Digital Cable TV News

Magyar Telekom Sat TV up 34k and IPTV up 9k in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:40:44 +0000

Magyar Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has reported results for the first nine months of 2009. The total number of TV customers was 584,000 at the end of September with growth mostly driven by satellite. Demand for IPTV also strengthened.

Time Warner Cable digital subscribers stable at 8.8 million

Digital TV News — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:23:32 +0000

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. At the end of the period TWC had approximately 13.0 million video subscribers, of which approximately 8.8 million received video via digital transmission.

Comcast deploys additional 2.6 million STBs in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:18 +0000

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. At the end of the period Comcast's digital video customers totaled 18.0 million, an increase of 463,000 during the quarter.

UPC adds over 400,000 DVR cable RGUs in the last twelve months

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:21 +0000

Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. In the last twelve months, digital cable RGUs have grown by 42% or 1.9 million, to give a digital penetration of 45%.

Asia subscription TV figures higher than ROW combined

Digital TV News — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:20:38 +0000

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced new data for subscription TV penetration across the Asia Pacific, noting that the region now has 326 million pay-TV, up 26 million homes in 2009.

Cablevision digital cable down 14,300 subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:20:36 +0000

Cablevision Systems (NYSE:CVC) has reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers were down 14,300 or 0.5% from June 2009 and up 73,800 or 2.6% from September 2008.

Coship doing well in South America

Digital TV News — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:30:01 +0000

The Brazilian DTH service Via Embratel (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) is expected to have installed about 600,000 satellite set-top boxes from Coship (Shenzhen:002052) by the end of December 2009.

Cisco to Acquire DVN Set-Top Box Business

Digital TV News — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:49 +0000

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Limited, (SEHK: 0500). DVN is a market and technology leader in digital cable solutions in China.

Cogeco latest quarter shows 10k digital TV adds in Canada and 23k in Portugal

Digital TV News — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:10:45 +0000

Cogeco Cable (TSX: CCA) has announced results for the fourth quarter and 2009 fiscal year ended August 31, 2009. In the quarter, digital TV net additions stood at 9,674 customers in Canada with 23,456 added by Cabovisão in Portugal.

ADB Group delivers a mid-period business update

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:30:58 +0000

Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has provided an update on the development of its business. The demand from cable and satellite segments remains strong, with the demand from terrestrial segment picking up and IPTV starting to follow.

Canal Digital DTH loses 8,000 subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:20:13 +0000

Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2009. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 8,000 in the quarter. Cable TV subscribers were up 1,000.

Virgin Media adds 80,800 HD DVR subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:59:07 +0000

Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. During the quarter, Virgin added 80,800 V+ HD DVR subscribers to reach an installed base of 749,300.

J:COM adds 85k digital TV subscribers in 3Q09

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:47 +0000

J:COM (JASDAQ: 4817) has announced results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009. Year-on-year, the number of J:COM TV Digital subscribers rose by 495,900 (28%) to 2,263,500, accounting for 87% of all cable TV subscribers.

Motorola Unveils New All-Digital, High-Definition Set-Top for Cable Operators

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced the addition of the DCX700 all-digital, high-definition (HD) set-top to its DCX product line. The low-profile design will help cable operators' successful migration to an all-digital network.

Pace Set to Launch Multiroom DVR with Multiple Cable Operators

Digital TV News — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:10:53 +0000

Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that multiple cable operators, including Buckeye Cablevision, Mediacom, Sunflower Broadband, and others, are already nearing completion of field trials for Pace’s Home Content Sharing (HCS) solution.

ADB Leads the tru2way™ in Enabling Content Convergence on the TV

Digital TV News — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:00:08 +0000

At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2009, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) will demonstrate how it enables operators deliver the promises of tru2way™ together with an enhanced consumer TV experience for linear and on-demand entertainment services.

Broadcom Announces HD Cable STB SoC With Integrated MoCA®

Digital TV News — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:20:39 +0000

Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)-integrated BCM7125 and BCM7119 single-chip, multi-format HD DOCSIS® 2.0 compatible SoCs for the next evolution of the North American connected home.

Pace Introduces First to Market Multiroom DVR Solution

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:19 +0000

Pace (LSE: PIC) has revealed an advanced multiroom DVR solution, Home Content Sharing (HCS). Pace's HCS utilizes centralized storage and Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) software to connect multiple high definition (HD) set-top boxes within the home.

Digital Set Top Box Market Remains a Strong Opportunity for Vendors and Technology Providers

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:20:06 +0000

While the global recession has dampened growth in digital set top boxes (STB) in 2009, the market remains a tremendous opportunity for STB manufacturers and technology providers, reports In-Stat.

Entropic and ADB Announce First MoCA 1.1 Certified Set-Top Box

Digital TV News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:20 +0000

Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) (SWX:ADBN) have announced that Advanced Digital Broadcast's ADB-6882CDMX set-top box has become the industry's first MoCA® 1.1 certified cable set-top box.

Skyworth Selects Entropic Communications Ethernet-Over-Coax for China MDUs

Digital TV News — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:54:03 +0000

Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that Skyworth (Hong Kong: 0751) has selected Entropic's Broadband Access solution to develop Ethernet over Coax (EoC) connectivity to multiple dwelling unit (MDU) apartments in mainland China.

Neotion to supply Irdeto CI Plus Modules to Ziggo

Digital TV News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:10:59 +0000

Neotion (ALTERNEXT:ALNEO) has signed an agreement with Dutch cable operator Ziggo to supply Irdeto Conditional Access Modules (CAM) for use in CI Plus-ready television sets.

Shaw adds 113,000 digital TV subscribers in latest quarter

Digital TV News — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:56:35 +0000

Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the quarter ended August 31, 2009. In the quarter digital cable customers were up 110,501 to 1,297,684. DTH customers increased 2,728 to 900,941.

Thomson sees U.S. satellite set-top box weakness

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:59 +0000

Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS) has announced results for the quarter ending September 30, 2009. In the quarter Thomson saw weakness across all Connect markets, in particular in the North American market with low orders for satellite set-top boxes.

Thomson supports HD rollout of cable provider HOT in Israel

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:35 +0000

Thomson (Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced that it has extended its relationship with HOT, the leading cable provider in Israel. Thomson will deliver new set-top boxes to support the operator's move to high definition television.

Cable STB IC from STMicroelectronics shipping in volume in China

Digital TV News — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:54 +0000

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that its highly integrated single-chip STi5197 cable STB decoder is now shipping in high volume to leading STB makers in China.

Record sales of digital satellite receivers in Germany

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:08 +0000

According to the latest figures from GfK released by ASTRA Deutschland, in the first eight months of 2009, nearly 1.5 million digital satellite receiver were sold in Germany with a value of around 167 million euros.

Microtune Unveils Ultra-Small, Super-Integrated MicroCeiver™ IC Platform

Digital TV News — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:39 +0000

Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced details of a new ultra-small, low-cost technology platform, named MicroCeiver™, that is the foundation for the Company’s new breed of highly integrated receiver products for the digital TV and cable TV.

More than 700 on-demand audiovisual services available in Europe

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:10:39 +0000

The European Audiovisual Observatory and the Direction du développement des médias (France) have published a new study entitled Video on Demand and Catch-Up Television in Europe.

Vectra leads in digital cable in Poland

Digital TV News — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:34 +0000

According to Poland's Chamber for Electronic Communication (Polska Izba Komunikacji Elektronicznej - PIKE), Vectra has the largest number of subscribers in Poland receiving digital cable TV, with a total of 220,000.