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

Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement Expected to Save U.S. Consumers $1.5 Billion Annually
Dec 6, 2012 – Fifteen U.S. multichannel video providers and device manufacturers are launching a Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement that will result in annual residential electricity savings of $1.5 billion or more as the commitment is fully realized.
News categories: Consumer Electronics Association, NCTA, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Romanian digital cable take-up on the rise
Dec 4, 2012 – According to preliminary data from Romania's Communications Authority (ANCOM) there were 3.3 million digital TV subscribers in the country at the end of June 2012, up 16% compared to 30 June 2011.
News categories: ANCOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite TV subscribers in Croatia pass the 100,000 mark
Dec 4, 2012 – HAKOM has reported communications market data for Croatia for the end of Q3 2012. Satellite TV is the fastest growing segment of the TV market with subscriptions up nearly 21 percent since the end of Q3 2011, to over 100,000.
News categories: HAKOM, Cable TV, Croatia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

GMM Z satellite TV platform launches in Thailand
Dec 3, 2012 – GMM Grammy plc, Thailand's largest entertainment company, has launched its GMM Z satellite pre-pay TV service. Customers with a GMM Z set-top box can receive the 14 channels (3 free-to-air) after purchase of a GMM Z smart card.
News categories: GMM Z, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Thailand

Over half of US multichannel video households have a DVR
Nov 30, 2012 – Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that 52% of households in the US that subscribe to a multichannel video service have a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), compared to 4% for those do not subscribe to a multichannel video service.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

CANAL+ and TVN begin merger of 'n' and CYFRA+ in Poland
Nov 30, 2012 – CANAL+ Group and TVN GROUP have announced the closing of their strategic partnership agreements and have started to merge their pay TV platforms n and CYFRA+, to create nc+, set to be Poland's leading premium pay TV operator.
News categories: CANAL+ Group, TVN GROUP, Digital TV, MandA, Poland, Satellite

100,000 subscribers reached in Czech Republic on freeSAT
Nov 28, 2012 – UPC DTH has announced that its freeSAT service in the Czech Republic has reached the milestone of 100,000 customers.
News categories: freeSAT, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers

Pay TV subscribers in Portugal up 0.9% in 3Q 2012
Nov 27, 2012 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), there were 3.11 million subscribers to subscription TV as at the end of the 3rd Quarter 2012, 27 thousand more than in the previous quarter, and an extra 241 thousand over the same period in 2011.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite adds another 369,000 subscribers in Mexico in 3Q 2012
Nov 26, 2012 – According to Mexico's Telecommunications Sector Production Index, at the end of the third quarter of 2012 there were 6.655 million DTH subscribers in the country, an increase of 22.9% versus Q3 2011. Cable TV lost 49 thousand subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Digital TV, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers