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

Openview launches satellite pay-TV in South Africa
Mar 2, 2023 – The Ultraview DTH service from Openview enables viewers to see additional bouquets of content for a monthly subscription, alongside free Openview content on a their satellite decoder.
News categories: Openview, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa

Major U.S. pay-TV providers lost nearly 6 million subscribers in 2022
Mar 3, 2023 – Leichtman Research (LRG) has found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. lost about 5,880,000 net video subscribers in 2022, compared to a pro forma net loss of about 4,700,000 in 2021.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Bruce Leichtman, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

OTE Group TV subscribers up 18,492 YoY at end-4Q 2022
Feb 23, 2023 – OTE Group (ASE: HTO; OTC MARKET: HLTOY) has announced results for the period ended December 31, 2022. OTE's TV subscriber base reached 643k at the end of 2022, an increase of 3.0% compared to 2021.
News categories: OTE Group, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom TV subscribers up 51,000 in Germany in 4Q 2022
Feb 23, 2023 – Deutsche Telekom has published results for the fourth quarter of 2022. In Germany the MagentaTV customer base grew by 51,000 in the final quarter. In the rest of Europe, TV customers increased Y-o-Y by 112,000 to 4.1 million.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DISH Network pay TV subscribers down 268,000 in 4Q 2022
Feb 23, 2023 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ending December 31, 2022. Net pay-TV subscribers decreased 268,000 in the quarter, compared to a decrease of approximately 273,000 in the year-ago quarter.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA

Foxtel reports subscriber highlights for quarter ending December 31, 2022
Feb 9, 2023 – News Corp has released subscriber highlights for the Foxtel Group. Total streaming subscribers reached 2.758 million (2.678 million paid), up 25% Y-o-Y. Foxtel residential broadcast subscribers declined to 1.401 million.
News categories: News Corp, Foxtel, Robert Thomson, Susan Panuccio, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

BADR-6 satellite at 26°E out of action
Feb 6, 2023 – DTH services on BADR-6 experienced an outage on February 6 with Arabsat implementing a plan to restore services using backup capacity. The satellite broadcasts TV to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
News categories: ARABSAT, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

Globecast powers distribution of 2022 World Cup for New World TV
Feb 2, 2023 – New World TV turned to Globecast to provide satellite distribution services for the recent Qatar football tournament. New World TV is a satellite-based TV network operating across Sub-Saharan Africa.
News categories: Globecast, New World TV, Yann Madeline, Redha Chibani, Africa, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Comcast cable video subscribers down 2.034 million in 2022
Jan 26, 2023 – Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reported results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022. In the quarter, Cable video customer net losses were 440,000, whereas at Sky total customer relationships grew by 129,000.
News categories: Comcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, USA