Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Taiwan Terrestrial STB Shipment to Decline, Says MIC
Mar 11, 2010 – According to research by the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC), as many regional markets around the world are due to complete the digital switchover, demand for digital terrestrial STBs is expected to gradually decrease in the future.
News categories: Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute, Market Research, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Panasonic announces three cable PVRs for Japan
Mar 11, 2010 – Panasonic has announced three new cable TV personal video recorders (PVRs) - TZ-HDW600M, TZ-HDW600F, TZ-HDW600P - in Japan. The set-top boxes will be available in May 2010, with each having a 250GB hard disk.
News categories: Panasonic, Cable TV, DVR, Japan, Set Top Box, Streaming

Videotron adds 42k digital cable subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 10, 2010 – Quebecor (Toronto: QBR.A; QBR.B) has reported its annual and fourth quarter results for 2009. At December 31, 2009, Videotron had 1,777,000 cable television customers, including 1,084,100 subscribers to its illico Digital TV service.
News categories: Videotron, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Latens and Coship offer solution for IPTV and Cable markets
Mar 10, 2010 – Latens has announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with Coship (Shenzhen:002052). The partners are to work together on delivering solutions based on Coship's range of set-top boxes (STBs) with Latens software CAS and ECO Middleware.
News categories: Latens, Coship, Cable TV, Conditional Access, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Video Exchange

Panasonic Full HD 3D Home Entertainment System On Sale At Best Buy Magnolia Stores
Mar 10, 2010 – Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) have announced the consumer purchase and retail availability of Panasonic's Full HD 3D1 home entertainment system certified under the new Blu-ray Disc™ Association (BDA) 3D standard.
News categories: Panasonic, Best Buy, Magnolia, DIRECTV, Blu-ray, Metaverse, Satellite, Smart TV, USA

Microtune DTV Chipset Delivers Highest-Quality Reception to China's TV Manufacturers
Mar 10, 2010 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced a digital TV receiver chipset compliant with China's GB20600-2006 National Standard for DTV broadcast. The chipset consists of Microtune's MT3141 RF receiver with one of its MT886x demodulators.
News categories: Microtune, CCBN, China, Digital TV, DTMB, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

SKY Television - New Zealand's First 'All Digital' Broadcaster
Mar 10, 2010 – SKY Television's analogue UHF pay TV network will shut down at midnight tonight which means that SKY will become New Zealand's first 'all digital' TV broadcaster.
News categories: SKY Television, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Terrestrial

Technicolor to provide HD set-top boxes to TV Globo for digital viewing in Brazil
Mar 8, 2010 – Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TCH) has announced that it has signed a contract with TV Globo in Brazil to provide HD set top boxes, bringing the digital TV Globo signal via C-band satellite to rural areas throughout the country.
News categories: Technicolor, TV Globo, Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

TiVo subscribers down 131 thousand in quarter to end-January 2010
Mar 8, 2010 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results for the quarter ended January 31, 2010. For the quarter, service and technology revenues were $45.3 million, compared with $48.5 million for the same period last year and $47.1 million in the prior quarter.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cable TV, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers, USA