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

Claro and DISH join to offer bundled TV, internet, wireless and telephony in Puerto Rico
Jul 24, 2013 – Claro and DISH Puerto Rico have announced that they have entered into a partnership to offer customers bundled services including DISH's pay-TV and Claro's Internet, wireless and telephone services, conveniently on a single bill.
News categories: DISH, Claro, Puerto Rico, Satellite

Canal Digital DTH down 3 thousand subscribers in 2Q 2013
Jul 23, 2013 – Telenor Group has reported results for the second quarter of 2013. The company finished the period with 934,000 subscribers to its Canal Digital pay TV services, down from 945,000 at the end of 2012 and down 3 thousand in the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden

Spain's pay TV subscriber base drops below 4 million in Q1 2013
Jul 22, 2013 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has published statistics for the country for the first quarter of 2013. Total pay TV subscribers dropped below 4 million at the end of the quarter, down from around 4.4 million at the same point in 2012.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

FCC releases report on competition in the U.S. video programming delivery market
Jul 19, 2013 – The FCC has adopted its 15th Report to Congress on the status of competition in the market for the delivery of video programming. The Commission found that the number of MVPD subscribers grew from 100.8 million to 101.0 million households between year-end 2010 and June 2012.
News categories: Federal Communications Commission, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial, USA

Montenegro Cable/MMDS/DTH/IPTV subscribers up 4.72% in 2Q 2013
Jul 16, 2013 – Montenegro's Agency for Electronic Media has released subscriber figures for the seven operators authorised to distribute radio and TV programmes to end users in the country. As at June 30, 2013, the number of connections was 144,950, up 6,530 or 4.72% since March 2013, and representing 74.41% of households.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers

DISH opens Hopper DVR platform to select mobile app developers
Jul 16, 2013 – In a move designed to deliver new customer experiences and to spur innovation among smartphone and tablet app developers, DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has opened its third-party application programming interface (API) to developers.
News categories: DISH Network, Thuuz, Apps, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Smartphone, Tablet, USA

Iraqi Media Network launches satellite broadcast service
Jul 15, 2013 – Arabsat has announced the launch of a satellite TV service by the Iraqi Media Network based in Baghdad. The DTH bouquet is broadcast via an Arabsat satellite at 26°E and includes all of the radio and TV programmes currently available in Iraq.
News categories: Arabsat, Iraqi Media Network, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Iraq, Satellite

SES to provide capacity for Indovision Chinese-language DTH service
Jul 15, 2013 – SES (Paris;Luxembourg:SESG) and MNC Sky Vision (Jakarta:MSKY), owner of Indonesia's Indovision satellite Pay-TV brand, have announced an agreement to provide capacity on the SES-7 satellite to support Indovision's forthcoming Chinese-language DTH package.
News categories: SES S.A, Indovision, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite

Kaon Media selects MaxLinear for Latin America hybrid satellite-terrestrial STB
Jul 9, 2013 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that Kaon Media has selected its MxL683 silicon tuner-demodulator device for a new, hybrid direct-to-home (DTH) satellite + terrestrial set-top box (STB) platform for the Latin America pay TV market.
News categories: MaxLinear, Kaon, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Latin America, Satellite, SBTVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box