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

India Set Top Box Market to Cross 60 million plus units by 2017
Aug 1, 2012 – Introduction of Conditional Access System (CAS), mandatory government & regulations, popularity of DTH platforms, declining prices of set-top boxes are some of the factors that are spurring the India Set Top Box market, according to 6Wresearch.
News categories: 6Wresearch, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

India adds another 2 million DTH subscribers in 1Q 2012
Aug 1, 2012 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its Performance Indicator Report for the first quarter of 2012. At quarter-end, India's DTH subscriber base was 46.25 million, up from 44.21 million at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Big Year for Multi-Screen TV
Jul 31, 2012 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from two recent reports. The first tracks equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video providers. The second tracks IP, cable, satellite, and hybrid set-top boxes and OTT media servers.
News categories: Infonetics, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, TV Everywhere

Majority of Set-Top Box to Remain Hard Wired through 2017 Despite Dominance of Wi-Fi Home Networks
Jul 31, 2012 – While Wi-Fi remains the predominant networking technology in most consumer's homes, wired solutions are gaining traction. MoCA has become the go-to wired technology in North America, while HomePlug continues to do well in Western Europe.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Digital TV in 76% of Dutch households
Jul 30, 2012 – According to the First Half 2012 Media Standard Survey (MSS) produced by TNS-NIPO for Stichting KijkOnderzoek (SKO) in the Netherlands, digital television is now in 76% of Dutch households, up from 73% in the second half of 2011.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Optical Disc Recorder, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

HD+ increases number of paying households to 634,000
Jul 27, 2012 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the number of paying households using the HD+ service offered by its German affiliate HD PLUS reached 634,290 at 30 June 2012, with a record 120,000 new paying households added between April and June.
News categories: SES S.A, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

América Móvil ends 2Q 2012 with 15.1 million pay TV clients
Jul 26, 2012 – América Móvil (BMV;NYSE:AMX, NASDAQ:AMOV, LATIBEX:XAMXL) has announced results for the second quarter of 2012. At the end of June the company had 15.1 million Pay TV clients, up 30.9% over the year.
News categories: América Móvil, Brazil, Cable TV, Caribbean, Central America, Latin America, MMDS, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Orange TV customers reach 5.5 million in 2Q 2012
Jul 26, 2012 – France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) has published its first half 2012 financial report. In France, Orange TV grew to 4.7 million customers as of June 30, 2012, up 20.7%, year-on-year. Overall, France Telecom reached 5.5 million TV customers.
News categories: Orange, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

BSkyB results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2012
Jul 26, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has released results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2012. Sky added 57,000 new Sky households in the quarter, including 37,000 standalone home communications customers and 20,000 TV customers.
News categories: BSkyB, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK