Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Reliance Big TV ends 2009 with 2.23 million subscribers
Feb 1, 2010 – Reliance Communications (Bombay:532712) has releases its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Big TV currently has 2.23 million subscribers, about 12% of the DTH market in India within a short span of launch.
News categories: Big TV, Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Colombia ends 2009 with 3.2 million pay TV subscribers
Jan 29, 2010 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2009. In the fourth quarter both UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones and DIRECTV Colombia increased their market share.
News categories: CNTV, Cable TV, Colombia, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

DTT broadcasting begins in Colombia
Jan 29, 2010 – After a period of more than two years of analysis and studies Colombia adopted the European DVB-T standard for digital terrestrial television. On Friday, January 29th, 2010 the first commercial broadcasts began in Bogotá.
News categories: CNTV, Colombia, Digital TV, Terrestrial

Sweden consults on terrestrial HDTV and DVB-T2
Jan 29, 2010 – The Swedish Radio and TV Authority (RTVV) has published a draft strategy for the development of broadcasting on its terrestrial network, proposing the introduction of HDTV and DVB-T2 and the continued migration to MPEG-4 compression.
News categories: RTVV, Digital TV, DVB-T2, Regulation, Sweden, Terrestrial

1 in 5 Dutch households has a hard disk recorder
Jan 29, 2010 – The Dutch Audience Research Foundation (SKO) has published the results of its annual 'TV in the Netherlands' report. Penetration of digital TV in the Netherlands has increased from 41.3% in 2008 to 50.8% in the second half of 2009.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Intomart GfK, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial

French VoD market: up 175% in two years
Jan 29, 2010 – While the French DVD market is declining or stabilizing at best, VoD continues its growth, mainly driven by leading TV operators' offers. According to preliminary figures from GfK, VoD market grew to over €80m in 2009, up from €53m in 2008.
News categories: GfK, Dataxis, Cable TV, France, IPTV, Market Research

Motorola ships 3.4 million digital entertainment devices in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Motorola shipped 3.4 million digital entertainment devices during the quarter down from 4.7 million in the same period of 2008.
News categories: Motorola, Cable TV, Content Protection, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box

NXP Powers DIRECTV's New Generation High-Definition DVR
Jan 28, 2010 – NXP has announced that its complete High Definition (HD) digital video recorder (DVR) satellite system on chip (SoC) solution has been adopted by DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV) to develop the next generation of HD DVR satellite receivers.
News categories: NXP, DIRECTV, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Time Warner Cable adds 56k digital video subscribers in 4Q09
Jan 28, 2010 – Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. TWC had approximately 12.9 million video subscribers, of which approximately 8.9 million received video service via digital transmissions.
News categories: Time Warner Cable, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Subscribers, USA