Inside Digital TV articles from February 2005

Inside Digital TV archives from February 2005

FOXTEL Plans PVR Launch Down Under.(Personal Video Recorders)
February 2, 2005... Australian pay-TV operator FOXTEL is likely to launch a high-capacity PVR box, possibly a 160 GB box, before the middle of this year. The operator, which began offering digital services last year, already has half a million customers for that...

Research Update: Asia Pacific STBs.(increase in usage of set-top boxes)
February 2, 2005... According to IMS Re-search, there could be close to 35 million digital set-top boxes (STBs) in Asia in 2009, and more than 26 million of them could be either cable or satellite STBs. TV over DSL will account for 1.6 million of the predicted...

Why ROI May Come Early For Some VoD Operators.(return on investments, video-on-demand )
February 2, 2005... European operators looking to launch on-demand services will see a return on their investment within a year, according to Joe Ambeault, director of broadband systems at SeaChange International. He tells Inside Digital TV, "Most of our...

Conax Pares IP Pricing, Aims For Asia.(internet protocol)
February 2, 2005... Norwegian conditional-access (CA) vendor Conax wants to be one of the stronger players in the increasingly lucrative content-over-IP market. The company, which is a subsidiary of Nordic telco Telenor, believes its parent will come in handy as...

Orbit Ponders Ways To Beat Showtime In The Middle East.(Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network)
February 2, 2005... Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network, a Middle East pay-TV operator, could look to launch impulse PPV services in the region sometime this year. Last year, the operator made significant steps in its interactive strategy by downloading...

Executive Q&A: Liberty Media CTO Focuses On Digital Opportunities.(chief technology officer)(Interview)
February 2, 2005... Liberty Media is one of the most influential companies on the European digital television landscape. It owns a majority stake in UnitedGlobalCom (UGC), which owns and operates many cable networks throughout Europe through its subsidiary, UGC...

What's Holding DTT Back In Hungary?(Digital Terrestrial Television)(market research of cable television)
February 2, 2005... A better content proposition and regulatory framework are needed if Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) is to be a success in Hungary. Says Geza Laszlo, CEO of Antenna Hungaria (AHRT), the organisation responsible for bringing DTT to Hungarian...

U.S. Market Update: Satellite Outperforms Cable.
February 16, 2005... Cable operators still own more than 70 percent of the U.S. video market, but their subscriber numbers have shown virtually no increase in the 12 months between June 2003 and June 2004. This is one of the findings of the Federal Communications...

IDTV Exclusive: In Sweden, TeliaSonera Looks Beyond VoD.(Inside Digital TV)
February 16, 2005... In Sweden, TeliaSonera wants to broaden its on-demand service beyond movies. The operator, which is launching a digital television service called Telia Digital TV via broadband, initially will have a Video-on-Demand (VoD) element, which will...

DG Prepares For PVR, VoD And The World Cup.(Digital)(Personal Video Recorder)(Video on Demand)(Kabel Deutschland)
February 16, 2005... Kabel Deutschland (KDG) could launch PVR (Personal Video Recorder) services as early as this year. Video-on-Demand (VoD) services also are on the agenda. Says Manuel Cubero, KDG's director of digital TV, "VoD is a factor in our planning. We...

Sony Concerned About Analogue Sales, But Sees More Digital Coming.
February 16, 2005... Too many analogue products are being sold in the UK digital television market, at least according to Adrian Northover Smith, Sony's digital-development manager who is concerned about how this will impact the move to digital. With progress being...

Asia Focus: StarHub Addresses Singapore Challenges.
February 16, 2005... StarHub wants to bring a strong interactive element to its service offerings in 2005. The cable operator, which is the only pay-TV operator in Singapore, could launch two-way set-top boxes (STBs) this year. Mike Reynolds, head of consumer...

How The UGC Deal Will Help Zonevision.(UnitedGlobalCom Inc.)
February 16, 2005... Channel provider Zonevision, which has just been acquired by UnitedGlobalCom (UGC) Europe, hopes the deal will see its channels and brands enter into a number of new markets. UGC Europe owns several cable platforms throughout Europe, so there...

Technology: IPTV Is More Than Just TV.(Internet Protocol Television)(Television)
February 16, 2005... With a number of telcos stepping up their IPTV plans (see TeliaSonera story in this issue), the market offers a number of opportunities for companies like Orca Interactive, which provides middleware solutions that enable telcos to deploy such...

MTV, Microsoft Target The U.S. For VoD Launch.
February 16, 2005... MTV Networks, which announced last month that it was teaming with Microsoft to deliver digital entertainment services, is likely to launch U.S. Video-on-Demand (VoD) services across different Windows Media platforms in the next 12 months. Jason...