TELEsatelit - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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NEWS<br />
the UK TV premieres of HBO shows including<br />
Martin Scorsese's critically lauded prohibition<br />
era drama Boardwalk Empire and The Wire<br />
co-creator David Simon's new show, Treme.<br />
N O R T H A M E R I C A<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
HDTV & 3D Programmes<br />
DISH NETWORK ADDS AMC HD<br />
Dish Network has launched the HD version of<br />
cable network AMC. The channel features hit<br />
series Mad Men, as well as programmes such as<br />
Rubicon and Breaking Bad. It is free to America's<br />
Top 200 and DishLatino Dos HD subscribers.<br />
3D TV ACCOUNTS FOR 2.5% OF TV SALES<br />
3-D TV so far has a small slice of the overall market,<br />
accounting for about 2.5 percent of new TV sales in<br />
the United States in the last quarter, according to a<br />
survey by the market researcher iSuppli. According<br />
to the research, 83 percent of survey respondents<br />
who bought 3-D TVs were professed early adopters<br />
— people who like to own the latest technology —<br />
and half of them had annual household incomes of<br />
USD 100.000 or more. A survey by Frank N. Magid<br />
Associates shows that a quarter of consumers plan<br />
to buy a 3-D-enabled set in the next 12 months.<br />
FUNIMATION GOES HD<br />
FUNimation Channel has launched a HD feed<br />
broadcast in true HD along with new branding<br />
across it's HD and SD platforms in conjunction<br />
with an exclusive, expanded programming lineup<br />
of the most popular anime titles available.<br />
TIME WARNER LAUNCHES HDTV<br />
SERVICE FOR HOTELS<br />
New York - Hotels throughout Upstate New York<br />
and New England now have a more cost-effective<br />
way to deliver their guests HDTV programming,<br />
thanks to the launch of a new product from Time<br />
Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC). The<br />
company is now offering HD Video for Hospitality,<br />
a dedicated service that enables hotels to<br />
offer in-room HD without having to purchase,<br />
install and maintain separate equipment within the<br />
hotel. HD Video for Hospitality offers customers<br />
a dedicated feed of 60 HD channels over Time<br />
Warner Cable’s high-speed, fibre-optic network.<br />
L A T I N A M E R I C A<br />
BRAZIL<br />
BRAZIL REACHES 581.000<br />
HDTV SUBSCRIBERS<br />
At the end of July, Brazil had 581.000 subscribers to<br />
pay-TV HD channels, representing 7 percent of the<br />
total 8.4 million pay-TV base. In 2008, when the service<br />
was launched in the country, this percentage<br />
was only 0.3%. Meanwhile, two leading operators,<br />
Net and TVA, have launched new HD channels.<br />
Net has added ESPN HD, TLC HD, Megapix HD,<br />
TNT HD, Space HD, VH1 HD, NatGeo Wild HD and<br />
Max HD, while TVA is providing NatGeo Wild HD.<br />
150 <strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> — Global Digital TV <strong>Magazine</strong> — 12-01/2011 — www.<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong>.com<br />
A S I A & P A C I F I C<br />
INDIA<br />
DISCOVERY TO LAUNCH 3D<br />
CHANNEL IN INDIA<br />
Discovery Networks Asia Pacific (DNAP) is set to<br />
launch five new pay-TV networks in India, including<br />
Discovery 3D and Investigation Discovery.<br />
According to local reports, the broadcaster has<br />
applied for a licence to launch five more channels<br />
in the country: Discovery Kids, Military Channel,<br />
Discovery Home And Health, as well as ID and<br />
the aforementioned 3D network, early next year.<br />
COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN HD<br />
The Commonwealth Games (CWG) are likely<br />
to spur the growth of HDTV in India, as Doordarshan<br />
(DD) brought the event in high quality<br />
digital format with cameras on land, in water<br />
and from helicopters. A new channel - DD<br />
HD – broadcast the event in HD format.<br />
INDONESIA<br />
FIRST MEDIA BRINGS HDTV TO INDONESIA<br />
First Media has become the first local pay-TV<br />
provider to offer HD programming. After a trial<br />
run for 500 subscribers in August, the company<br />
decided to permanently include two HD channels,<br />
HBO and ESPN, in its cable package. The new<br />
service requires the use of an HD-compatible<br />
TV set and a set-top box, rented to subscribers<br />
for an extra Rp 100,000 ($11) a month. The