Digital TV News: Airtel Digital TV

Airtel Digital TV adds 913,000 subscribers in 2013
Jan 29, 2014 – Bharti Airtel has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. At year-end, the company had 8.8 million customers, an increase of 11.6% as compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
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Airtel launches SD set-top box with external storage
Oct 27, 2013 – Airtel Digital TV has launched a new standard definition (SD) set-top-box. The new box will allow customers to enjoy recording by just plugging-in an external storage device, allowing users to pause any TV show, even live programmes, for a quick TV break.
News categories: Airtel, Digital TV, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

Airtel Digital TV introduces LIVE Tweets on TV
Oct 21, 2013 – India's Airtel Digital TV has announced integration with Twitter to display LIVE Tweets on TV. A convergence of tweeting and television viewing, the concept is an innovation in the DTH industry that allows customers to experience Twitter on TV.
News categories: Airtel, Brizz TV, Shashi Arora, Jana Messerschmidt, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Social TV

Cisco reaches over 100 million digital TV homes in Asia Pacific
Oct 17, 2013 – In the digital television (TV) industry in Asia Pacific, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the leading provider of conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM), securing content that is delivered to more than 100 million digital homes in the region.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Sue Taylor, Asia, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Bharti Airtel Digital TV adds 352,000 subscribers in 2Q 2013
Jul 31, 2013 – Bharti Airtel has announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Airtel digital TV had 8.452 million customers on its Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform at the end of the period compared with 8.1 million at the end of March 2013.
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Cisco in 30 million Pay TV homes in India
Jun 20, 2013 – In the rapidly growing pay-TV industry in India, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has established itself as the leading provider of enhanced TV viewing experiences to more than 30 million Indian homes.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite

airtel Digital TV subscribers pass the 8 million mark
May 2, 2013 – Bharti Airtel has released results for the year ended March 31, 2013. Airtel digital TV had 8.1 million customers on its Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform at the end of the quarter, an increase of 872,000 versus the same point in 2012.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

SES increases reach to 276 million TV homes worldwide
Mar 19, 2013 – SES (Paris, Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it has further increased its reach in 2012, driven by strong gains, especially in India and Germany. SES now reaches 276 million TV homes worldwide, over 17 million homes more than in 2011.
News categories: SES S.A, Market Research, Satellite

Airtel ends 2012 with 7.9 million DTH subscribers
Feb 1, 2013 – Bharti Airtel has released its quarterly results report for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2012. Airtel digital TV had 7.9 million customers on its Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform at the end of 2012 up 12% from 7.1 million at the end of 2011.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers