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

EchoStar Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
May 7, 2012 – EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) has reported total revenue of $765 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, a 59 percent increase compared with $480 million for the corresponding period in 2011.
News categories: EchoStar, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

DISH Network Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
May 7, 2012 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. DISH gained approximately 104,000 net subscribers during the quarter compared to approximately 58,000 additions in the first quarter of 2011.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

BSkyB is Britain's Number 1 Choice for TV, Broadband and Home Phone
May 2, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that more than 3.2 million Sky homes now take the 'triple play' of services from Sky. 3.9 million Sky homes now take their broadband from Sky, with over 3.6 million subscribing to Sky Talk.
News categories: BSkyB, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Digital TV subscription households in Canada top 10 million at year-end 2011
Apr 30, 2012 – The number of Canadian households subscribing to a digital television service topped 10 million for the first time at the end of 2011, according to the latest research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services.
News categories: Boon Dog, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

SES Unveils IP-based in-home Distribution of Satellite TV Signals
Apr 27, 2012 – SES (Paris; LuxX:SESG), together with industry partners, has announced the introduction of SAT-IP, an IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution.
News categories: SES S.A., Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, Smart Home

Brazil Pay TV grows another 7.31% in 1Q 2012
Apr 26, 2012 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended March 2012 at 13.675 million, with almost 3.3 million new subscribers being added over the preceding year - an annual growth rate of 31.2%.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Montenegro ends 1Q 2012 with 123,279 pay TV subscribers
Apr 20, 2012 – The Agency for Electronic Media in Montenegro has released subscriber figures for the seven pay TV operators in the country. As at March 31, 2012, the number of cable, MMDS, IPTV and DTH connections was 123,279, up 545 in the first quarter.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Video Infrastructure Market Tops $800 Million in 2011; Set-Top Boxes Get Cheaper
Apr 18, 2012 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from two recently published video equipment reports 'Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Encoder Equipment and Video Subscribers' and 'Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers'.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, DVR, Home Server, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

SES grows its 23.5 degrees East reach in Benelux by 20 percent
Apr 18, 2012 – SES (Paris; LuxX: SESG) has announced that the technical reach of its ASTRA Satellite System in the Benelux markets from the 23.5 degrees East orbital position has increased by more than 140,000 households to 870,000, an annual growth of 20%.
News categories: SES S.A., Belgium, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite