Satellite Television (DBS, DTH, DSat, DVB-S, DVB-S2) News

Shaw announces first quarter financial and operating results
Jan 14, 2014 – Shaw Communications has announced results for the first quarter ended November 30, 2013. During the quarter cable video subscribers decreased 29,619 and Shaw Direct DTH subscribers declined by 9,323.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telefónica selects Technicolor HD set-top boxes for Latin America
Jan 9, 2014 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has announced a partnership with Telefónica as its HD satellite set-top box provider, starting in Latin America. In parallel, Technicolor will provide support to Telefónica's cable operations in Peru.
News categories: Technicolor, Telefónica, Francois Rossiensky, David del Val, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Peru, Satellite, Set Top Box

SMiT launches Irdeto CI+ 1.3 CAM for My-HD
Jan 9, 2014 – SMiT has announced the successful launch of the Irdeto CI + 1.3 Unified Client CAM to the MENA market, only on My-HD. The Unified Client CAM has been integrated with both Cloaked CA and Softcell.
News categories: SMiT Corp, My-HD, Irdeto, Cliff Nelson, Hongyu Shuai, CAM, Middle-East, Satellite

Zinwell selects MaxLinear IC for channel-stacking digital ODU
Jan 9, 2014 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Zinwell is developing a new satellite digital outdoor (D-ODU) unit using MaxLinear’s MxL865 channel stacking system on chip (SoC).
News categories: MaxLinear, Zinwell, Brian Sprague, Chester Wu, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Worldwide

Digital TV homes to triple in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jan 8, 2014 – Digital penetration will exceed half the TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa very soon, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Sub-Saharan Africa Forecasts report estimates nearly every home will be converted by 2020.
News categories: Simon Murray, Africa, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

STMicroelectronics powers new Set-Top Boxes from MultiChoice
Jan 7, 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has revealed that its STiH237 System-on-Chip (SoC) will be powering the latest generation of High-Definition (HD), non-PVR set-top boxes currently under development by MultiChoice, South Africa's leading pay-TV operator.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, MultiChoice, Gerdus van Eeden, Alessandro Messi, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, South Africa

Entropic unveils lineup of fully-integrated set-top box solutions
Jan 7, 2014 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced its first fully-integrated set-top box SoC family, the EN7300-series, which integrates HEVC decoding, MoCA 2.0 home networking, dual DVB-S/S2 demodulators with full-band capture, and 3D graphics acceleration.
News categories: Entropic, Daniel Simmons, Patrick Henry, Matt Rhodes, CES2025, Digital TV, DVB-S2, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Worldwide

Broadcom expands satellite ODU device portfolio for operators
Jan 7, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced a new Outdoor Unit (ODU) satellite chipset that enables operators to deliver a wider range of services to more subscribers without additional satellite dish installations.
News categories: Broadcom, Nicholas Dunn, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Worldwide

Broadcom expands HEVC portfolio with entry-level satellite set-top box SoCs
Jan 7, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced two SoCs for entry-level satellite set-top boxes. Broadcom's BCM7364 and BCM7399 ICs support HEVC to enable operators to deliver more channels of HD content to their subscriber base over existing network infrastructure.
News categories: Broadcom, Rich Nelson, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box