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SES WORLD SKIES to Host Extensive 3D TV Tests
Mar 1, 2010 – SES WORLD SKIES (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) has announced that it plans to join leading broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of extensive tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3D TV.
News categories: SES WORLD SKIES, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite

Global 3-D TV Shipments Set to Soar to 78 Million Units in 2015
Mar 1, 2010 – Global 3-D television shipments will soar to 78 million units by 2015, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 80 percent from 4.2 million in 2010, iSuppli Corp. predicts.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

ANT ships 2.9 million units in 2009
Mar 1, 2010 – ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP) has announced final results for the year ended 31 December 2009. The total number of units shipped during the year reduced by 8% to 2.9m units (2008: 3.2m), due mainly to market conditions and some delay in silicon chip production.
News categories: ANT plc, Cable TV, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Kudelski Group delivers strong second half 2009 results
Feb 26, 2010 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2009 annual results. Digital TV sales in the second half were particularly strong growing by 27.3% compared to the first half.
News categories: Kudelski, Brazil, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Finland, IPTV, MandA, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, USA

Freeview NZ Adopts MHEG Interaction Channel For Hybrid Services
Feb 25, 2010 – IMPALA, the International MHEG Promotion Alliance, has announced that Freeview NZ has adopted the MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) from the D-book 6.1 as part of an upgrade to its MHEG Country Profile that will allow hybrid services to be provided.
News categories: IMPALA, Freeview NZ, Digital TV, DVR, MHEG-5, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

OpenTV Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results
Feb 25, 2010 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2009, revenues were $120.0 million, an increase of 3.0% compared to $116.5 million in 2008.
News categories: OpenTV, DVR, Middleware, Results, Set Top Box

Velton Telecom of the Ukraine relies on Alcatel-Lucent for IPTV launch
Feb 25, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Ukraine's Velton Telecom is launching a field trial of innovative IPTV services to subscribers in Kharkov and Poltava, utilizing the Microsoft Mediaroom platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Velton Telecom, Alexander Tikhonov, Anatoly Protsyuk, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Ukraine

Pace partners with M7 Group in major HD roll out
Feb 22, 2010 – Luxembourg-based satellite TV operator M7 Group has chosen set-top box technology from Pace (LSE:PIC) to bring high definition (HD) TV content and personal video recording to its customers.
News categories: Pace plc, Belgium, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Luxembourg, Middleware, Netherlands, Satellite, Set Top Box

S&T brings interactive content to Freeview HD with Humax
Feb 22, 2010 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) has announced that its RedKey™ 2 MHEG engine is powering the text and interactive services in the new Humax Freeview HD set-top box.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Humax, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, UK