Digital TV News

STMicroelectronics Updates 2008 Fourth Quarter Outlook

Digital TV News — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:53:37 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that its revenue for the fourth quarter would be below the outlook provided in the Company’s news release dated October 28, 2008.

ATSC Approves Mobile & Handheld Candidate Standard

Digital TV News — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:19:39 +0000

The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) has elevated its specification for Mobile Digital Television to Candidate Standard status.

Pace exclusively delivers +LE CUBE, its new HD PVR for Canal+ Group

Digital TV News — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:37:44 +0000

Europe's first Satellite/IP hybrid set-top box to use the Ethernet port for VOD services, +LE CUBE, was delivered to CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) on November 4th by Pace (LSE:PIC).

MVS Multivision and EchoStar Launch Satellite TV Service in Mexico

Digital TV News — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:59:19 +0000

MVS Comunicaciones and EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) have announced the formation of a joint venture called Dish México that will launch 'Dish,' an affordable satellite TV service that will be available to consumers across Mexico.

DiBcom teams up with LG to offer a 3G+ touchscreen phone with integrated Mobile TV

Digital TV News — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:30:24 +0000

DiBcom has announced that its latest generation Mobile TV receiver enables free-to-air DVB-T digital TV broadcasts on LG Electronics' (Seoul:066570) new multimedia handset - the LG KB770.

ZTE, UTStarcom and Huawei Win Shanghai IPTV Deal

Digital TV News — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:20:04 +0000

ZTE (Hong Kong: 0763; Shanghai: 000063), UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) and Huawei have won the bidding to expand Shanghai Telecom's IPTV network.

Blockbuster and 2Wire Introduce New Digital Media Player

Digital TV News — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:40:10 +0000

Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI)(NYSE: BBI.B) and 2Wire have introduced the 2Wire MediaPoint™ digital media player, an easy-to-use, on-demand video solution that offers movie fans instant access through their TV sets to BLOCKBUSTER® ONDEMAND content.

Sony To Use ADB’s Set-Back Box

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:10:50 +0000

Sony (Tokyo:6758; NYSE: SNE) has all but identified itself as the TV maker that's signed on to distribute a new tru2way-based 'set-back box' from ADB (SWX:ADBN) that CableLabs certified earlier this year.

Orange France brings high definition mobile TV to Unik

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:50:24 +0000

Orange (Paris and NYSE:FTE) plans to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik on its 3G+ UMA platform, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels via the LG Secret KF757 handset.

China’s STB Market to Maintain Steady Growth

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:26:02 +0000

CCID Consulting (Hong Kong: HK08235), recently released a report on the prospect of China's STB market. CCID Consulting statistics show that sales volume in 2008 Q1 to Q3 reached 16.667 millions, up 83.4% over the same period in 2007.

Magyar Telekom to launch satellite TV service

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:20:09 +0000

Magyar Telekom (NYSE: MTA)(Budapest: MTELEKOM) has launched a nationwide satellite TV service under the brand T-Home Sat TV. Magyar Telekom now offers TV services on three different platforms: cable TV, IPTV and satellite TV.

Digital TV broadcasting to start in Kazakhstan next year

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:15:42 +0000

Kazakhstan's Information and Culture Minister, Mukhtar Kul-Muhammed, has said during a governmental session in the Mazhilis chamber of Kazakhstan's Parliament, that digital TV will begin next year in the country.

Australia’s iiNet to offer IPTV in 2009

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:01:37 +0000

According to a presentation given to shareholders at iiNet's Annual General Meeting by iiNet's Managing Director, the company is planning to launch IPTV in 2009, with pilot testing already underway.

Cyfrowy Polsat Launches EchoStar Europe’s High Definition STBs

Digital TV News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:01:12 +0000

EchoStar Europe (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced that its advanced, high definition (HD) set-top box (STB) has been introduced by Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS).

Digital television available to 80% of Belarusians by 2011

Digital TV News — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:13:27 +0000

By the end of 2010 digital television will become available to 80% of the Belarusians. It will be made available in line with a plan of measures developed by the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus.

