Exterity announces the enhancement of its industry leading AvediaStream c1110 IPTV headend chassis with the addition of a system monitoring blade. The AvediaStream c1110 is the IPTV headend of choice for organisations demanding the highest levels of reliability and redundancy. The high levels of robustness of the AvediaStream c1110 can now be further enhanced with the new monitoring blade. By enabling monitoring of the chassis fan speed, power supplies and blade health and temperature, it will provide early warning of any issues which may impact the reliable delivery of the IPTV services supported by the AvediaStream c1110.

SES announced that satellite TV continued to increase its reach in Germany after the analogue switch-off in April. In the first half of 2012, satellite TV gained 100,000 households to reach 17.6 million.

Cable TV reception declined further, to 17 million households in the first half of 2012 (December 2011: 17.3 million). By contrast, digital terrestrial TV (DVB-T) benefited from the analogue switch-off and reached 2 million households by June 30th (December 2011: 1.8 million). IPTV increased its reach to 1.4 million households (December 2011: 1.3 million). The overall number of TV households in Germany increased slightly to 38 million (December 2011: 37.9 million). High definition TV continues on its growth path, with 7.2 million or 41 percent of all satellite households in Germany watching HD content (December 2011: 5.9 million / 34 percent).

The figures are based on the latest Satellite Monitor. The research was conducted by market research company TNS Infratest on behalf of SES and in cooperation with the broadcasting institutions in Germany’s federal states. TNS conducted 8,000 interviews across Germany in May 2012.

YOU On Demand has signed a distribution deal with China Network Television's subsidiary, Future TV Co. Ltd. Future TV, the main operational entity of CNTV's internet TV business is the first internet television platform approved by China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).

The signing with Future TV represents an expansion of YOU On Demand's services from cable to the internet television platform, thus increasing the number of customers who can view the wide variety of films YOU On Demand delivers each month through its Transactional Video On Demand and Subscription Video On Demand packages.