Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Russia's Continent TV offers STB from Topfield
Sep 3, 2010 – Continent TV in Russia has announced a new satellite set-top box (STB) from Topfield (CSD-03/IR). The standard definition box is pre-programmed for reception of Continent TV and Eastern Express with conditional access from Irdeto built-in.
News categories: Continent TV, Topfield, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

Dutch digital TV connections are more than 5 million
Sep 3, 2010 – According to Telecompaper, at the end of June 2010 cable accounted for 54.8 percent of digital TV connections in the Netherlands, up by 0.4 percentage points during the quarter. IPTV also increased its share by 2.3 percent y-o-y to 8.3 percent.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

NTV-Plus and Panasonic to launch 3D channel in Russia
Sep 3, 2010 – At a joint press conference, Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) and NTV-Plus officially announced the launch of Russia's first 3-D channel. Broadcast on the satellite platform of NTV-Plus, the service is scheduled to begin on October 15, 2010.
News categories: Panasonic, NTV-Plus, Metaverse, Russia, Satellite

DVB-T2 trial authorised in Slovakia
Sep 3, 2010 – Slovakia's Telecommunications Office (Telekomunikačný úrad SR - TÚ SR) has announced that it has given a licence to Towercom for DVB-H, DVB-T and DVB-T2 broadcasting on an experimental basis.
News categories: TÚ SR, Towercom, DVB-T2, Mobile, Regulation, Slovakia, Terrestrial

Nova selects Pace to enable its nation-wide transition to HD
Sep 2, 2010 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that it has been selected as the high definition (HD) PVR delivery partner for Nova, the sole satellite pay TV platform in Greece and part of the Forthnet Group, Greece's largest privately owned telco operator.
News categories: Pace plc, Forthnet, Nova, Digital TV, DVR, Greece, Satellite, Set Top Box

Viaccess and Orca Interactive Power Boxer TV Service with Pace and SoftAtHome
Sep 2, 2010 – Viaccess (Paris and NYSE: FTE) and its subsidiary Orca Interactive have announced that their integrated solution will power Swedish broadcaster Boxer's hybrid services with live premium content and video on-demand (VOD).
News categories: Viaccess, Orca Interactive, Boxer, SoftAtHome, Pace plc, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVB-T2, DVR, IBCShow, Middleware, Set Top Box, Sweden, Terrestrial

Sky Deutschland 3D service to launch October 2010
Sep 2, 2010 – Following on from the first ever HD 3D live football broadcast in Germany, Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) is again the first to bring the experience of 3D to homes all across Germany and Austria with the launch of the new service this October.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box

Broadcom's Set-Top Box Technology Powers the EchoStar SlingLoaded™ 922 HD DVR
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that the Broadcom® BCM7400 satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been chosen by EchoStar Technologies (Nasdaq: SATS) for its SlingLoaded™ 922 high definition digital video recorder (HD DVR).
News categories: Broadcom, Echostar, Digital TV, DVR, Placeshifting, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Vestel Selects Broadcom's European Digital TV Solution
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Vestel has selected Broadcom® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for a new line of DVB-T/S-based high definition televisions (HDTVs) that will be demonstrated at this week's IFA 2010 show in Berlin.
News categories: Broadcom, Vestel, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial