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

Dune HD selects Broadcom HD SoC for satellite set-top boxes
Jan 28, 2014 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that Dune HD has selected Broadcom's BCM7356 satellite system-on-a-chip (SoC) for its next generation set-top box (STB) deployments.
News categories: Broadcom, Dune HD, Nicholas Dunn, Konstantin Dyshlevoy, CSTB, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide

Tricolor TV adds 2.2 million customers in 2013
Jan 28, 2014 – Russia’s Tricolor TV has announced that it ended the year with 14.1 million customers up 2.2 million over the year. More than 10 million are paying customers and 3.1 million are owners of HD receiving equipment.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Just under six in ten UK adults receive pay TV
Jan 28, 2014 – Ofcom has published its eighth annual report on the consumer experience of telecoms, the internet, digital broadcasting and postal services in the United Kingdom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, UK

Satcom sector in India to grow at over 6% per year
Jan 23, 2014 – According to Euroconsult, India’s satellite communication sector has experienced significant growth over the past five years driven by explosive demand from DTH pay-TV platforms and growing telecommunication needs in the country.
News categories: Euroconsult, Deepu Krishnan, Content Distribution, India, Market Research, Satellite

Dish TV India adds 220,000 subscribers in 4Q 2013
Jan 23, 2014 – Dish TV India (BSE: 532839, NSE: DISHTV) has reported Q3 fiscal 2014 results. The company added 220 thousand subscribers in the quarter ended December 31, 2013 taking its net subscriber base to 11.2 million.
News categories: Dish TV India, Digital TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

yes launches multiscreen TV in Israel with Viaccess-Orca content discovery
Jan 23, 2014 – Viaccess-Orca has announced that Israeli-based satellite provider yes is using the Viaccess-Orca COMPASS content discovery platform to support its new yes Go TV Everywhere service.
News categories: Viaccess-Orca, 'yes', Dovev Goldstein, Haggai Barel, Content Distribution, Israel, Mobile, Satellite

Worldwide pay TV subscribers to exceed 1.1 billion in 2019
Jan 22, 2014 – ​Worldwide pay-TV market reached 903.3 million subscribers in 2013. IPTV operators enjoyed significant growth (18.5% YoY) in 2013 to 92 million subscribers with a total of $37.2 billion in service revenue, according to ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Jake Saunders, Khin Sandi Lynn, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Worldwide

100,000 subscribers for Georgia's MagtiSat
Jan 22, 2014 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) and MagtiCom have announced that after 2 years of operating MagtiSat, the first domestic DTH platform in Georgia, the company already has more than 100,000 subscribers.
News categories: MagtiCom, SES S.A, Irakli Lobzhanidze, Håkan Sjödin, Digital TV, Georgia, Satellite, Subscribers

Pay TV revenues in MENA to grow more than 83%
Jan 22, 2014 – Pay TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa will grow by more than 83% between 2010 and 2020 to $5.60 billion, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, Egypt, IPTV, Israel, Kazakhstan, Market Research, Middle-East, Satellite, Saudi Arabia, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan