Satellite Television (DBS, DTH, DSat, DVB-S, DVB-S2) News

U.S. multichannel video subscription count drops by a quarter million in 2013
Mar 19, 2014 – The U.S. multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions, according to SNL Kagan estimates for cable, DBS and telco offerings at the end of 2013.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

ST offers Frog by Wyplay satellite set-top-box implementation
Mar 19, 2014 – Wyplay and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) have announced the availability of a satellite broadcast-enabled reference implementation of the Frog by Wyplay set-top-box middleware for ST’s range of ARM-based SoCs (Cannes, Liege2, Monaco, and Orly).
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Wyplay, Hervé Mathieu, Jacques Bourgninaud, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Video Exchange, Worldwide

STMicroelectronics unveils STB initiatives at TVConnect and CCBN
Mar 18, 2014 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a number of STB initiatives. These include the introduction of a 'Liege2' product family, smaller and more power-efficient members of its existing Liege family and a cooperation with MaxLinear.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Eric Benoit, Brian Sprague, CCBN, Digital TV, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Video Exchange, Worldwide

SES reaches 291 million TV homes worldwide
Mar 18, 2014 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that it has increased its reach in 2013 worldwide to 291 million and in Europe to 151 million TV homes. This represents an increase of 5%, both worldwide and in Europe, compared to the previous year.
News categories: SES S.A, Ferdinand Kayser, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Worldwide

Asia Pacific to add 501 million digital homes
Mar 18, 2014 – The Asia Pacific region is undergoing a rapid digital TV conversion that will see penetration increase from 28.9% of TV households in 2010 on to 97.5% in 2020 – or up by 501 million homes between 2013 and 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Major US multichannel video providers lose 105,000 subscribers in 2013
Mar 14, 2014 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US -- representing about 94% of the market -- lost about 105,000 net video subscribers in 2013.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Video gateways a bright spot in slumping STB market
Mar 14, 2014 – According to Infonetics, the global set-top box (STB) market—including IP/cable/satellite/DTT STBs and OTT media servers—totaled $18 billion in 2013, a decline of 10% from the previous year.
News categories: Infonetics, Jeff Heynen, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, Worldwide

DISH Super Joey network tuner add-on released
Mar 13, 2014 – DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) has announced that an add-on to its Hopper® Whole-Home HD DVR platform is available, adding two network tuners to the Hopper's three native tuners, allowing a household to record up to eight shows simultaneously.
News categories: DISH Network, Vivek Khemka, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Entropic to showcase connected home silicon and software at TVConnect
Mar 13, 2014 – Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) will highlight its silicon and software solutions at TV Connect 2014. Entropic will show its first fully-integrated STB SoC family, which integrates HEVC decoding, MoCA 2.0 and full-band capture.
News categories: Entropic, Noel McKenna, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Video Exchange, Worldwide