Broadcast (Cable TV, DTH Satellite, Terrestrial) News

Rogers adds 32k digital cable subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 27, 2009 – Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.a; RCI.b)(NYSE: RCI) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The digital cable subscriber base grew by 9% from September 30, 2008 to September 30, 2009.
News categories: Rogers Communications, Cable TV, Canada, DVR, Results, Subscribers

Dish TV India adds 407,000 DTH subscribers in latest quarter
Oct 27, 2009 – Dish TV India (BOM:532839) has announced its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 ended 30th September 2009. 0.41 Million new DTH subscribers were added during the quarter.
News categories: Dish TV India, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

ADB Leads the tru2way™ in Enabling Content Convergence on the TV
Oct 27, 2009 – At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) will demonstrate how it enables operators deliver the promises of tru2way™ together with an enhanced consumer TV experience for linear and on-demand entertainment services.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®
Oct 27, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CableTecExpo, Digital TV, DOCSIS, DVR, ICs, Middleware, North America, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Entel launches DTH in Bolivia
Oct 26, 2009 – Bolivia's Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Entel S.A.) has launched its Entel TV direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay TV service. Entel TV is the first platform in Bolivia to provide digital television in high definition (HD).
News categories: Entel S.A., Bolivia, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

Pace Introduces First to Market Multiroom DVR Solution
Oct 26, 2009 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has revealed an advanced multiroom DVR solution, Home Content Sharing (HCS). Pace's HCS utilizes centralized storage and Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) software to connect multiple high definition (HD) set-top boxes within the home.
News categories: Pace plc, Rovi Corp, CTAM, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Home Server, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Digital Set Top Box Market Remains a Strong Opportunity for Vendors and Technology Providers
Oct 26, 2009 – While the global recession has dampened growth in digital set top boxes (STB) in 2009, the market remains a tremendous opportunity for STB manufacturers and technology providers, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Entropic and ADB Announce First MoCA 1.1 Certified Set-Top Box
Oct 26, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) (SWX:ADBN) have announced that Advanced Digital Broadcast's ADB-6882CDMX set-top box has become the industry's first MoCA® 1.1 certified cable set-top box.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Skyworth Selects Entropic Communications Ethernet-Over-Coax for China MDUs
Oct 25, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that Skyworth (Hong Kong: 0751) has selected Entropic's Broadband Access solution to develop Ethernet over Coax (EoC) connectivity to multiple dwelling unit (MDU) apartments in mainland China.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Skyworth, Cable TV, China, Content Distribution, Semiconductor, Smart Home