Digital TV News: Bell Aliant

Bell Wireline adds 122,000 TV subscribers in 2013
Feb 6, 2014 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported Q4 results. Bell Fibe TV added 60,301 net new customers, up 25.0% compared to 48,234 in Q4 2012. Bell Satellite TV losses were 24,112 in the quarter.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Bell Aliant adds 14,800 IPTV customers in 4Q 2013
Feb 4, 2014 – Bell Aliant (TSX: BA) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2013. IPTV customers numbered 178,100 at the end of the period, up 44.8 per cent from a year earlier.
News categories: Bell Aliant, Canada, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

IPTV revives growth in Canada's pay TV subscribers in 3Q 2013
Nov 12, 2013 – Canada’s publicly traded TV service providers added television subscribers in the third quarter of 2013 thanks to record growth of IPTV, reversing a trend of cumulative losses in each of the previous three quarters.
News categories: Boon Dog Professional Services, Mario Mota, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Cord-cutting in Canada's traditional TV service market accelerates in Q2 2013
Aug 13, 2013 – Canada's publicly traded television service providers lost an estimated 19,624 TV subscribers combined in the second quarter of 2013, according to new research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services.
News categories: Boon Dog Professional Services, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

CopperGate Shipped Over 10 Million HomePNA Chips for Home Networking
Jun 29, 2009 – CopperGate HomePNA chips are used in digital devices deployed worldwide in home entertainment networks and IPTV systems. They are deployed by more than 40 telecommunications, cable, and satellite companies.
News categories: CopperGate, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home

IPTV Pioneer Bell Aliant Selects Harmonic for MPEG-4 Network Upgrade
Aug 20, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Bell Aliant (TSX: BA.UN) has selected Harmonic's industry-leading DiviCom® Electra® 5400 standard definition (SD) encoders for its MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) upgrade.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Bell Aliant, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV

Bell Aliant Reports Second Quarter Results
Aug 5, 2008 – Bell Aliant (TSX: BA.UN) has reported distributions to its unit holders of $92.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. For Aliant TV, the IPTV service, subscribers increased by almost 25 per cent in the quarter to just over 17,000 customers.
News categories: Bell Aliant, Canada, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

Bell Aliant Chooses Corinex for its IP Based Service, Aliant TV
Mar 31, 2008 – Corinex has announced that Bell Aliant (TSX: BA.UN) has selected its home networking technology to aid in the deployment of Aliant TV.
News categories: Corinex, Bell Aliant, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home