Essel Group-owned Siti Networks saw revenues grow 4.85 per cent in Q2 (to September 30th) and helped by a digitally-connected 8.7 million homes. This is an increase of some 400,000 during the quarter-year. Overall the company reaches (digital and analogue) about 12.2 million homes. Officially, India requires all cable homes to be digitised (with only […]
India’s adoption of Conditional Access and addressable set-top boxes is gathering pace. The latest data from the country’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) says that September and October (to October 25th) saw 1.97 million additional boxes delivered to the nation’s Phase IV regions. This takes the overall total of boxes distributed by cable operators […]
Nagra, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its cardless content protection solution has been selected by Platco Digital, South Africa’s fastest growing direct-to-home service provider, to secure the newest deployments of its OpenView HD platform. “We look forward to working with Nagra on our […]
BT has revealed plans to transform its BT TV service over the coming months, introducing a new, image-rich user experience with easy access to channels and on demand content, and a new BT TV App. The ‘next-generation’ service will enable customers to manage their recordings and stream live and on demand programmes on mobile devices, […]
Pre-Christmas sales of UHD-compatible TVs look set to be boosted with the agreement of a new partnership between LG Electronics and Sky. From today, anyone purchasing an LG OLED 4K TV or Super UHD TV will receive Sky Q included for either 12 or six months when joining with the Original Bundle from now until […]
UK cable MSO Virgin Media’s upgraded set-top box – dubbed V6 – looks set to be unveiled on November 30th. Early details of the STB, anticipated to be UHD-compatible to match devices already released by rivals Sky and BT, were revealed in a Tweet in the summer, which said: “Sneak Preview: Say hello to our […]
TiVo has announced that Rovi, a TiVo Company, has renewed its product and intellectual property (IP) licences with Panasonic Corporation, one of the world’s top consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers. Panasonic signed a multi-year extension of the company’s products for the Japan market, including G-Guide, G-Guide HTML and G-Guide xD, enabling Panasonic to continue providing advanced […]
A Chinese company, Telecast Technology, which makes analogue and digital TV reception systems, is looking to set up a manufacturing plant in Pakistan. Over the past few days Telecast has met with Pakistan’s media regulator PEMRA and government officials, and looking for authorisation to build DTH and digital terrestrial set-top boxes for the upcoming licensing […]
Humax has introduced the H3 Espresso Smart Media Player, providing hours of free entertainment in any room in the house via the user’s wireless network – without the need for extra aerial sockets or tuners. The user can simply plug in the H3 Espresso to the HDMI port on any HD TV, connect to the home […]
Telia has selected the VIP4302 set-top from ARRIS International to deliver IPTV services to its TV and streaming customers in Sweden and Finland. The new service offers IPTV content with a fully integrated Netflix and YouTube experience. The ARRIS VIP4302 also supports new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) – with twice the efficiency of current […]