Israel has long wanted to counter what it sees as a stream of negative comment from many of the world’s 24-hour satellite news channels. The plan was to create its own news channel, transmitting in English and Arabic, and a parliamentary vote should have taken place yesterday, June 26th. However, the vote was postponed, with […]
Indian telco and DTH giant Bharti Airtel is reportedly looking to trim more than 2000 jobs. Currently Bharti’s three core businesses (fixed line, mobile and DTH TV) are run as separate divisions even though the retail operations share the same customer-facing stores. The plan is now to merge the three divisions, which collectively generate some […]
NDS has revealed that their technologies are enabling hybrid functionality for the Astro B.yond platform from Astro, Malaysia’s leading cross-media group. The new solution will provide Astro subscribers with access to the best of international and local content, delivered either over DTH, IP or hybrid mechanisms combining both IP and DTH. NDS’ MediaHighway STB software […]
Prisa TV, owner of DTH platform Digital Plus, has signed an agreement with Cisco whereby the technology company will provide the platform Digital Plus with new and state-of-the-art set-top-boxes. The deal forms part of a far-reaching reorganisation plan of Prisa that will also launch a multimedia platform, developed by IBM and Autonomy, for content and […]
Middle East satellite operator Nilesat has had a long history with problem TV channels: for example, there were the ones selling expensive ‘medical’ solutions to male impotence, or the ones ‘guaranteeing’ huge cash prizes to lucky quiz winners. Nilesat’s latest problems are a couple of channels (Wisal and Safa TV) that beam out sectarianism and […]
TelkomVision, the pay-TV service provider in Indonesia, has chosen a number of Ericsson solutions for the deployment of new TV services as it looks to provide greater value and quality for its subscribers across the country. The Ericsson system will enable TelkomVision to launch new channels across its satellite platform, and provides provision for HD […]
Com Hem the Swedish cableco has acquired the cable and IPTV operations of Canal Digital Cable TV for SEK85 million (€9.3 million). The operator is subsidiary of Canal Digital Sweden and has 220,000 subscribers. Com Hem plans to merge the cable network into its own and resell the IPTV business, which has 22,000 customers, to […]
Japan’s SkyPerfect DTH operation is cutting dramatically the time for launching its next satellite, JCSAT-13. Normally satellite launch dates slip, often by weeks but frequently for a year or so. JSat’s decision sees an extremely accelerated manufacturing process by satellite builders Lockheed Martin, from an originally planned 2013 to later this year. Arianespace is now […]
Conax has announced its contract with Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG) to deliver a high-end security solution for AVGs new DTH satellite and DTT service in Vietnam. AVG is the first private firm in Vietnam to be awarded broadcast licences for digital technology and permission to broadcast television programmes nationwide. Additionally, AVG has already completed […]
The number of digital TV homes will double between 2010 and 2016 to 1.189 billion, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research (DTVR). The Digital TV World Household Forecasts report estimates that digital penetration will climb from 42.5 per cent at end-2010 to 80.0 per cent by 2016. By 2016, 33 countries will be completely […]