Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Ziggo exceeds 1.5 million digital TV subscribers at end-2009
Apr 2, 2010 – Ziggo has announced its full year results for 2009. During 2010, Ziggo will seek to expand its portfolio of products and services further, increase penetration of digital television and triple play bundles and raise internet speeds to 120 Mbps.
News categories: Ziggo, Cable TV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers

CANAL+ Poland to show football game LIVE in 3D
Mar 31, 2010 – Canal+ Poland will, on May 15th this year, broadcast Poland's first football match in 3D. The game to be shown will depend on the situation in the Ekstraklasa football league at the time.
News categories: CYFRA+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Aster Selects Motorola RFoG Solution to Extend Triple-Play Services and Increase Bandwidth
Mar 31, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has been selected by Aster for a pilot deployment of its RF over Glass (RFoG) solution. Motorola's RFoG will enable Aster to roll out an advanced FTTH network and deliver new ultra-broadband triple-play services.
News categories: Motorola, Aster, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Fibre, Poland

Telesat to Launch New Anik G1 Satellite for Shaw Direct
Mar 31, 2010 – Telesat has announced that it has completed an agreement for a new satellite with one of its key customers, Shaw Direct. Shaw Direct has agreed to utilize a payload on a new Telesat satellite called Anik G1.
News categories: Telesat, Shaw Direct, Canada, Content Distribution, Satellite

Japan to provide 40,000 ISDB set-tops to Ecuador
Mar 31, 2010 – According to Ecuador's Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones, Japan will deliver to Ecuador 40,000 set-top decoders for low-income people to use with their televisions to receive the ISDB-T digital TV service to be launched in the country.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Ecuador, ISDB-T, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Nagravision and Cyfrowy Polsat Extend Long-Term Agreement
Mar 31, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced the execution of a ten-year Conditional Access System agreement with Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland's leading DTH platform.
News categories: Nagravision, Cyfrowy Polsat, Conditional Access, Poland, Satellite

SiTune Unveils Mobile DVB-T CMOS SoC Exceeding MBRAI Specification
Mar 31, 2010 – SiTune has announced a mobile DVB-T receiver SoC. The STN-10R3000 is a demodulator plus multi-band RF tuner in a single die with a small foot print, that delivers signal reception in all modes of the DVB-T standard especially in 64 QAM modulation.
News categories: SiTune, Digital TV, ICs, Mobile, NABShow, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

NGB Collaborates With Local Ghanaian Channels On DTT Platform
Mar 31, 2010 – Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) Ghana Ltd is planning to launch a Digital Terrestrial Pay TV service in Ghana branded SMART TV. SMART TV will provide customer with both free to air and pay TV channels.
News categories: Next Generation Broadcasting AB, Digital TV, Ghana, Regulation, Terrestrial

Digital TV launches in Peru
Mar 31, 2010 – Digital terrestrial television (DTT) using the Japanese ISDB-T format has launched in Peru.
News categories: Digital TV, ISDB-T, Peru, Terrestrial