http://www.telecompaper.com/ Business information about the telecom industry, an extensive overview of telecom-related articles http://www.telecompaper.com/images/logos/logotph40w225.gif http://www.telecompaper.com/ http://www.telecompaper.com/news/lisbon-switches-to-digital-terrestrial-tv (Telecompaper) Two million people or around 850,000 households in the districts of Lisbon, Santarem, Setubal and Evora are now receiving digital terrestrial TV... 853711 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:01:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/elion-raises-pay-tv-internet-subscriber-base (Telecompaper) Estonian operator Elion reported that its household pay-TV subscribers base grew by 14,800 in 2011, to almost 140,000. The market penetration of the service reached 40 percent... 853686 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:21:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/belarus-expands-terrestrial-digial-tv-network (Telecompaper) A new terrestrial digital TV transmitter was deployed in the Grodna region of Belarus on 01 February... 853655 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:17:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/drc-plans-first-satellite-by-2017 (Telecompaper) Democratic Republic of Congo's national satellite operator Renatelsat plans to launch the country's first satellite, Congosat-1, by 2017, announced company CEO Richard Achinda Wahilungula... 853654 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ses-broadcasts-over-5200-tv-channels-by-year-end-2011 (Telecompaper) Satellite operator SES is confirming its satellite leadership in TV channel carriage and high definition transmission... 853639 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:28:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/rtbf-inks-catch-up-tv-deal-with-youtube (Telecompaper) Belgium's French-language broadcaster Radio Television Belge Francophone (RTBF) is offering all its programmes for free on YouTube, to be seen until... 853636 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:24:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/ellies-urges-import-duty-on-outdoor-digital-tv-aerials (Telecompaper) South African television equipment provider Ellies wants the government to impose an import duty on outdoor aerials ahead of the switch to DVB-T2... 853529 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:10:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/upc-adds-more-catch-up-tv-channels (Telecompaper) Dutch cable operator UPC has broadened its Gemist catch-up TV service with Een Gemist, Canvas Gemist and Ketnet Gemist, all provided by Flemish public broadcaster VRT... 853625 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/radisys-viasat-to-develop-atca-based-satellite-system (Telecompaper) Embedded systems developer Radisys and satellite operator ViaSat has collaborated to develop an ATCA-based Satellite Modem Termination System (SMTS)... 853607 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/televisa-to-appeal-iusacell-deal-rejection (Telecompaper) Spanish-language broadcaster Televisa plans to fight the Mexican anti-trust watchdog's decision to reject its planned deal with Iusacell... 853583 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/corning-samsung-to-form-new-oled-technology-venture (Telecompaper) Corning and Samsung Mobile Display plan to form a new equity venture for the manufacture of specialty glass substrates for the rapidly expanding organic light emitting diode (OLED) device market... 853562 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:27:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/nbtc-aims-digital-switchover-within-four-years (Telecompaper) The telecommunications regulator is aiming to switch to digital broadcasting within four years of the spectrum master plan taking effect... 853505 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:31:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/taiwan-to-complete-digital-switchover-in-2014 (Telecompaper) Taiwan is planning to complete its transition to digital television in 2014, one year ahead of schedule. The digital switchover will be conducted in two stages... 853500 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:55:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/austar-to-delay-shareholder-vote-on-foxtel-takeover (Telecompaper) Australian pay-TV provider Austar will seek court approval to postpone its sharholder meeting related to the proposed acquisition of Austar by competitor Foxtel... 853499 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:50:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/newsat-provides-capacity-to-measat (Telecompaper) Australian satellite company NewSat has executed a satellite capacity contract with Malaysia-based satellite operator Measat... 853498 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:46:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/norkring-stops-operations-in-slovenia (Telecompaper) The Slovenian subsidiary of Norwegian broadcasting services provider Norkring announced it will stop operating the second DTT multiplex due to the situation on the local market... 853429 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:48:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/russia-to-launch-dvb-t2-in-march (Telecompaper) Russian national operator Rostelecom, in cooperation with the national TV and radio broadcast network, has finalised testing of TV services under the DVB-T2 standard, reports RBC Daily... 853430 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:47:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/portugal-telecom-increases-pay-tv-market-share (Telecompaper) There were 2.98 million pay-TV subscribers in Portugal at the end of 2011, which is 69,000 more than in the previous quarter and 202,000 more than at the end of 2010... 853455 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:40:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/tricolour-tv-ceo-resigns (Telecompaper) Pavel Basov, the CEO of Russian pay-TV operator Tricolour TV, has resigned, reports Tass-Telecom. Alexander Makarov, the managing director of the... 853458 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0100 http://www.telecompaper.com/news/starman-changes-tv-pack-prices (Telecompaper) Estonian cable operator Starman reduced the monthly subscription price for the M package of its DigiTV service by EUR 1. The M package currently includes 40 TV channels... 853387 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:02:00 +0100