April 2010
144 posts
Telekomunikacja Polska adds 45k IPTV and DTH...
The Management Board of Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has provided operating data related for the first quarter of 2010 ended on 31st of March 2010. TP’s IPTV and satellite offer reached 417k customers, a grown of more than 100% versus Q1 2009. http://bit.ly/cTEgtY
TechniSat Digital and IMAGIN in cooperation
TechniSat Digital will supply its Digit HD4 CX CSP set-top box for the IMAGIN service operated by the cable networks of Eltrona Interdiffusion and Nokia Siemens Networks in Luxembourg. http://bit.ly/cF24uA
MTS India launches MTS TV for MBlaze customers
MTS, in association with Apalya Technologies, has launched MTS TV for its MBlaze customers in India. The service, with more than 60 live and VOD channels, uses its High Speed Broadband platform and is available in all 57 cities of MBlaze presence. http://bit.ly/atElH2
Brazil adds 446k pay TV subscribers in 1Q10
According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), with 194,137 new subscribers added in March 2010, Brazil reached the end of the first quarter of 2010 with 7,919,380 homes with pay TV. Satellite (DTH) was the fastest growing segment. http://bit.ly/c8HgBd
Imagination Technologies POWERVR VXD391 adds On2...
Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) has announced the latest member of its video decode IP core family, POWERVR VXD391. An ultra low power, high performance 1080p HD hardware video decoder IP core with multi-standard multi-stream capabilities. http://bit.ly/a6PV68
Virgin Media adds 46,600 digital TV subscribers in...
Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED, LSE:VMED) has announces results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Virgin grew its digital TV base by 46,600 in the quarter to over 3.7m. The V+ HD DVR subscriber base added 77,900 subscribers in the quarter. http://bit.ly/9D19Ys
3D TV shipments to witness phenomenal growth...
According to WitsView, in 2011 3D TV shipments will likely witness phenomenal growth, with sales estimated at 10 million units. Furthermore, 3D TV market penetration is estimated to be close to 10% in 2012, and 20% in 2015. http://bit.ly/9vfKnd
Telenet adds 65,000 Digital TV customers in 1Q10
Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has announced its results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. At the end of March 2010, Telenet served 1,065,000 digital TV subscribers, up 37% compared to the prior year period. http://bit.ly/bBDlSx
Broadcom Reports First Quarter 2010 Results
Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Net revenue for the first quarter of 2010 was a record $1.46 billion, an increase of 71.3% compared with the $853 million reported for the first quarter of 2009. http://bit.ly/cA8Y5o
Comcast adds 427k digital video customers in 1Q10
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. At the end of the period Comcast’s digital video customers totaled 18.8 million, an increase of 427,000 during the quarter. http://bit.ly/9hN9US
Fluendo and Metrological team up to deliver...
Fluendo has announce that Metrological will integrate Fluendo’s multimedia plug-in technology into its Metroconnect Operating System to ensure that TV viewers are able to enjoy OTT video on Metrological’s Mediaconnect TV platform. http://bit.ly/bheSUY
Rogers adds 26k digital cable subscribers in 1Q10
Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.a; RCI.b)(NYSE: RCI) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2010. The digital cable subscriber base grew by 7% from March 31, 2009 to March 31, 2010, to 74% of television households. http://bit.ly/cUt57b
Sonic Announces ‘Total 3D’ Initiative
Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC) has announced a broad program to support the arrival of 3D in the home — with new professional and consumer solutions for the creation, publishing, and playback of 3D digital video content. http://bit.ly/bN9Sw2
ACCESS and Cabot Announce Platform-Independent...
ACCESS Co. and Cabot Communications have announced that they have jointly developed an HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) solution that can be plugged into any digital TV or set-top box platform. http://bit.ly/aGPQEb
Motorola ships 3.1 million digital entertainment...
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. Motorola shipped 3.1 million digital entertainment devices during the period. http://bit.ly/9oDQJj
Time Warner Cable adds 102k digital video...
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010. TWC had approximately 12.8 million video subscribers, of which approximately 9.0 million received video service via digital transmission. http://bit.ly/b6Olk9
BSkyB adds another 428,000 HD customers in 1Q10
BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced results for the nine months ended 31 March 2010. In the quarter, Sky saw net additions of 62,000 taking its total customer base to 9.770 million. Gross customer additions were 304,000 for the period. http://bit.ly/aejdEG
Siano Scores Major Sockets with Top 3 Brazilian...
Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that all top three of Brazil’s mobile carriers – Vivo, Claro and TIM Brazil - are now promoting products using Siano MDTV receiver ICs, in designs from ZTE. http://bit.ly/d7wYaB
TeliaSonera adds 13,000 IPTV subscribers in 1Q10
TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has released its report for the period January-March 2010. The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 135,000 from the first quarter of 2009 to 823,000, of which 633,000 were IPTV subscriptions. http://bit.ly/atgrXI
Viasat Nordic DTH down 15,000 in 1Q10
MTG (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has announced results for the quarter ended 31 March 2010. For the period, Viasat added 3,000 net premium IPTV and satellite (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region, and 8,000 net DTH subscribers in the Baltics and Ukraine. http://bit.ly/cTNMsZ
NDS at ANGA Cable 2010: Highlighting Local...
NDS has announced its line-up of advanced solutions and applications for ANGA Cable. On show will be innovative technologies that enable platform operators to secure and broaden their business with new, revenue-boosting hybrid services. http://bit.ly/cSPp0s
TechnoTrend Görler and ANT partner to deliver user...
TechnoTrend Görler has announced a partnership with ANT (LSE AIM: ANTP). TechnoTrend Görler has licensed the ANT Galio HbbTV platform in order to target TV service providers and operators in the HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) retail market. http://bit.ly/9Bjfhe
MIPS Technologies Announces Strategic Alliance...
MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) has announced that MIPS and Imagination Technologies (LSE:IMG) have formed a strategic alliance to ensure the optimum system solution and support for customers combining IP from both companies. http://bit.ly/d0ViBq
Zoran Corporation Reports First Quarter 2010...
Zoran (NASDAQ:ZRAN - News) has reported results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Revenues for the first quarter were $90.5 million, compared to $93.3 million last quarter and $68.5 million for the first quarter of 2009. http://bit.ly/akDdFM
SmarDTV successfully completes Conax V7 CI Plus...
SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.S) has announced that it has achieved Conax CI Plus certification with its latest and most secure SmarCAM-3 module incorporating Conax V7 software. http://bit.ly/cnB2VB
RoxioNow™ Available on Zoran Advanced HDTV...
Sonic Solutions® (Nasdaq: SNIC) has announced the availability of the RoxioNow™ entertainment platform on Zoran’s (Nasdaq: ZRAN) advanced SupraHD® TV processor reference design. http://bit.ly/bqxr2i
MTNL launches 3G mobile TV in India with...
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), in collaboration with Aksh Optifibre, has announced that it has enabled the commercial launch of MTNL’s 3G-driven mobile TV services in the metro cities of Delhi and Mumbai. http://bit.ly/bXxmiJ
ADB To Supply Advanced Cable Solution To...
Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX:ADBN) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Bulgarian telecommunication operator CableTEL-Eurocom for the delivery of an advanced cable solution based on ADB’s ADB-2840C set-top box. http://bit.ly/akmdAA
ADB Group delivers a mid-period business update
Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has given an update on the development of its business. Demand for Group’s products and services continues to be strong, especially in Italy and Eastern Europe. http://bit.ly/c02gfS
Bell Labs achieves 300Mbps over just two...
Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that its research arm, Bell Labs, has successfully demonstrated a technology that boosts the transmission speeds achievable over just two digital subscriber lines (DSL). http://bit.ly/dzPgs5
Northeast Louisiana Telephone Company moves...
Calix (NYSE: CALX) has announced that Northeast Louisiana Telephone Company has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to deliver IPTV services, data up to 1 Gbps, and VoIP services in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. http://bit.ly/cYgi3o
South Slope Communications Coop Moves Forward with...
Calix (NYSE: CALX) has announced that Iowa ILEC South Slope Cooperative Communications has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to deliver IPTV, symmetrical data services, and VoIP to its service area. http://bit.ly/azq42k
CenturyLink and Qwest Agree to Merge
CenturyLink (CenturyTel, Inc., NYSE: CTL) and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) have announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. http://bit.ly/9dzvh5
DIRECTV and DISH Network Launch Satellite...
DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) and DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) have announced the launch of the Advanced Satellite Advertising Platform (ASAP), an advertising platform giving U.S. television advertisers unprecedented reach to nearly 30 million U.S. households. http://bit.ly/9dYaIQ
DOCOMO, Renesas, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic and Sharp...
NTT DOCOMO, Renesas, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic and Sharp have announced their agreement to jointly develop a new application platform for mobile phones that will be compatible with both the Symbian and Linux operating systems. http://bit.ly/97gawk
Four partners offer common IPTV complete solution
BeeSmart, Blankom, TechnoTrend Görler and Verimatrix have announced their cooperation in the area of IPTV. The partners offer a complete IPTV solution from the headend to the receive terminal for small and mid-sized IP networks. http://bit.ly/c5Nl7Y
Virgin Media launches online movies service
Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED)(LSE:VMED) has announced the launch of its first online movies service: Virgin Media Online Movies. UK film fans will be able to stream their choice of film, ready to watch when they want, directly to laptops, PCs and onto TVs. http://bit.ly/bOxSxE
Technicolor ships 4.7 million Access Products in...
Technicolor (Paris 18453; NYSE: TCH) has reported its first quarter 2010 revenues. The first quarter of 2010 year-on-year Connect revenue decline reflected mainly lower demand from a North American client for satellite Set-Top Boxes. http://bit.ly/9LA7gr
RSCC plans satellites for 3D and HDTV in Russia
RSCC, the national satellite communications operator of Russia, is planning two new DTH satellites Express-AT1 and Express-AT2. At least 25% capacity on each is to be used for digital TV platforms in 3D and HDTV format for the Russian Federation. http://bit.ly/aKNZ0H
Omer Telecom to offer DVB-H mobile TV in France
Omer Telecom is planning to launch mobile TV under the Virgin Mobile brand which it operates in France. The service will use a DVB-H multiplex network provided by TDF. http://bit.ly/dtZsEn
Australian FetchTV Launches with Orca Interactive...
Australian based FetchTV has selected Orca Interactive to supply its RiGHTv IPTV as the middleware platform for FetchTV’s wholesale subscription TV service. http://bit.ly/aQBdl8
More Australians going digital
Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has released the latest summary figures from the Digital Tracker survey for the first quarter of 2010. http://bit.ly/aOwXNe
STMicroelectronics Reports 2010 First Quarter...
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported financial results for the 2010 first quarter ended March 27, 2010. On a year-over-year basis, all market segments posted double-digit growth, with Consumer increasing by 24%. http://bit.ly/cmoyEV
Verizon adds 168,000 FiOS TV customers in 1Q10
Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ:VZ) has reported results for the first quarter of 2010. Verizon added 168,000 net new FiOS TV customers to reach 3.0 million FiOS TV customers at the end of the period. http://bit.ly/aymsx6
Harris Helps Belo Corp. Launch Mobile Digital TV...
Harris (NYSE:HRS) has announced that Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) is launching mobile digital TV transmission in the U.S.A. using the Harris MPH™ platform for ATSC Mobile DTV broadcast. http://bit.ly/coGfmo
FCC Takes Action to Unleash Video Innovation and...
The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in seeking to create a competitive retail market for navigation devices for use with multichannel video programming distributors. http://bit.ly/a4ETFv
Widevine 4.4.4 Brings New Over-the-Top and TV...
Widevine has announced the commercial availability of version 4.4.4 of its video optimization and digital rights management (DRM) platform for over-the-top and TV Everywhere services delivered to retail consumer electronics. http://bit.ly/bX6sas
Sigma Designs Licenses Stereoscopic RealD Format
RealD and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq: SIGM) have announced that support for the stereoscopic RealD Format has been incorporated into Sigma Designs’ Media Processors for the delivery and display of high definition 3D content. http://bit.ly/afFfWK
China IPTV subscribers to reach 8.5 million in...
According to ResearchInChina, the number of Cable DTV Subscribers in China reached 65 million in 2009, up from 45.1 million at the end of 2008. For IPTV, the number of subscribers grew from 2.65 million to 4.33 million in the same period. http://bit.ly/9YR06B
AT&T adds 231,000 U-verse TV subscribers in 1Q10
AT&T (NYSE:T) has reported first-quarter 2010 results. AT&T U-verse TV subscribers increased by 231,000 in the quarter to reach 2.3 million, up approximately 1 million over the past year. http://bit.ly/bJb5oV