Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Technicolor ships 4.7 million Access Products in 1Q10
Apr 22, 2010 – Technicolor (Paris 18453; NYSE: TCH) has reported its first quarter 2010 revenues. The first quarter of 2010 year-on-year Connect revenue decline reflected mainly lower demand from a North American client for satellite Set-Top Boxes.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

RSCC plans satellites for 3D and HDTV in Russia
Apr 22, 2010 – RSCC, the national satellite communications operator of Russia, is planning two new DTH satellites Express-AT1 and Express-AT2. At least 25% capacity on each is to be used for digital TV platforms in 3D and HDTV format for the Russian Federation.
News categories: RSCC, Content Distribution, Metaverse, Russia, Satellite

APAC Pay-TV and Broadband Markets Poised For Profitable Growth
Apr 22, 2010 – Broad industry trends remain favorable in Asia's pay-TV and broadband markets, according to a new report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report, entitled Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets 2010, says industry fundamentals are strong.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Australia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, DVR, India, Indonesia, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Market Research, Satellite, Singapore, Streaming, Taiwan, Terrestrial, Thailand

FCC Takes Action to Unleash Video Innovation and Consumer Choice
Apr 21, 2010 – The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in seeking to create a competitive retail market for navigation devices for use with multichannel video programming distributors.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Blu-ray, Cable TV, CAM, Digital TV, Gaming, Middleware, Peripherals / Accessories, Regulation, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

China IPTV subscribers to reach 8.5 million in 2010
Apr 21, 2010 – According to ResearchInChina, the number of Cable DTV Subscribers in China reached 65 million in 2009, up from 45.1 million at the end of 2008. For IPTV, the number of subscribers grew from 2.65 million to 4.33 million in the same period.
News categories: ResearchInChina, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Mirics Launches GPU-Accelerated Broadcast TV Solutions for Desktop PCs
Apr 21, 2010 – Mirics' partner, USmart, has developed solutions using FlexiTV, the world's first commercial software-based global TV receiver, enabling GPU-based integration into Inno3D-branded NVIDIA® GeForce® products from ASK Technology Group.
News categories: Mirics, USmart, ASK Technology, Hong Kong, ISDB-T, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

SES ASTRA to Launch 3D demo channel
Apr 21, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it will launch Europe's first 3D demo channel on ASTRA. Following initial testing, the channel will go live on 4 May 2010 in time for the opening of ANGA Cable.
News categories: SES ASTRA, ANGA COM, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Europe, Metaverse, Satellite

TechnoTrend focuses on HDTV via all receive paths at ANGA Cable 2010
Apr 21, 2010 – At ANGA Cable 2010, TechnoTrend Görler will a range of products for receiving HDTV via any transmission method. For cable, TechnoTrend will present three new cable receivers capable of receiving HDTV in the networks of Unitymedia, KDG and others.
News categories: TechnoTrend, ANGA COM, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Set Top Box

SKY Perfect JSAT and Sony to Broadcast 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in 3D
Apr 20, 2010 – SKY Perfect JSAT (Tokyo: 9412) and Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) have announced plans to broadcast 25 matches from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Tournament, which starts on June 11, in 3D.
News categories: SKY Perfect, Sony Corp, Digital TV, Japan, Metaverse, Satellite