KATV1 unveils hybrid STB for AZN50 in Azerbaijan

KATV1, Azerbaijan based cable television operator, has launched a hybrid set-top-box, Myvideo Smart Box for AZN50. The device allows to watch TV/ video through internet and comes with a quad-core processor.

Myvideo Smart Box provides access to all the national channels for free and foreign television channels are available for AZN10 per month. It offers over 110 channels and users can view archive content of any channel up to 10 days using the backup service.

Myvideo Smart Box provides access to its video-on-demand service, myvideo.az. The box comes with social media applications such as Skype, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube.

“One of our main tasks to provide viewing of the national channels from around the world Azerbaijanis. Myvideo Smart Box allows you to do this on television that provides a great convenience. In fact, any Azerbaijani can at home anywhere in the world to watch our TV channels, and be closer to Azerbaijan. Myvideo.az intends to apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Azerbayzhana and the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora to assist in this matter. Myvideo.az also ready to provide Azerbaijani embassy device Myvideo Smart Box, to allow viewing of the Azerbaijani channels,” said the company to a media firm in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan installs 10 new DVB-T transmitters

Azerbaijan state-owned broadcast company, Teleradio, has installed over ten new digital terrestrial TV transmitters in the country. It has planned to complete the installation of four new transmitters by the end of August.

The digital terrestrial television has reached to over 98% of the country, as per a report. The public DVB-T package includes 12 TV channels re-transmitted over the Mpeg-4 format.

Azerbaijani cable TV operator launches new HD TV receiver

Azerbaijan cable television operator, Ailə TV, announced a new HD TV receiver, DVB-C HD TV, featuring a wide functionality and availability equipped with HDMI and USB ports that provide high clarity image.

The new HD TV receiver will be costs the same as the standard SD digital TV receivers at AZN 40 (USD 51).

Caspian Telecom LLC plans various promotional events to ensure maximum availability of Ailə TV services in the country.

Azerspace 1 satellite to earn USD 500-600 mn for Baku

Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, is expected to generate a revenue of USD 500-600 million by operating the country’s first communications satellite, Azerspace-1, according to a report. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and High Technologies has reported that the satellite currently broadcasts 81 television channels and 16 radio channels.

“Azerspace-1 attracts a great interest in the world which is why the number of transmitted TV channels is growing every day,” said the ministry in a statement which was posted on its official website.

The satellite which was launched in February 2013 while the commercial activity was started in May. Azerspace 1 covers Europe, Africa, Caucasus region and Middle East and Central Asia.

Around 80% of the satellite’s capacity is available for commercial purposes. It currently hosts broadcasts from Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lebanon and South Africa – with Iraqi and Afghan networks also reportedly interested in using the satellite.

Azerbaijan to manufacture 15 DVB-T transmitters in 2014

Azerbaijan’s state-owned radio and television broadcasting network, Teleradio, is planning to manufacture 15 Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T) transmitters by the end of the year, which will be deployed in rural areas where there is limited or nil DVB-T coverage.

At present, over 90 DVB-T transmitters are operational across the country, according to a report. Around 12 television channels are available under this open package using the MPEG-4 format.

DVB-T is an European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television. DVB-T transmits compressed digital audio, digital video and other data in an MPEG transport stream, using coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (COFDM or OFDM) modulation.

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