Russia Digital TV News

NTV-Plus and Panasonic to launch 3D channel in Russia
Sep 3, 2010 – At a joint press conference, Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) and NTV-Plus officially announced the launch of Russia's first 3-D channel. Broadcast on the satellite platform of NTV-Plus, the service is scheduled to begin on October 15, 2010.
News categories: Panasonic, NTV-Plus, Metaverse, Russia, Satellite

MRI Progress Licenses Virage Logic ARC® Video 401V Subsystem for Digital TV Applications
Sep 1, 2010 – Virage Logic (NASDAQ:VIRL) has announced that MRI (Microelectronics Research Institute) Progress has licensed Virage Logic's ARC Video 401V subsystem. MRI Progress will integrate the subsystem into a SoC targeting digital TV applications.
News categories: Virage Logic, MRI Progress, ICs, Russia, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Raduga TV Works With Irdeto To Protect Digital Video Broadcast Offerings
Aug 5, 2010 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that Russia's Raduga TV has implemented Irdeto's Conditional Access System (CAS) and Secure Chipset to protect its Direct To Home (DTH) Satellite Digital Video Broadcast services (DVB-S) and set top boxes (STB).
News categories: Irdeto, Raduga TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

OnLaym digital pay TV launched in Moscow
Jul 14, 2010 – Russia's National Cable Networks (ÐКС) has launched IPTV in Moscow under the OnLaym (ОнЛайм) brand. The 68-channel service will be available to a potential 2.5 million subscribers via the network of Mostelecom.
News categories: Mostelecom, НКС, Cable TV, Digital TV, Russia

Irdeto secures Russia's Orion Express
Jun 30, 2010 – Orion Express, the Russian satellite TV operator, has announced that it has eliminated card sharing piracy attacks to its direct to home (DTH) service by implementing a secure chipset solution from Irdeto (JSE: NPN).
News categories: Irdeto, Orion Express, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

Global IPTV subscribers grow 8% in Q1 2010
Jun 16, 2010 – Broadband subscription growth took an upswing during the first quarter of 2010. The Broadband Forum figures show that the number of IPTV subscribers grew to 36.3 million. China and the USA are the top two countries for both broadband and IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Broadband, BroadcastAsia, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Russia, Spain, Subscribers, USA

Russia Leads Eastern Europe in Set Top Box Shipment Growth
May 19, 2010 – Preliminary results from IMS Research's forthcoming 2010 study on The World Market for Set-top Boxes and iDTVs has revealed that nearly 26 percent of EMEA's digital STB shipments were deployed into Eastern Europe in 2009.
News categories: IMS Research, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, Hungary, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Set Top Box, Smart TV

RSCC plans satellites for 3D and HDTV in Russia
Apr 22, 2010 – RSCC, the national satellite communications operator of Russia, is planning two new DTH satellites Express-AT1 and Express-AT2. At least 25% capacity on each is to be used for digital TV platforms in 3D and HDTV format for the Russian Federation.
News categories: RSCC, Content Distribution, Metaverse, Russia, Satellite

Viasat Nordic DTH down 15,000 in 1Q10
Apr 20, 2010 – MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 March 2010. For the period, Viasat added 3,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 8,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine.
News categories: MTG, Baltics, Denmark, DVR, Estonia, Finland, IPTV, Norway, Results, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Ukraine