Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Cisco Works With NET to Expand Presence in the Brazilian Video Market
Aug 19, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced an agreement to expand its set-top box presence in the Brazilian video market working with Net Serviços (BM&FBOVESPA: NETC3, NETC4; Nasdaq: NETC; Latibex: XNET), the largest cable service provider in Latin America.
News categories: Cisco Systems, NET Serviços, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box

Broadcom FastRTV™ Technology Accelerates Digital Television Channel Changes
Aug 19, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its FastRTV™ Channel Change Acceleration technology which improves television channel change speeds by up to 5 times. FastRTV technology is now available in a wide range of Broadcom® systems-on-a-chip (SoC).
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Nicaragua favouring ISDB-T for DTT
Aug 17, 2010 – According to a statement from the Instituto Nicaragüese de Telecomunicaciones y Correos (Telcor), Nicaragua looks likely to adopt the Brazilian standard for digital terrestrial television if negotiations are successfully concluded with Brazil.
News categories: Instituto Nicaragüese de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Nicaragua, SBTVD, Terrestrial

IPTV to Secure an 11% Share of Pay-TV Market by 2015
Aug 17, 2010 – According to ABI Research, worldwide pay-TV subscribers totaled 688 million at the end of the second quarter of 2010. Cable platforms maintain the largest market share, representing approximately 70% of the overall pay-TV market.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

IPTV and Multi-room DVR Driving Growth for 'No-new-wire' Connectivity
Aug 16, 2010 – Though wireless is currently king in terms of home networking technologies, the use of wired solutions, particularly 'no-new-wires' e.g. HomePlug, HomePNA and MoCA, is on the rise and forecast to experience a boom over the next five years.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

CANAL+ Dos to launch on DTT in Spain
Aug 16, 2010 – Sogecable (Madrid: PRS) will launch CANAL+ Dos on digital terrestrial TV in Spain on August 23rd. The channel will be priced at €15 per month.
News categories: Sogecable, Spain, Terrestrial

ADB adds Top Up TV to its i-CAN Easy HD DVB-T2 set-top box
Aug 16, 2010 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX:ADBN) has announced an agreement with Top Up TV that allows Freeview viewers to enjoy Premier League football (Sky 1 & 2 and ESPN) on its i-CAN Easy HD DVB-T2 set-top box.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, DVB-T2, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK

Digital Switchover will confirm the end of the VCR - is Britain prepared?
Aug 16, 2010 – The completion of the Digital Switchover at the end of 2012 will sound the death knell for the analogue VCR. This will leave a sizeable section of the UK population with no means to record television programmes.
News categories: GfK, DVR, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Terrestrial, UK

'hometv' DTH service launches in Nepal
Aug 14, 2010 – 'hometv', Nepal's first DTH service, has been inaugurated officially by Information and Communication Minister Shankar Pokharel in the Capital.
News categories: hometv, Digital TV, Nepal, Satellite