ODM) on May 1st 2010 in South Africa, has said that it now has more than 200,000 subscribers, with a record 50,000 activations in December alone.
News categories: TopTV, On Digital Media, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa, Subscribers

Ofcom releases 3Q 2010 UK Digital Television Update
Jan 18, 2011 – Consumer survey results for the third quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.6%, up by 3.1 percentage points year on year. This figure was flat quarter on quarter.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

SES ASTRA Expands in Central and Eastern Europe and Enters the Bulgarian Market
Jan 17, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG, LuxX:SESG) has announced that the Bulgarian Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator Satellite BG will use three transponders at SES ASTRA's 23.5°E orbital position for broadcasting its channel portfolio to TV homes across Bulgaria.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

South Africa reaffirms commitment to DVB for DTT
Jan 14, 2011 – South Africa's Minister of Communications has said that RRC-06 adopted DVB-T as the DTT standard for Region 1 (Africa, Europe and the Middle East). All African countries are signatories to the agreement and are legally bound by its requirements.
News categories: Digital TV, DVB-T2, South Africa, Terrestrial