Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

IMPALA welcomes beta release of MHEG Interaction Channel by Freesat
Dec 7, 2009 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, today welcomes the news of the beta release of the world"Ÿs first deployment of hybrid broadcast broadband MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) by UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat.
News categories: IMPALA, Freesat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, UK

DTT to begin in Cyprus in 2010
Dec 7, 2009 – The government of Cyprus has announced the auction of the second digital terrestrial TV broadcasting licence to go alongside that which has been given to the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, with a plan that services should begin in May 2010.
News categories: Cyprus, Digital TV, Terrestrial

ANACOM publishes 3Q09 pay TV numbers for Portugal
Dec 2, 2009 – According to the Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), in the third quarter of 2009, the total number of pay TV subscribers in Portugal exceeded 2.4 million, 72 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 232 thousand more than a year earlier.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Panasonic Electronic Devices Selects Fresco Microchip FM1151 for Next Generation Tuners
Dec 2, 2009 – Fresco Microchip has announced that Panasonic Electronic Devices (PED) has selected Fresco's FM1151 universal analog demodulator and digital IF processor IC for its latest hybrid tuners.
News categories: Fresco Microchip, Panasonic Electronic Devices, Cable TV, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Norway completes digital TV switchover
Dec 2, 2009 – The last analogue television transmitter has been switched off in Norway, completing a switchover process which began in 2007.
News categories: Digital TV, Norway, Terrestrial

UK Freeview Passes 10 Million Benchmark
Dec 2, 2009 – Freeview has announced that it has passed a key benchmark to become the main-set TV service in 10 million UK homes.
News categories: Freeview, Digital TV, Market Research, Terrestrial, UK

Nearly Half of U.S. Households Have an HDTV Set
Nov 30, 2009 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that 46% of households in the United States have at least one high definition television (HDTV) set -- approximately double the percentage of households that had an HDTV set two years ago.
News categories: Leichtman Research, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, USA

Ruling on Rovi litigation with Virgin Media
Nov 30, 2009 – The High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom has issued its judgment in Rovi's (NASDAQ: ROVI) patent infringement litigation against Virgin Media (NASDAQ, LSE: VMED). The Court found that Virgin had infringed each of the patents but also found them to be invalid.
News categories: Rovi Corp, Virgin Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Licensing, Middleware, Patent, Set Top Box, UK

LTE mobiles may cause cable TV interference
Nov 27, 2009 – The Radio Communications Agency of the Netherlands (Agentschap Telecom) has conducted a set of initial exploratory tests that show that the use of LTE mobile devices in the 800MHz band interfere with cable television.
News categories: Agentschap Telecom, 5G, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mobile