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

Canal Digital to launch next generation TV platform as a hosted managed service from NDS
Aug 9, 2012 – NDS (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Canal Digital have announced that they are collaborating to launch a next-generation TV platform as a hosted, managed service. The new platform will allow Canal Digital subscribers to access content whether in the home or on the go.
News categories: Cisco Systems, Canal Digital, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, Gateway, Middleware, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Sweden, TV Everywhere

SKY Italia subscribers down 42,000 in 2Q 2012
Aug 8, 2012 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the period ending June 30, 2012. SKY Italia's subscriber base declined to 4.9 million due to the net reduction of approximately 71,000 subscribers during the year.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

7.4 million DTH subscribers for Airtel in India
Aug 8, 2012 – Bharti Airtel (Bombay:532454) has announced results for its first quarter ended June 30, 2012. Airtel digital TV had 7.4 million customers on its Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform at the end of the period, up 172,000 in the quarter.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DISH Network Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Aug 8, 2012 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. The DISH satellite pay-TV service had 14.061 million subscribers in the U.S. at the end of June, down approximately 10,000 net subscribers during the quarter.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

Dish TV launches India's first SD Recorder with unlimited capacity
Aug 7, 2012 – Dish TV has announced 'Dish+' India's first standard definition box with unlimited recording facility. Dish+ is positioned at a highly consumer friendly and competitive price of Rs. 1690 with a 4GB pen drive free as promotional offer.
News categories: Dish TV, Digital TV, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

Satellite Operators Continue to Grow Capacity Leasing and Develop New Markets
Aug 7, 2012 – NSR's Global Assessment of Satellite Supply & Demand, 9th Edition report has found that the direct-to-home (DTH) TV market could add US$1.4 billion in net new revenues by 2021 out of US$4.3 billion expected in total for the Ku-band segment.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Market Research, Satellite

Venezuela ends 2Q 2012 with 2.95 million Pay TV subscribers
Aug 6, 2012 – According to preliminary statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the second quarter of 2012 were 2.95 million, up from 2.88 million at the end of the first quarter.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela

Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results
Aug 2, 2012 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Video subscriber losses were 83,000 and 169,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively.
News categories: Liberty Global, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, MMDS, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Subscribers, Switzerland

Record Quarter for DIRECTV Latin America
Aug 2, 2012 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported results for the second quarter of 2012. DIRECTV U.S. ended the quarter with 19.91 million subscribers, up 2% year-on-year. In Q2, DIRECTV Latin America added an all-time record 645,000 subscribers to pass the 9 million mark.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, Venezuela