Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

UPC adds over 400,000 DVR cable RGUs in the last twelve months
Nov 4, 2009 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. In the last twelve months, digital cable RGUs have grown by 42% or 1.9 million, to give a digital penetration of 45%.
News categories: Liberty Global, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, DVR, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Asia subscription TV figures higher than ROW combined
Nov 4, 2009 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced new data for subscription TV penetration across the Asia Pacific, noting that the region now has 326 million pay-TV, up 26 million homes in 2009.
News categories: CASBAA, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Poland's 'n' DTH adds 17k post-paid in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – TVN Group has announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. At quarter-end, the 'n' DTH platform had signed up almost 573,000 post paid subscribers, of which over 571,000 had been activated.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Cablevision digital cable down 14,300 subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 3, 2009 – Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were down 14,300 or 0.5% from June 2009 and up 73,800 or 2.6% from September 2008.
News categories: Cablevision, Cable TV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Coship doing well in South America
Nov 3, 2009 – The Brazilian DTH service Via Embratel (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) is expected to have installed about 600,000 satellite set-top boxes from Coship (Shenzhen:002052) by the end of December 2009.
News categories: Coship, Via Embratel, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Set Top Box, Uruguay

Bell TV first in Canada to offer 100 High Definition TV channels
Nov 2, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has announced that Bell has reaffirmed its TV leadership in Québec and across Canada by becoming the first television provider in the country to offer 100 High Definition channels.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, Digital TV, Satellite

Cisco to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business
Nov 2, 2009 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, (SEHK: 0500). DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China.
News categories: Cisco Systems, DVN, Cable TV, China, MandA, Set Top Box

Philips retails Pace set top boxes for CANAL+ Group
Nov 2, 2009 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the retail launch of its new range of CANAL+ (Paris:VIV) set-top boxes. All the devices are 'CANAL READY', meaning consumers can access free-to-air digital broadcasts with the option to upgrade to pay-TV.
News categories: Pace plc, CANAL+, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Reliance Big TV reaches 1.95 million subscribers in latest quarter
Oct 31, 2009 – Reliance Communications (Bombay:532712) has announced its results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2009. Reliance Big TV currently has 1.95 million subscribers, about 13% of the DTH market in India.
News categories: Big TV, Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers