Digital TV News: Screen Digest

Netgem connects to Consumer Electronics at CES
Nov 30, 2010 – During CES 2011 Netgem will present its IPTV 2.0 solution, on how Netgem can enable operators to leverage existing broadband customer relationship and media assets and thus take advantage of the surge of multimedia screens in the home network.
News categories: Netgem, CES2024, IPTV

Worldwide set-top box shipment volumes to fall in 2010
Nov 23, 2010 – According to Screen Digest, worldwide set-top box (STB) shipment volumes will fall to 180m in 2010, down from 195m in 2009. The fall is due to the reduction in sales of free-to-air DTT boxes after the conclusion of analogue switch-off in the USA.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Pay TV STB shipments to fall in 2010
Sep 20, 2010 – According to Screen Digest, shipments of pay TV set-top boxes reached a record high of 127 million in 2009, though revenue fell in the year to €9.2 billion. For 2010, both volumes and revenue are expected to decrease.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Numericable Builds True HD 3-D Video-on-Demand Platform With Cisco
May 5, 2010 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that France-based cable service provider Numericable is building one of the world's first High-Definition (HD) 3-D video-on-demand (VOD) services based on the Cisco® Content Delivery System platform.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Numericable, Cable TV, Content Distribution, France, Metaverse

Digital Cinema building momentum as 3D drives market
Mar 3, 2010 – According to Screen Digest, there are 16,405 digital cinema screens around the world, an increase of 86.4 per cent on 2008, with further growth to come in 2010 as digital 3D pushes the market towards a 35mm-free cinema sector.
News categories: Screen Digest, Metaverse

Latest Figures Show Digital Cable Growth in Europe
Mar 3, 2010 – New industry figures announced at Cable Congress 2010 in Brussels reveal a 21% growth in European digital cable television subscribers to 21.5 million, representing 35% of all cable TV customers.
News categories: Cable Europe, Cable Congress, Manuel Kohnstamm, Caroline Van Weede, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research

Pace now world's number two pay TV set-top box supplier
Mar 1, 2010 – Figures compiled by industry analysts, Screen Digest, reveal that Pace (LSE:PIC) is now the world's number two set-top box supplier to pay TV customers (up from number three in 2008).
News categories: Pace plc, Screen Digest, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box

Microsoft Unites Software and Cloud Services to Power New TV Experiences
Jan 6, 2010 – At the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is announcing Microsoft Mediaroom 2.0, the next version of the world's most deployed Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) platform.
News categories: Microsoft, Enrique Rodriguez, CES2024, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Gaming, IPTV, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Streaming

Eastern Europe Satellite Pay TV Launch Frenzy Continues
Nov 13, 2009 – The latest analysis from Screen Digest focused on the Central and Eastern European pay-TV market shows that the recent rapid growth in new satellite TV market entrants in Central and Eastern Europe shows no signs of slowing down.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Macedonia, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Ukraine