ITRI Demonstrates Folding Screen for Mobile Phones

Digital TV News — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:40:17 +0000

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has revealed a folding TFT-EPD display on a smartphone that allows its screen to double in size to 5-inches.

Four bid for Slovak DVB-T multiplexes

Digital TV News — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:40:03 +0000

The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (TÚ SR) has announced that four candidates have bid for the first two DVB-T multiplexes in Slovakia.

Airfield Media Group Selects Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ Neighbourhood To Broadcast Belgian French-Language Channels In Its TéléSAT Platform

Digital TV News — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:25:16 +0000

Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the signature of a contract with Airfield Media Group for satellite capacity at the HOT BIRD™ video neighbourhood to broadcast the five Belgian French-language channels in the new TéléSAT, pay-TV platform.

Cloakware Introduces High-Security Software Solutions for North American Cable Operators

Digital TV News — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:44:30 +0000

Cloakware has announced that its technology will be made available to cable operators and CA vendors to meet requirements for software-based set-top box security in the North American market. Irdeto (JSE: NPN) will be the first such CA provider.

UK leading internationally as a digitally advanced nation

Digital TV News — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:05:45 +0000

UK consumers are embracing new digital TV services, such as High Definition TV and Digital Video Recorders, alongside many other leading economies across the world, new Ofcom research reveals.

New Zealand digital TV penetration now at 55%

Digital TV News — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:05:07 +0000

NZ On Air has released a report that studies developments in digital broadcasting. As at October 2008, New Zealand's digital penetration (including Sky) stood at 55%, suggesting that the target of 75% penetration by 2012 can be reached.

Amino To Acquire Set-Top Box Division From Tilgin AB

Digital TV News — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:31:23 +0000

Amino Technologies (AIM: AMO) is pleased to announce that it has signed a sales and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Tilgin's IPTV set-top box division. Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on 1 December 2008.

Set-Top Box Shipments to Peak in 2012

Digital TV News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:50:51 +0000

The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research.

HDMI Continues To Grow, While DVI Slides

Digital TV News — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:23 +0000

The rapid rise of HDMI and the slow decline of DVI continued in 2008, reports In-Stat. The primary driver of HDMI’s success is the CE segment, with HDMI ports being found on 95% of the digital televisions (DTV) shipped worldwide in 2008.

Turkey’s Largest ISP, TTNET, appoints On Demand Group to manage On-Demand Television Service

Digital TV News — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:01:36 +0000

On Demand Group (ODG) (NASDAQ: SEAC) have been appointed to manage a Video-on-Demand (VOD) service solution for TTNET, Turkey’s largest ISP. The roll out of IPTV services to its customer base represents a key expansion of TTNET's service offer.

German utilities Stadtwerke Sindelfingen/Boeblingen select Alcatel-Lucent’s fiber-based triple play solution

Digital TV News — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:40:34 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that it has been selected by Stadtwerke Sindelfingen and Stadtwerke Boeblingen, utility companies near Stuttgart, for the deployment of a fiber to the home (FTTH)-based triple play solution.

Movies Instantly Streamed From Netflix to the TV Debut on the Xbox 360

Digital TV News — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:30:49 +0000

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has announced that Netflix members can have thousands of movies and TV episodes instantly streamed to the TV via the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system when the New Xbox Experience premieres nationwide.

French Digital-TV-On-Satellite Offer TNTSAT Tops 750,000 Households

Digital TV News — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:20:48 +0000

SES ASTRA (Paris & Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that at end-October, 750,000 TNTSAT receivers had been distributed to French households. TNTSAT HD will be launched on 15 February 2009 with the free HD DTT channels available on ASTRA.

Com Hem to launch HD PVR

Digital TV News — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:10:30 +0000

On December 3rd, Com Hem will launch its recordable HD set-top box. The box - the HDPVR-1000C - is manufactured by Humax and has a 320GB hard disk and dual tuners.

Sigma Designs Reports Preliminary Revenue Results for Fiscal Third Quarter

Digital TV News — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:00:49 +0000

Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ:SIGM) has reported preliminary revenue would be below prior estimates provided by the Company for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended November 1, 2008.