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

Major US multichannel video providers lose 345,000 subscribers in 2Q 2013
Aug 19, 2013 – 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 345,000 net additional video subscribers in 2Q 2013.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

My-HD secures premium channels with Irdeto Media Protection
Aug 15, 2013 – Irdeto has announced that My-HD, a satellite pay TV platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), has selected its Media Protection to secure the launch of over 30 premium HD channels via Arabsat to the region.
News categories: Irdeto, My-HD, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

IPTV defies drop in US Pay TV market to gain subscribers in Q2
Aug 14, 2013 – Amid a plunge in subscribers for cable, and now satellite providers, Internet protocol television (IPTV) was the only segment of the U.S. pay-TV market to achieve growth in the second quarter, according to a new report from IHS (NYSE: IHS).
News categories: IHS, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Asia Pacific drives on-demand TV growth
Aug 14, 2013 – Based on forecasts for 97 countries, the On-Demand TV Revenue Forecasts report from Digital TV Research expects that on-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programs will reach $6.0 billion in 2018, up by 44% from $4.2 billion in 2012.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Digital TV Research Reports, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Cord-cutting in Canada's traditional TV service market accelerates in Q2 2013
Aug 13, 2013 – Canada's publicly traded television service providers lost an estimated 19,624 TV subscribers combined in the second quarter of 2013, according to new research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services.
News categories: Boon Dog Professional Services, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

13 million households in Russia have Tricolor TV
Aug 12, 2013 – Russian DTH operator, Tricolor TV, has announced that it has more than 2 million subscribers to its high definition (HD) service. Tricolor TV is now present in over 13 million households in Russia with 9.6 million paying subscribers.
News categories: Tricolor TV, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers

Brazil's pay TV subscriber growth drops off in 2Q 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended June 2013 at 16.96 million, with more than 2.4 million new subscribers being added over the preceding 12 months - an annual growth rate of 16.7%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

OTE (OTE TV and RomTelecom) results to end-June 2013
Aug 8, 2013 – OTE Group (ASE:HTO; OTC MARKET:HLTOY) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. In Greece, total TV subscribers amounted to 175k, an increase of 99k year-on-year. In Romania, Romtelecom TV subscribers grew 7.3% over the year, to reach nearly 1.3 million.
News categories: OTE TV, Cable TV, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

86% of U.S. TV households subscribe to a multi-channel video service
Aug 8, 2013 – Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 86% of U.S. households subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service. Among TV households that do not, 40% subscribe to Netflix, 11% to Amazon Prime, and 7% to Hulu Plus.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA