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SureWaves Partners With Asianet

SureWaves Spot TV is helping aggregate the viewership across various cable channels and providing flexible, transparent, accountable and easy process with proof of play to advertisers.

August 24, 2010 | More »

Harmonic Launches New Edgeqam Platform

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today strengthened its edgeQAM leadership position with the introduction of the NSGTM HectoQAMTM (NSG 9000-40G), the world's first universal edgeQAM solution to deliver up to 648 QAMs per two-rack unit chassis.

August 24, 2010 | More »

ADB, First Media Launch HD Service

Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, has announced that Indonesia-based First Media Tbk, will use ADB’s products and solutions to deploy the country’s first high-definition pay-TV service.

August 10, 2010 | More »

NDS Creates New APAC Ad Solutions Role

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced an increased focus on advanced advertising solutions in the Asia Pacific region, reinforced by the appointment of Darryn Rodricks as Director, Advertising Solutions, Asia Pacific.

August 4, 2010 | More »

NDS Boosts China Team

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that it has expanded its senior management team in China with the appointment of three Vice Presidents, Water Wang, Tom Zhang and the Yvonne Wang.

July 27, 2010 | More »

Astro Taps Alcatel

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced today that it has been selected by Measat Broadcast Network Systems (Astro), Malaysia's largest pay TV operator, to deliver an end-to-end multimedia solution to support the delivery of the first television service optimized for SmartPhones in the country.

July 7, 2010 | More »

Ericsson Head-End Deal With HYA Cable

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has provided Hsin Yeong An (HYA) Cable, the Taiwanese cable operator, with a fully redundant head-end solution that enables it to offer subscribers a richer, more advanced service.

June 18, 2010 | More »

Espial, Conax Introduce Hybrid IP TV Solution

Espial, a leader in on-demand TV solutions and services, and Conax, the global content security specialist, today introduced a Hybrid-IP TV solution for cable, satellite, terrestrial and telecom operators.

June 17, 2010 | More »

Ericsson Chosen For DishTV Upgrade

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is enabling DishTv, India’s largest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite operator, to improve its satellite bandwidth efficiency, increase channel capacity and offer more choice to its subscribers in HD and SD.

June 16, 2010 | More »

Astro Selects Irdeto For World Cup Streaming

Irdeto, the global leader in securing and delivering premium content and digital assets, today announced Astro, Malaysia's leading cross-media broadcaster and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite pay-TV operator, has selected the company's content management  solution to power the live streaming and on-demand broadband delivery of all  64 FIFA World Cup 2010 matches on the Astro B.yond Player.

June 15, 2010 | More »

Ericsson At CommunicAsia

At CommunicAsia 2010 (booth #4L3-01) Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will show a wide range of solutions that meet consumer demand for advanced TV experiences.

June 9, 2010 | More »

KDDI STBs To Get USB Connectivity

MCCI's Linux-Based Host-Side Driver Solution for KDDI's HD-STB

May 27, 2010 | More »

KDDI Deploys Motorola IPTV STBs

Subscribers can now enjoy personalized high-definition services at home and on the go

May 26, 2010 | More »

China Digital TV To Invest In 3DiJoy

China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:STV) ("China Digital TV"), the leading provider of conditional access systems to China's expanding digital television market, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to invest in 3DiJoy Corporation ("3DiJoy"), a leading provider of motion-sensing video game solutions for cable set top boxes (STBs), PCs, and other consumer electronic (CE) devices in China.

May 13, 2010 | More »

ESS Selects GlobeCast For T20 Cricket

Asia’s No. 1 sports content provider, ESPN STAR Sports has chosen GlobeCast as its technical broadcast partner to deliver world-class cricket from the ICC World Twenty20 from the West Indies to the rest of the world.

May 13, 2010 | More »

Austar Turns To Cisco To Improve Customer Service

AUSTAR, a subscription television provider in Australia, and TeleTech, a global business-process outsourcing company based in Colorado, are realizing significant increases in productivity, reduced costs and improved customer care by deploying Cisco Contact Center collaboration solutions.

May 10, 2010 | More »

Triple-Play Deal For PCCW, Wasu

HONG KONG, April 19, 2010 – Wasu Digital TV Media Group (؝ɝɎdB}W) (“Wasu Group”) and PCCW Group (“PCCW”) have signed a letter of intent in Hangzhou, China, on “triple-play” technology co-operation between PCCW’s now TV and Wasu Group.

April 19, 2010 | More »

Bharti Launches DVR With NDS

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Bharti Airtel, India’s leading integrated telecom services provider, has launched an integrated digital video recorder (DVR) service with NDS XTV™ technology.

April 13, 2010 | More »

SkyLife, Nagravision In 3DTV Drive

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) company and the world's leading independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, and SkyLife, the sole DTH pay-TV service provider in Korea with 2.5 million subscribers, announced today that the companies are expanding their relationship to collaborate on 3D television.

April 13, 2010 | More »

Ericsson Enables Tata Sky HD Launch

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has  equipped Tata Sky, the Indian leading direct-to-home (DTH) operator, with a head-end upgrade that enables it to launch high definition (HD) channels and also increase its standard definition (SD) channel offering. The Ericsson solution achieves dramatic bandwidth savings that allow the launch of multiple new services for 5 million Tata Sky connections. 

April 13, 2010 | More »

Ericsson Delivers HD IPL Coverage To India

The Indian Premier League Twenty 20 (IPL T20) cricket enters its third season in 2010 and is expected to draw a TV audience of 200 million in India alone.

April 12, 2010 | More »

MediaFlo Hosts Tokyo Forum

The FLO Forum®, an international consortium of global wireless industry leaders, today announced that keynote speakers from across the mobile media value chain delivered a clear message that FLO-enabled broadcast mobile media services can offer immediate and tangible benefits to Japanese consumers while providing significant revenue opportunities for the Japan market.

April 9, 2010 | More »

Ericsson Unveils ATSC Solutions

At NAB 2010 (booth #SU3308), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is  introducing new ATSC solutions, including an end-to-end mobile ecosystem,  which satisfy the demands of today’s consumer for high quality video content anytime, anywhere.

April 7, 2010 | More »

TCL Unveils Home Internet TV Strategy

TCL Multimedia Announces "Home Internet TV Strategy Upgrade"  

March 30, 2010 | More »

Harmonic Powers Changzhi TV's DTV Service

CCBN Stand  #2404 - Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that cable operator  Changzhi TV, a subsidiary of Changzhi Municipal Radio, Film & TV Bureau  in China, has deployed a wide range of Harmonic's video processing and  on-demand solutions to power its new digital TV and time-shifted video on  demand (VOD) services.

March 24, 2010 | More »

Harmonic Powers Hunan Cable HD, On-Demand Services

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:  HLIT) today announced that Hunan Cable Group, the leading cable provider in China's Hunan Province with more than five million subscribers, has  launched a new HDTV service and expanded its on-demand offering, powered by Harmonic's market-leading digital video delivery solutions.

March 23, 2010 | More »

NDS Showcases Indian Pay-TV Solutions

18th Convergence India 2010 Exhibition, Stand C-70, Hall 18 – At the show, NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, will showcase a range of tailored solutions for Indian pay-TV operators looking to make a rapid and cost-effective transition to digital.

March 23, 2010 | More »

NDS Commits To China NGB

CCBN 2010, Stand 2401, International Hall 2- NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital-TV, today announced its line-up of solutions and applications for CCBN 2010.

March 23, 2010 | More »

NDS, Changhong To Develop DTV Apps

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced a partnership with Changhong, a leading set-top box (STB) and (Consumer Electronics) CE manufacturer, to develop a range of interactive applications for the Chinese cable market.

March 23, 2010 | More »

Broadcom Powers Topway HD STBs

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a partnership with Coship, a leading Chinese set-top box (STB) manufacturer, to deliver high definition (HD) set-top boxes to Topway, a leading cable service provider in Shenzhen.

March 22, 2010 | More »

ADB Pushes Indian Pay-TV Tech

Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, opens up new opportunities for operators at Convergence India, enabling them to deliver innovative services in an economically sustainable manner.

March 18, 2010 | More »

Singtel, Ericsson In Regional LTE Trials

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today unveiled their LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology trial showcase at SingTel’s headquarters, Comcentre.

March 16, 2010 | More »

ABS-CBN Deploys Verimatrix For IPTV

Verimatrix, setting the standard in security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks, today announced that ABS-CBN International has deployed globally the software-based Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) system on its DVB-S and IPTV networks.

March 15, 2010 | More »

Pacnet Delivers Enhanced IPv6

Pacnet, Asia's leading independent telecommunications service provider, today announced the expansion of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) services to major cities across the region, improving network performance and enabling businesses to simplify network management while avoiding the impending exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.

March 9, 2010 | More »

Astro Chooses Pace For HD STB Tech

Pace plc, the leading developer of digital TV technologies for the payTV industry, today announces it is providing the set-top box technology to support the launch of Malaysia's first high-definition (HD) service. ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS plc (ASTRO), Malaysia's leading cross-media broadcaster and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite payTV operator, has selected Pace for the premium service, which launched in December 2009. ASTRO is Pace's first HD customer in Asia.

March 3, 2010 | More »

BNS Powers MKN On-Demand Shopping Platform

Asian based IP solutions provider BNS has signed a formal agreement with Indonesian telecommunications provider PT.

March 2, 2010 | More »

Gehua Selects BigBand For HDTV, Broadband

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBND), a leader in digital video networking, today announced that Beijing Gehua Cable TV Network ("Gehua Cable" SH: 600037) has selected BigBand's industry-leading QAM BEQ (Broadband Edge QAM) platform to deliver its new interactive HDTV and broadband internet service.

February 24, 2010 | More »

Nagra Secures SkyLife HD

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.VX) company and the world's leading independent provider of content protection solutions, announces today that its NAGRA Media ACCESS conditional access system (CAS) was selected by SkyLife, the sole DTH pay TV service provider in Korea with 2.4 million subscribers to secure their new HD platform.

February 16, 2010 | More »

ADB Reports Solid 2009 Growth

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings S.A. (SIX: ADBN) reported today ADB Group’s unaudited consolidated financial results for the full year 2009.

February 11, 2010 | More »

Harmonic Powers Indian HD Teleport Facility

HARMONIC'S ELLIPSE 1000 CONTRIBUTION ENCODER DEPLOYED IN INDIA'S FIRST COMMERCIAL HD/SD TELEPORT FACILITY

January 14, 2010 | More »

Microsoft Unveils Mediaroom 2.0

Version 2.0 of award-winning Mediaroom TV platform enables subscription TV providers to deliver more entertainment content to more types of screens, using a single cloud-based infrastructure.

January 7, 2010 | More »

FLO TV, Mophie Brings Mobile TV To iPhones

— Unique Products to Deliver True Live Mobile TV to iPhone and iPod touch Users; Products Combine Live FLO TV™ Service with mophie’s Intelligent Case Design —

January 7, 2010 | More »

NDS, Cignal Battle Piracy

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today reiterated that its market-leading conditional access (CA) technology, NDS VideoGuard® continues to successfully protect Mediascape, the Philippines’ premier digital satellite pay-TV provider, ensuring that the service remains unaffected by piracy.

December 15, 2009 | More »

DOXTV, NDS Launch China's First HDDVR

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital payTV, and DOXTV, a leading value-added TV service provider in China, today announced the launch of China’s first HD digital video recorder (DVR) and push video on demand (VOD) service for Chongqing Cable subscribers, Chongqing Cable TV+™.

December 11, 2009 | More »

Cogo Taps China HDTV

Cogo Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGO), a leading platform services provider for the technology and industrial sectors in China, today announced that it expects to benefit from China's plan to migrate to High Definition Television ("HD") over the next three years.

November 30, 2009 | More »

NDS Powers Foxtel Bookable Promos

FOXTEL is the first pay TV operator in Asia to launch a bookable promos feature. Subscribers can now choose to record a show to their DVR by pressing a button during the trailer.

November 30, 2009 | More »

Anevia, BNS In Asian IPTV Push

Anevia, a leader in video streaming solutions and service infrastructure for live TV and Video on Demand (VOD), and  BNS, Asia’s leading IPTV technology and content solutions provider, have combined their expertise to provide Asian hospitality, broadcast and telecom service providers with high performance TV and video solutions.

November 27, 2009 | More »

MediaFlo Gets Japan MIC Approval

MediaFLO Technology Recognized by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as an Official Technology for Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting

November 13, 2009 | More »

Motorola Powers Guangdong DOCSIS 3.0

Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Home and Networks Mobility announced today that Guangdong CATV Network Co. Ltd., a leading Chinese provider of cable TV, Internet access and communications services to more than 1,000,000 householders in Guangzhou city, has deployed Motorola’s BSR 64000 Integrated Cable Modem Termination System (I-CMTS) to deliver high-speed Internet access and interactive services.

October 26, 2009 | More »

Chongqing Cable Launches VOD, nPVR

Espial® (TSX: ESP) a leading provider of digital TV software and solutions, announced that Chongqing Cable TV Network has selected Espial MediaBase to power their on-demand services.

October 6, 2009 | More »

BNS Wins Taiwan IPTV

Leading IPTV technology solutions provider BNS has signed a five-year exclusive contract with Max Media Co. Limited, Taiwan’s largest in-building broadband service provider, to build and deploy community-based IPTV services.

October 1, 2009 | More »

Foxtel, NDS Measure Audiences

  • FOXTEL selects NDS Dynamic™ Audience Measurement System to measure TV viewing and provide insight into subscriber behaviour across its pay-TV platform services
  • NDS Dynamic, integrated with TNS Media Research’s RaPiDView solution, will measure time-shifted DVR viewing, usage of the EPG and other interactive applications, as well as on-demand and linear TV viewing in those homes that have agreed to participate through an opt-in recruitment process
  • FOXTEL to use NDS Dynamic to improve business intelligence for advertisers and to introduce new advertising formats

August 26, 2009 | More »

Harmonic Does HD in Brazil

Harmonic Inc.(NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda., Brazil's largest direct-to-home (DTH) satellite video service provider with nearly two million subscribers, has rolled out its new HDTV service based on Harmonic's market-leading MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) digital video delivery solutions. Powered by Harmonic's DiviCom Electra® 7000 encoders, ProStreamT 1000 stream processing platform with DiviTrackIPT statistical multiplexing, and NMX Digital Service ManagerT, the new service from SKY Brasil is the largest HDTV broadcast offering currently available in the country.  

August 10, 2009 | More »

Zee, Divox Do Online TV

Bangalore based Jivox, India’s number one online video advertising company, and Zee News, India’s premier news and regional entertainment channels, today announced a partnership that enables advertisers to create, run and manage online video ads on Zee News online properties. With this partnership, Zee News has adopted the Jivox online video advertising platform, which is a powerful and unprecedented bundling of technologies that enable publishers to immediately monetize their inventory.

August 5, 2009 | More »

FOXTEL Selects Irdeto

FOXTEL Selects Irdeto’s Content Management Solution to Power New Online Initiative

July 10, 2009 | More »

Embratel Selects Nagra

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company and the world's leading independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, announced today that a Nagravision new generation conditional access (CA) system was selected by Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações S.A. (Embratel), Brazil’s second largest telecommunications company, for its DTH service.

July 2, 2009 | More »

Tandberg Signs Up Aora

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), announced today that Indonesia’s newest Pay TV service provider, AORA, has selected TANDBERG Television encoders and multiplexing for over 50 channels of standard-definition content, which are broadcast in MPEG-4 AVC over satellite.

June 17, 2009 | More »

PTS Chooses Harmonic

Harmonic Inc. today announced that Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) has selected Harmonic’s MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) digital video technologies for the rollout of Taiwan’s first high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) H.264 terrestrial broadcast service. PTS produces and transmits free public television programming to viewers throughout Taiwan via its DVB-T terrestrial network.

June 16, 2009 | More »

VTC Selects TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), announced today that Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) has selected TANDBERG Television to provide the encoding, multiplexing and modulation for ten high-definition and 32 standard-definition channels that are simultaneously played out over satellite and digital terrestrial networks.

June 15, 2009 | More »

CNS Taiwan Picks Harmonic

Leading MSO in Taiwan to Expand Service Offering with Harmonic’s Compression, Stream Processing, Statistical Multiplexing, EdgeQAM and Network Management Solutions

June 15, 2009 | More »

MNC To Get NDS Solutions

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – June 4, 2009 – NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that PT. MNC Sky Vision, which operates under the brand names Indovision and Top TV, has extended its long-standing relationship with NDS by selecting an end-to-end NDS solution to protect and enhance its Indovision pay-TV platform. The solution comprises market-leading VideoGuard® conditional access (CA), MediaHighway® middleware and a customised electronic programme guide (EPG).

June 4, 2009 | More »

CDTV Wins Two New Contracts

China Digital TV Announces Two New Contract Wins; China Digital TV chosen to supply CA systems to Jiangxi TV Network; Company's Miracle 3.0 SMS solution to support Zhongguang Satellite's subscriber management upgrade project

June 3, 2009 | More »

UTStarcom Backs BSNL

UTStarcom, a US-based network solutions provider, Tuesday said it will support state-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to roll out IPTV (Internet protocol television) services.

May 27, 2009 | More »

DEN Launches NDS EPG

The launch of the DEN EPG reinforces NDS’ commitment to provide world-class innovations designed in India for the local digital TV market.

May 27, 2009 | More »

CHT Picks BigBand

BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBND), a leader in digital video networking, announced today that Chunghwa Telecom, CO., Ltd. (CHT) has selected the BigBand MSP2000 (Media Services Platform) to deliver advanced advertising video solutions on High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) content, in both MPEG-2 and H.264 for Chunghwa Telecom’s flagship service, Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD).

May 19, 2009 | More »

Bharti, Alcatel Form BB & Tel JV

 Bharti Airtel and Alcatel-Lucent form managed services joint venture for broadband and telephone services.

May 8, 2009 | More »

DOXTV Picks NDS For DVR, VOD In China

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that DOXTV, a leading value-added TV service provider in China focusing on international movies and TV programmes, has chosen an end-to-end suite of NDS technologies to protect and enhance its business.

April 28, 2009 | More »

Cisco, Avail Push IPTV Solution

Fully Integrated Solution Helps Speed Time to Market While Cutting Costs

April 23, 2009 | More »

UTStarcom To Deliver Mobile TV In Hainan

UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI) has been selected as the only technology supplier for the first Mobile Television (TV) system across Hainan province, driven by China Telecom's (NYSE: CHA) Hainan branch.

April 20, 2009 | More »

Bharti Launches 16 Mbps BB

Bharti Airtel, India's leading integrated telecom services provider, has pioneered 16 Mbps broadband – the fastest wireline broadband on DSL in the country.

April 7, 2009 | More »

SK Broadband, A-L in IPTV Deal

Alcatel-Lucent has been chosen by SK broadband (to supply and maintain its IP service routing solution to support the operator’s real time IPTV service.

April 3, 2009 | More »

NDS, HCL Eyes Indian Digital Cable Market

The collaboration between NDS and HCL is at the core of a growing consortium of vendors co-operating to deliver a complete range of services to support the development of digital cable TV in India

April 1, 2009 | More »

MyWay Targets 3 mil. IPTV Subs

Smart Digivision’s MyWay IPTV Service Targets 3 Million Subscribers across India

March 31, 2009 | More »

Harmonic Acquires Scopus Video Net

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) a leading provider of broadcast and on-demand video delivery solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Scopus Video Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCOP) for $5.62 per share in cash, which represents an enterprise value of approximately $50 million, net of Scopus’ cash and short-term investments.

March 31, 2009 | More »

Motorola, TBC Deploy DOCSIS 3.0 Service

Motorola’s Integrated Cable Modem Termination System (I-CMTS) combines proven technology and innovation to enable Taiwan Broadband Communications’ delivery of personalized media experiences to consumers.

March 30, 2009 | More »

Japan Cablenet, Arris Launch 160Mbps Data Service

ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS - News) today announced that Japan Cablenet Limited, the nation's second largest cable operator, will begin wide-scale deployment of its 160 Mbps Super High Speed Data service, called "Speed Star 160", across its cable system footprint, beginning at its JCN Koala Katsushika site this month.

March 30, 2009 | More »

ADB's 1.5 mil. IPTV STBs

25 March 2009 - Geneva, Switzerland: Advanced Digital Broadcast (www.adbglobal.com), a leading supplier of technology to the global digital television industry, announced today that it has shipped over 1.5 million IPTV set-top boxes, making ADB one of the top IPTV suppliers in the world.

March 26, 2009 | More »

Amino, ZTE sign IPTV Deal

Cambridge, UK March 25, 2009: Amino Communications, the world leading IPTV entertainment solutions provider, announced today that it has signed a global co-operation agreement with ZTE, the global provider of telecoms equipment and network solutions.

March 26, 2009 | More »

Broadcom Unveils Two Cable STB Systems

Broadcom Announces Industry’s First Cable Set-Top Box Solutions with Integrated DVB-C Tuners; Innovative Technology Enables Cost Effective Solutions for China’s Growing Cable TV Market 

March 24, 2009 | More »

Tianjin Chooses Tandberg For VOD, PVR Rollout

Market leading open software platform will provide choice and flexibility for enhanced cable TV services

March 24, 2009 | More »

CHT Enhances IPTV Service

Chunghwa Telecom Enhances IPTV Service With Harmonic’s Content Management and Digital Mosaic Solutions ; Time-Shifted TV, Interactive Program Guides and High Quality VOD Content

March 24, 2009 | More »

Guangzhou Dig. Gets IPTV Tech

Cable Operator Guangzhou Digital Media Group Uses Envivio Convergence Headend for New Interactive TV Service ; Envivio 4Caster C4 Three Screens Encoder Delivers HD and SD Content on World’s First Microsoft Mediaroom Cable TV Deployment

March 24, 2009 | More »

Cisco To Tackle i-Cable Piracy

i-CABLE Selects Cisco Set-Top Boxes and Highly Secure End- to-End Video Solution to Combat TV

March 23, 2009 | More »

Conax: Security For Indian Content Providers

Content security market leader in India, Conax, is offering Indian broadcasters and content owners an additional level of content security through proven fingerprinting technology. Conax' technology has already been deployed successfully in several markets such as China, Russia, Latin America and Scandinavia.

March 20, 2009 | More »

Cisco Eyes Pure Digital

Networking Leader Adds Popular Flip Video Solutions to Consumer Portfolio

March 20, 2009 | More »

Edgeware Secures US$8 mil. Financing

Second round of financing, led by Micron Technology, to accelerate global presence and strengthen position in North American market

March 18, 2009 | More »

BSNL's IPTV Adopts Verimatrix

VCAS for IPTV Protects Extensive On-Demand Movie Library and 140 Channel Line-up for Latest IPTV Offering in India

March 18, 2009 | More »

Latens Opens R&D Centre In India

New research and development centre to support global growth and product development

March 16, 2009 | More »

Global Destiny To Go Digital

Global Destiny allots P700M for shift to digital platform

March 16, 2009 | More »

RCOM Launches Wireless Broadband Service

Largest roll-out of a broadband internet service with seamless high-speed coverage across 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakh villages.

March 16, 2009 | More »

Hathaway Launches NDS DVR

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Hathway, the leading digital cable provider in India, has launched its ground-breaking Digital Box PLUS DVR solution, based on NDS XTV™ DVR technology. The new DVR solution will enable subscribers to take control over what they watch and when they watch it.

March 13, 2009 | More »

Nagra Drives China Mobile TV

Over 200 devices from more than 120 partners will be integrated with Nagravision's CAS Nagravision is preparing to deliver over four million secure chips in 2009.

March 5, 2009 | More »

Nagra Wins CNS

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company and the world's leading independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, was selected by Taiwan cable TV provider China Network Systems Co., Ltd (CNS) to protect the content rights and revenues of its new premium and HD services, deploying its new generation smartcard in mid-2009.

March 4, 2009 | More »

Kudelski 08 Resuts

The Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX), a leading provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, announces today its 2008 annual results.

February 27, 2009 | More »

Vietnam's FPT Completes WiMAX Trial

FPT Telecom, a subsidiary of the Vietnam internet service provider Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT), announced the completion of a WiMAX trial in Hanoi.

February 25, 2009 | More »

Nagra, Mediaset Do DTT

The Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) today announced that Mediaset has extended its contract with Nagravision.

February 24, 2009 | More »

ADB Profit + 188%

ADB Holdings SA (SIX: ADBN) reported today ADB Group's unaudited consolidated financial results for the full year 2008.

February 24, 2009 | More »

Tivu Sat Selects Nagra

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company and the world's leading independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, will provide the conditional access system (CAS) for Tivù Sat.

February 23, 2009 | More »

NDS, Mediascape Deploy DTH In The Philippines

Manila, Philippines – NDS, the digital pay-TV solutions provider, today announced that it has deployed a complete end-to-end pay-TV broadcast system for Cignal Digital TV, the new satellite-delivered digital TV platform in the Philippines recently launched by Mediascape.

February 12, 2009 | More »

NDS Hires Indian Sales Director

New Delhi, India – NDS, the digital pay-TV solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Alan Dishington to the position of Director of Sales for NDS India. Dishington will be based in New Delhi, reporting to Sue Taylor, Senior Vice President and General Manager of NDS Asia Pacific.

February 12, 2009 | More »

CHT, Alcatel NGN Tie-up

Taiwan’s largest telco Chunghwa Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the country’s first advanced multi-service network using an intelligent control plane, as part of its five-year Next Generation Network (NGN) plans.

February 11, 2009 | More »

Ericsson, CHT Deploy NGN

Ericsson will deploy a metro aggregation network for Taiwan’s largest telecom operator, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), ensuring high-quality, high-capacity broadband services, such as IPTV and e-health, for both fixed and mobile access.

February 6, 2009 | More »

C&M Uses Harmonic

Korea's C&M Utilizes Harmonic's Technology to Power First High Definition H.264 Cable Service in Asia

January 30, 2009 | More »

Cisco Delivers Data Center Networking Solutions

Cisco Networkers 2009 - Responding to customers' desires to transform their data centers into virtualized environments, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today unveiled additions to the Cisco Nexus(TM) Family of switches and enhancements to Cisco Catalyst products.

January 27, 2009 | More »

Yahoo! JAPAN Adopts Cisco Nexus 7000

Cisco Systems Godo Kaisha (President & CEO: Edzard Overbeek; Address: Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Cisco) today announced that Yahoo Japan Corporation (President and CEO: Masahiro Inoue; Address: Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo; Yahoo) has adopted the Cisco Nexus(TM) 7000 series as the core switch for its new data center.

January 27, 2009 | More »

Partner Selects NDS PC Show

NDS, A leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that leading Israeli mobile operator Partner Communications, part of Hutchison Telecom International, has chosen NDS PC Show™ to deliver Video On Demand (VOD) securely over the Internet for its newly launched content portal.

January 13, 2009 | More »

Microsoft Powers IPTV In Guangzhou

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Guangzhou Digital Media Group has formally launched Zhujiang Digital, a connected TV service powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol television (IPTV) platform.

January 13, 2009 | More »

NDS Permira Deal Approved

NDS Group plc (“NDS”) today announced that at the shareholder meeting convened by the High Court of Justice in England and Wales and at the subsequent Extraordinary General Meeting, both of which took place today, the shareholders of NDS approved the proposed scheme of arrangement pursuant to which all of the issued and outstanding NDS A ordinary shares would be cancelled, and approximately 67% of the issued and outstanding NDS B ordinary shares (held by News Corporation) would be cancelled, in each case, for per share consideration of $63.00 in cash.

January 13, 2009 | More »

ADB Supplies TFN

Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings S.A. (SIX: ADBN) announced today that the Group had signed a three-year contract with TFN Media, the Household Business Development Group under Taiwan Mobile Group, one of Taiwan's leading Multiple Systems Operators (MSO), for the delivery of an end-to-end solution for TFN Media's deployment of advanced interactive digital cable services starting in early 2009.

January 13, 2009 | More »

Securemedia Protects Daewoo Stbs.

SecureMedia, the technology leader in open content protection software for secure video and multimedia delivery over IP networks and Daewoo Electronics, a world leader in the home electronics market, announced today that SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System CA/DRM (conditional access/digital rights management) software solution is now integrated with Daewoo's latest IP Set-Top Box, the DIS-E100, providing an enhanced television experience with better video quality and TV browsing in a new, contemporary and cost effective form factor.

January 11, 2009 | More »

SecureMedia Enables Edgeware

SecureMedia, the technology leader in open content protection software for secure video and multimedia delivery over IP networks and Edgeware, the supplier of revolutionary server systems for On-Demand TV today announce that SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE™ System CA/DRM (conditional access/digital rights management) software solution is now integrated with Edgeware's carrier-grade Video Server technology, enabling persistent protection of network-distributed video on-demand (VoD) and streaming digital entertainment.

January 10, 2009 | More »

SecureMedia Integrates With Coship

SecureMedia, the technology leader in open content protection software for secure video and multimedia delivery over IP networks today announced that its award-winning Encryptonite ONE™ CA/DRM System is now integrated with the Anysight Series of advanced IP and IP Hybrid Set-top Boxes from Shenzhen COSHIP Electronics Co., Ltd., a well-known supplier to regional cable operators as well as leading global telecommunication providers.

January 9, 2009 | More »

Tata Does 3 Mil. Subs With NDS

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today acknowledged that Tata Sky, a leading provider of Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite pay-TV services in India, has achieved another major milestone in reaching 3 million subscribers within a period of just 27 months.

December 16, 2008 | More »

7 STB Cos Supply China DTH

A media report from Interfax China says that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has awarded contracts to seven companies to supply a combined 3.66 mil. direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV set-top boxes.

December 16, 2008 | More »

Bharti Deploys Broadcom

Broadcom's Advanced DVB-S2 and MPEG-4 Satellite Set-Top Box (STB) Technologies Offer Airtel digital TV Subscribers a Better Overall User Experience Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that Bharti Airtel, India's leading integrated telecom services provider, has selected Broadcom's highly integrated satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions to power its direct-to-home (DTH) TV services - Airtel digital TV - marking Broadcom's first commercial satellite product launch in India.

December 16, 2008 | More »

T-VIPS, Scivo Join In PRC

T-VIPS AS, a global leader in professional video management and distribution, with advanced solutions for the contribution & distribution of broadcast quality video signals, has appointed Scivo as its first Business Partner in PRC to help pioneer its IP video transport and JPEG2000 compression in China.

December 15, 2008 | More »

KBRO On Thomson

Leading Taiwan cable MSO, KBRO, with with more than 1 mil. cable TV subs, is migrating to high-definition (HD) and MPEG-4 delivery using a new headend infrastructure from Thomson, the worldwide leader in video solutions.

December 9, 2008 | More »

SKB Chooses TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), today announced that SK Broadband, South Korea’s second largest broadband provider, is deploying a TANDBERG Television IPTV head end, which includes HD and SD MPEG-4 AVC encoding.

December 5, 2008 | More »

KT Taps Tandberg

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), today announced that KT, Korea's leading integrated wired/wireless communications service provider, has selected a TANDBERG Television IPTV head end to support the continued growth of its Mega TV IPTV service.

December 5, 2008 | More »

J:COM To Launch High Spec STB

Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (J:COM; JASDAQ:4817), the largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Japan based on the number of customers served has announced that J:COM will start offering a new HDR Plus service, delivered via an advanced STB1 (Set-Top Box), across all service areas on December 17th.

December 3, 2008 | More »

TBC Selects NAGRA

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company (SWX:KUD.VX), and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and value-added service technology, announced today that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC) has selected Nagravision to secure and provide integration services for its all digital MPEG-4 cable TV system.

December 3, 2008 | More »

NDS Promote Execs

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Sue Taylor has been promoted to NDS Senior Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific with responsibility for all operations across the region.

November 24, 2008 | More »

ART Picks Viaccess

Arab Radio & Television (ART) is dropping its long-time conditional access provider Irdeto in favour of Viaccess  according to a press release today issued by Viacess.

November 13, 2008 | More »

GlobeCast For CCTV-F

Chinese broadcaster CCTV has chosen GlobeCast for its distribution to the European market of its French language channel CCTV-F.

November 10, 2008 | More »

Taiwan Cable, STB Cos Form Alliance

Five major MSOs (multi-system operators) of cable TV services in Taiwan and two Taiwan-based STB (set-top box) makers at a November 5 press conference announced the joint establishment of the Digital Innovative Service Industry Alliance (DISIA), aiming to collaboratively create an operating environment of broadband digital multimedia entertainment services in Taiwan, according to the companies.

November 7, 2008 | More »

NDS Commits To India

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that since opening its R&D Centre in Bangalore in 2000, it has invested over US$120 million in India.

November 4, 2008 | More »

NDS Powers Bharti DTH

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Bharti Airtel, India’s leading integrated telecom services provider, has launched Airtel digital TV based on a complete end-toend system from technology partner NDS to secure, enable and enhance its Direct to Home (DTH) service.

November 4, 2008 | More »

Tata Bets On NDS DVR

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has been chosen by Tata Sky to supply its industry leading XTV™ DVR solution for Tata Sky+, the advanced new-age service that offers full Personal Video Recorded (PVR) functionality and is a true breakthrough in the Indian pay-TV market.

November 4, 2008 | More »

MTV Chooses GlobeCast

GlobeCast announces that it was chosen by MTV Networks International (MTVNI) for the recent launch of its first international High Definition service dedicated to music and kids, MTVNHD.
 

November 4, 2008 | More »

NDS Commits To Korea

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that by providing Korean manufacturers access to leading NDS global customers, it had facilitated US$2 billion in export revenue for the Korean Consumer Electronics (CE) industry.

October 30, 2008 | More »

Irdeto Claim SEA CAS Lead

Irdeto, a leading expert in content and business model protection solutions and services, has the largest market share of new pay-TV subscribers in Southeast Asia's conditional access (CA) market according to leading independent research firm Media Partners Asia.

October 28, 2008 | More »

Irdeto In Taiwan

Irdeto, a leading expert in content and business model protection solutions and services, continues to broaden its presence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with the opening of a new office in Taiwan. The office joins Irdeto’s existing APAC locations in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand, and brings the total number of Irdeto’s offices worldwide to 26.

October 28, 2008 | More »

Irdeto Bags TFN

Irdeto, a leading expert in content and business model protection solutions and services, today signed a deal to deliver its latest DVB-C conditional access (CA) technology to Taiwan-based multi-system operator, Taiwan Fixed Network (TFN) Media, a subsidiary of Taiwan Mobile, the largest private fixed and mobile networks telecommunications service provider. 

October 28, 2008 | More »

TANDBERG Unveils Cable HD Program Encoder

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), today announced a new cable HD program transcoder that enables programmers to harness the bandwidth efficiencies of MPEG-4 AVC HD and DVB-S2 satellite distribution.

October 15, 2008 | More »

NDS Hosts Taiwan CE Forum

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has invited leaders from the global consumer electronics and pay-TV industry to share strategies for international partnership with the Taiwan Consumer Electronics industry.

October 14, 2008 | More »

Motorola Powers StarHubs Demand TV

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that StarHub, Singapore’s leading pay TV operator, has selected Motorola to enable Demand TV - its new suite of on demand services comprising both Video-On-Demand (VOD) and On Demand Channels.

October 14, 2008 | More »

NDS Powers M-TV Trial

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that it is providing the core conditional access (CA) security infrastructure for the world’s first commercial trial of the new OMA BCAST SCP standard, an emerging key standard for mobile TV content protection in Singapore.

October 13, 2008 | More »

SBS Taps TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television, part of the Erics son Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), today announced that Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia's multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, has selected the company’s IP-based iSIS 8000® head-end architecture for its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network.

October 8, 2008 | More »

Cinea, Harmonic, NDS In VOD Alliance

Cinea, Inc., a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB); Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT); and NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) today announced they are developing an integrated video-on-demand (VOD) solution which harnesses Cinea’s Running Marks™ watermarking technology, Harmonic's VOD platform, and NDS’s conditional access solution VideoGuard®.

September 12, 2008 | More »

NDS Highlights DVR Power

More than 70% of DVR owners say that they cannot live without their DVR, according to a new survey commissioned by NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV.

September 3, 2008 | More »

Tatas Chooses NDS Hindi EPG

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Tata Sky, the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in India, has launched India’s first EPG in the Hindi language in partnership with NDS.

September 2, 2008 | More »

Latens Partners With Skyworth

Latens, a market leader in next generation software conditional access (CA) and middleware for Pay-TV, today announces that Skyworth Digital has successfully integrated the company's BCAS product with a new range of digital video broadcast cable (DVB-C) set-top boxes (STBs) for emerging markets.

August 14, 2008 | More »

NDS Deal Finalised

News Corp. and hedge fund Permira Advisers LLP agreed to take leading digital technology provider NDA private in a deal that reduces the stake held by News Corp. from 72% to 49%.

August 14, 2008 | More »

NDS Operating Profit +22%

NDS Group plc (Nasdaq: NNDS), a majority-owned subsidiary of News Corporation that supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services to digital pay-television platform operations and content providers, announced today its results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.

August 5, 2008 | More »

Tandberg Drives NBC Olympics

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), has been selected to provide TANDBERG MPEG-4 AVC video processing solutions to NBC during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Beijing, China August 8-24.

August 4, 2008 | More »

SPH Chooses Ufinity

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has sealed a deal with Ufinity Pte Ltd, a solution provider in interactive media and convergence services, putting the infrastructure in place for Singapore's first webcast portal, The Straits Times Razor TV.

July 30, 2008 | More »

I-Vision Launches CMMB Player

On July 23, at the China SARFT CMMB Administrative Bureau press conference held with Intel and mobile device manufacturers at the China World Hotel, i-Vision demonstrated its latest CMMB device software and the various interactive TV applications it supports on MIDs, Netbooks and UMPCs.

July 24, 2008 | More »

STAR India Picks Viaccess

Viaccess SA, the leader of content protection head-quartered in Paris (France), and STAR India Pvt Ltd. have signed an agreement for the encryption of its upcoming new channels for STAR in India.

July 18, 2008 | More »

BNS Set To Design HD IPTV

HONG KONG - Asia’s leading IP solutions provider BNS has been appointed by Indonesian telecommunications provider PT. Multi Kontrol Nusantara (MKN), a subsidiary company of Bakrie Group, to design and procure a turnkey HD & SD IPTV service platform.

July 16, 2008 | More »

Latens to Protect Digicable

Latens wins contract to supply world’s first large scale downloadable software Conditional Access solution for “one-way” DVB networks

July 15, 2008 | More »

Skylife Expands Alliance

SkyLife, Korea’s only digital satellite pay-TV operator, has selected market-leading NDS VideoGuard® conditional access and MediaHighway® middleware to secure its new live High Definition (HD) broadcast service

New agreement expands the existing long-standing relationship between NDS and SkyLife

July 14, 2008 | More »

News, Perimra Privatize NDS

News Corp. announced plans to take leading digital solutions provider NDS Group Plc private for US$60 per share in a transaction financed by private equity firm Permira. If the deal completes, News Corp.’s stake in NDS will dilute to 49% from 72%.

June 28, 2008 | More »

True Deploys TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television announced that it has extended its relationship with Thailand’s True Visions Public Company Limited Corporation with the provision of a new DTH head-end for the True Visions satellite pay-TV service.

June 19, 2008 | More »

SkyLife Enhances HD Services w/ TANDBERG Televisio

TANDBERG Television announced that it is upgrading the satellite head-end system of Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., more universally recognized under its ‘SkyLife’ brand name.

June 17, 2008 | More »

TANDBERG Television Launches MediaModeler

TANDBERG Television announced the launch of  its new MediaModeler™ Content Management System.

June 17, 2008 | More »

Tata Sky Celebrates 2M Subs on NDS Platform

NDS announced that Tata Sky has achieved the remarkable milestone of 2 million subscribers within a period of only 20 months.

May 16, 2008 | More »

MSTV STBs Via Open Bid

Taiwan's incumbent telecoms carrier Chunghwa Telecom has not yet officially decided to adopt MSTV.

May 13, 2008 | More »

Whats Behind HD, VAS Hype?

MPA predicts evolutionary as opposed to revolutionary growth in the market for HDTV and value-added services (VAS) in Asia.

April 21, 2008 | More »

Tech To Benefit From Digital Boom

The rapid growth of Asian digital pay-TV will a positive impact on the industry value chain, with technology suppliers benefiting in particular, says a new report by MPA.

April 21, 2008 | More »

Journal Brcst Picks TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television announced that its HD and SD MPEG-2 encoders have been chosen by Journal Broadcast Group for an over-the-air ATSC broadcasting solution.

April 8, 2008 | More »

TEDA Selects TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television announced that its OpenStream® Digital Services Platform has been selected by Tianjin TEDA Cable TV Network Co. (Tianjin TEDA Cable).

April 8, 2008 | More »

Star Deploys TANDBERG

TANDBERG Television announced that its OpenStream® Digital Services Platform is being deployed by its business partner Star Communication Network Technology Co. Ltd for three regional cable operators in China.

April 8, 2008 | More »

TANGBERG's IRD Simplifies Content

TANDBERG Television is launching a new professional integrated receiver decoder (IRD) range which will be on display in its booth #SU4210 at the NAB Show.

April 8, 2008 | More »

Quative For B.Net Croatia

Quative Limited has been selected by B.Net Croatia, the national cable operator in Croatia, to provide an end-to-end interactive TV solution for their broadband cable system.

March 12, 2008 | More »

DEN Selects NDS

NDS, a leading global provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that DEN Digital Entertainment Networks (DEN), the new entrant in the Indian digital cable market, has selected a suite of NDS digital broadcasting solutions to launch the company’s digital cable service.

March 11, 2008 | More »

Kudelski Ties Up Portugal Tel

The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD), a global leader in content protection and related digital television technologies, announced today that Portugal Telecom has selected a suite of Kudelski Group products for the national rollout of its new hybrid satellite-broadband Pay-TV services to be launched in 2008.

March 10, 2008 | More »

TANDBERG Powers Polska

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group, today announced that its OpenStream® Digital Services platform has been fully deployed by Multimedia Polska to power its entire on-demand (VOD) services.

March 10, 2008 | More »

SiTV Demos Interactive Service

i-Vision, the leading technology provider in China offering broadcast interactive TV solutions, is pleased to announce that its innovative wireless, interactive MoTi-MoTi(TM) solution today allowed viewers to add interactivity and personalization to the experience of watching the Houston Rockets play the Chicago Bulls, during a demonstration by SMG Shanghai Interactive Television Co. Ltd. (SiTV) of its TV 2.0 initiative.

March 8, 2008 | More »

Top Line Growth for Kudelski

Kudelski Group results showed a robust top line development with total revenues and other operating income reaching CHF 942.5 million, including organic growth and first-time OpenTV consolidation. This confirms the growth momentum of the last five years with a compounded annual growth rate at 25 percent.

March 3, 2008 | More »

Hathway Selects NDS DVR

NDS announced that Hathway has selected NDS XTV™ Digital Video Recorder (DVR) technology to launch India’s first cable DVR.

February 19, 2008 | More »

Thomson Expands For Mob TV

Thomson is expanding its integrated software and hardware platforms to support 3G solutions for mobile TV – including live video streaming, on demand, and format repurposing.

February 14, 2008 | More »

Nagra Chosen By T-Mobile CZ

 T-Mobile CZ,  the leading mobile phone carrier in the Czech Republic,  has selected Nagravision for the delivery of a trial OMA BCAST Smart Card Profile system

February 14, 2008 | More »

Nagra Scores In Russia

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) company announced today that Russian carrier Dominanta’s mobile TV services, will be protected by the Nagra Mobile TV conditional access system.

February 14, 2008 | More »

Maxscend Debuts IC In China

Maxscend Technologies today announced the MXD1320, a demodulator IC fully compliant with China digital terrestrial television standard.

February 13, 2008 | More »

Nagravision Launches QTM TV

Nagravision and Magneti Marelli have introduced QTM TV, the world's first DVB-H/DVB-T Pay-TV Mobile set top box for Automotive Applications.

February 12, 2008 | More »

NDS, UDcast Power DVB-H MTV

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, and UDcast, a leading provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions, today announced a partnership to provide content protection for DVB-H Mobile TV services.

February 11, 2008 | More »

Harmonic Fuels C&M HD

Harmonic Inc.  has announced that C&M Co., Ltd., a leading cable TV operator in Korea with more than two million subscribers, has deployed Harmonic’s DiviCom Electra 7000 encoder for Asia’s first live high definition (HD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video service in a cable environment.

February 7, 2008 | More »

Abilis Launches Worlds Smallest DVB-H/T receiver

Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, has announced the availability of the world’s smallest digital mobile TV receiver for DVB-H/T applications.

February 5, 2008 | More »

Ericsson Net Sales Up 4%

Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson reported a 4% net sales increase in 2007, amounting to a total of SEK187.8 ($29.5) billion.

February 1, 2008 | More »

NDS Q2 Strong

Leading digital technology company NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) saw revenue for second quarter (its Dec. 2007 fiscal quarter) up 30% to US$215 mil.

January 29, 2008 | More »

Cisco Launches Nexus 7000

Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) today launched a new switching product aimed at large data centers.

January 29, 2008 | More »

Latens Signs TelCo Group

Latens and TelCo Group announced that they have signed a partnership agreement.

January 24, 2008 | More »

Netwk Elec Supplies MTV

Network Electronics announced today that is has supplied MTV with routing solutions for the play-out of six channels from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

January 22, 2008 | More »

Harmonic Powers Atlantic BB

Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that Atlantic Broadband will be using its VOD technology.

January 22, 2008 | More »

SeaChange Signs Cable Co.

SeaChange International, Inc. announced that it has signed a Master Purchase Agreement with one of the five largest cable television companies in the U.S.

January 18, 2008 | More »

Pace Does Nordic HD PVR

Pace Micro Technology plc has been selected by Modern Times Group's Viasat Broadcasting to be the launch partner for its high definition PVR service.

January 16, 2008 | More »

Arcor Selects NDS

NDS announced that Arcor has selected NDS VideoGuard® content protection to secure its new IPTV service.

January 16, 2008 | More »

Tender For CHT STBs

Asustek Computer and Foxconn Electronics have been selected as qualifying tenders to bid for a 450,000 set-top box order to be released by Chunghwa Telecom.

January 15, 2008 | More »

Nagra Showcases OMA

Nagravision and Gemalto have announced that they achieved a world’s first by demonstrating a fully operational, end-to-end OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile 1.0 Solution for mobile TV services.

January 14, 2008 | More »

Axtel Selects Motorola

Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. has announced that Motorola de Mexico S.A. and Motorola Inc. have been selected as the first vendor to provide access points, core network equipment, associated services and customer devices for its initial deployment of the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access technology.

January 11, 2008 | More »

Panasonic Expands

Panasonic, today announced its plans for the expansion of semiconductor production facility at its Tonami plant in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

January 10, 2008 | More »

Trinity Selects Harmonic

Trinity Broadcasting Network selects Harmonic Inc's DiviCom(R) and DidiTrack digital solutions.

January 9, 2008 | More »

Widevine Moves Video

Widevine Technologies announced it has integrated with Move Networks.

January 8, 2008 | More »

NDS Chosen By Cox

NDS has announced that its IEX system has been chosen by Cox Communications as its preferred automated set-top box testing solution.

January 7, 2008 | More »

Cisco Unveils New STBs

Cisco today announced the latest additions to its 8500HDC Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Set-Top Series.

January 7, 2008 | More »

Cisco 100 Mbps Modem

Cisco today announced that it is taking its ultra-high-speed channel-bonding solution.

January 7, 2008 | More »

Cisco Ups IP

Cisco unveiled its Internet Protocol Services Gateway (Model DRG2800).

January 7, 2008 | More »

Motorola Buzz

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Soundbuzz Pte. Ltd.

January 6, 2008 | More »

ARRIS Gets DOCSIS 3.0 Cert.

ARRIS Group, Inc. today announced that its C4 CMTS has received DOCSIS 3.0 "Bronze" qualification.

December 20, 2007 | More »

Pace Acquisition

Pace Micro Technology plc announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Philips.

December 19, 2007 | More »

Amino Enables Antena 3

Amino, and Antena 3 today announced the first delivery of a live national TV channel over an IP satellite data link in Spain.

December 17, 2007 | More »

Irdeto Wins Big In China

Leading global digital TV solutions Irdeto, has signed an agreement for two million smart cards from China’s Jilin Provincial Network.

December 11, 2007 | More »

Amino Does Cent Am IPTV

Amino today announced that Panama's CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box for Central America's first IPTV service.

December 6, 2007 | More »

NDS Extends DIRECTV Contract

NDS has signed an agreement with DIRECTV to extend the term of relationship.

December 5, 2007 | More »

TANDBERG To Power NZ DTT

TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group has announced that Kordia and TVWorks have selected its industry leading digital terrestrial television (DTT) head-end system for the delivery of the Freeview New Zealand DTT service.

December 4, 2007 | More »

SA Digital Video Crosses 7 Million Homes Passed

Scientific Atlanta today announced that commitments for its Switched Digital Video (SDV) platform in the U.S. have exceeded 7 million homes passed.

November 19, 2007 | More »

Astro Signs Up NDS

Measat Broadcast Network Systems, and NDS Group plc have signed contracts for the licensing and deployment of the VideoGuard® conditional access system (VideoGuard CAS) for its Direct-to-Home Pay TV services.

November 14, 2007 | More »