Digital TV News: Screen Digest

A Canvas-type proposition will reach 3.5m homes by 2014
Oct 28, 2009 – Analysis from Screen Digest focuses on the prospects for a project Canvas-type venture in the UK. Screen Digest believes that a hybrid open IPTV platform such as that proposed by the BBC and its partners will reach 3.5 million homes by 2014.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK

Eutelsat Breaks The Barrier Of 100 HDTV Channels
Oct 7, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced that it has broken through the barrier of 100 High-Definition TV channels broadcasting through its video satellites. The 100th channel to take to the skies was Sky Sport 1HD from the SKY Italia pay-TV platform.
News categories: Eutelsat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite

Indian Pay TV platforms look for investors as downturn eases
Sep 17, 2009 – Research just published by media analysts Screen Digest shows that India's TV market is expected to experience growth in all sectors until 2013.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Microsoft and Partners Help Media Companies Innovate in a Digital World
Sep 10, 2009 – At IBC, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will reveal partner solutions for the media and entertainment industry built on Microsoft technology. Also, Mediaroom has become the most deployed IPTV software platform with nearly 4 million subscriber households.
News categories: Microsoft, IBC2023, IPTV, Media Player, Middleware, Streaming

Sony brings 3D Home in 2010
Sep 2, 2009 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has announced that it will introduce a 3D compatible BRAVIA LCD TV in 2010. Incorporating frame sequential display and active-shutter glass systems, Sony's technology will enable the reproduction of full HD 3D images.
News categories: Sony Electronics, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Metaverse, Smart TV

ARM Sees Demand For HD Mobile Media And Entertainment Grow
Jul 29, 2009 – ARM (LSE:ARM; Nasdaq:ARMH) has announced that it is seeing demand for mobile devices offering an HD entertainment and browsing experience increasing in Asia, as two more licensing agreements for its GPUs are made, with Rockchip and Telechips.
News categories: ARM, Telechips, Rockchip, China, Korea, Mobile, Semiconductor, Silicon IP

European cable TV bucks recessionary trends
Jul 27, 2009 – Research from Screen Digest, in collaboration with Cable Europe, reveals that Europe's cable industry showed strong performance in 2008, experiencing an increase in total revenues of 5.4 percent, considering the challenging economic climate.
News categories: Screen Digest, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Subscribers, UK

Blu-ray unable to halt DVD sales slump
Jun 15, 2009 – The global video business lost more than $2.6bn in 2008 due to a combination of a fall in both DVD purchase and rentals by consumers. The figure, which equates to a downturn of 4.8% globally, is published in the latest report from Screen Digest.
News categories: Screen Digest, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research

Global pay set-top box market to peak in 2012
Apr 27, 2009 – Media analyst Screen Digest forecasts that the global pay TV set-top box (STB) market will peak within the next four years, reaching annual shipments of 127m units in 2012, before the market declines in 2013.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial