TiVi deploys Verimatrix video content authority system
Telecom Lead Europe: TiVi has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System to provide revenue security for its DVB terrestrial (DVB-T2), one-way network.
TiVi relies...
Reliance Communications in talks with Sun to sell DTH biz for Rs 2,000 crore
Telecom Lead Asia: Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Communications is in talks with South-based Sun Group to sell its DTH business for an estimated Rs 2,000...
Cable TV digitization in 38 cities hit STB roadblock
Telecom Lead Asia: Cable TV digitization initiatives in 38 cities of Phase-II have flopped mainly due to lack of availability of STBs and wrong...
Liberty Global buys 12.65% stake in Ziggo for €632.5 million
Telecom Lead America: Liberty Global has acquired 12.65 percent stake in Ziggo from Barclays Capital Securities for approximately €632.5 million.
This is the second major...
Buckeye CableSystem selects Motorola Mobility’s APEX3000
Telecom Lead Asia: Buckeye CableSystem has selected Motorola Mobility’s APEX3000.
The largest cable firm operating in the Toledo area in the U.S. will be deploying...
Hughes Network to drive Maju Nusa’s VSAT expansion
Telecom Lead Asia: Maju Nusa (Majunusa), Malaysia's VSAT service provider, has signed a deal with Hughes Network Systems to source an HX System 4.0...
TRAI asks TV channels to limit advts time up to 12 minutes / hour
Telecom Lead India: TRAI on Friday asked television channels to limit the duration of advertisements for up to 12 minutes in one hour.
The Telecom...
Siti Cable Network to raise Rs 324 crore from promoter entities
Telecom Lead India: Siti Cable Network will raise Rs 324 crore from promoter entities to address digitization initiatives.
With this, promoters’ holding in Siti Cable...
Motorola Mobility’s STBs power Chinese cable operator Henan’s digitization project
Telecom Lead Asia: Chinese cable operator Henan Cable has selected Motorola Mobility’s HMC3000 DVB-C HD set-top boxes to digitize its set-top portfolio and tap...
Working with Dish TV and Airtel Digital, SES expands in India
Telecom Lead Asia: Working with Dish TV and Airtel Digital, SES has expanded presence in India.
Driven by significant gains, especially in India and Germany,...
Cisco showcases digital pay – TV solutions
Telecom Lead India: Cisco has participated at the Cable TV Show 2013 and showcased its digital pay – TV solutions.
Cisco says more than 20...
NSTPL readying to take on cable and DTH players with JAINHITS
Telecom Lead India: NSTPL is getting ready to take on the dominant cable industry and DTH players with its JAINHITS, India’s first Direct to...
Transponders for DTH industry to rise to 220 in 2017 from 73 in 2012
Telecom Lead Asia: Transponders for DTH industry is set to rise to 220 in 2017 from 73 in 2012.
The number of satellite transponders required...
Airtel in talks with Liberty Global to sell 25% stake in DTH biz
Telecom Lead Asia: Bharti Airtel is in talks with Liberty Global and a couple of private equity firms to sell 25 percent stake in...
Cisco powers Telenet’s content navigation for cable TV users
Telecom Lead Europe: Telenet, a cable TV operator in Belgium, has selected the Cisco Videoscape Snowflake user interface to provide navigation of content and...
Cable digitization achieves 55% target in Phase II cities
Telecom Lead India: The Information & Broadcasting Ministry on Friday said Cable digitization has achieved 55 percent target in 38 cities in Phase II.
The...