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

Technicolor Connected Home revenues decrease significantly
Feb 24, 2012 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH) has released results for the full year of 2011. In the fourth quarter, Connected Home revenues decreased significantly compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, as a result of a combination of factors.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

DISH Network Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Financial Results
Feb 23, 2012 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011. DISH gained approximately 22,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 13.967 million subscribers at year-end.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Kudelski reports 2011 annual results
Feb 23, 2012 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) has announced its 2011 annual results. Total annual revenues and other operating income declined from CHF 1,069.3 million in 2010 to CHF 896.6 million in 2011, with the Digital TV segment driving most of the decline.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Liberty Global adds 1 million digital cable customers in 2011
Feb 22, 2012 – Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA,LBTYB,LBTYK) has announced results for the period ended December 31, 2011. The company added 282,000 and 1.0 million digital cable subscribers for the three months and year ended December 31, 2011, 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

Broadcom Powers Humax's First 40nm High Definition Satellite Set-Top Boxes
Feb 22, 2012 – Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that Humax (KOSDAQ:028080) is now deploying HD satellite set-top boxes, based on Broadcom® technology, to emerging countries, proliferating low cost and interactive HDTV throughout the world.
News categories: Broadcom, Humax, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Astro launches free-to-air satellite TV in Malaysia
Feb 18, 2012 – Astro has announced the launch of Njoi, a subscription-free satellite TV service for Malaysia. Njoi, which comprises an STB, dish, smartcard and remote control, is available for a one-time payment of RM288, plus RM100 for installation.
News categories: Astro, Digital TV, LNB, Malaysia, Satellite, Set Top Box

The Window for Pay-TV Operators to Control the Video-On-Demand Movie Rental Market is Still Open, But For How Long?
Feb 16, 2012 – According to The NPD Group, the current VOD market for paid movie rentals is ruled by pay-TV services. The emerging Internet video-on-demand (iVOD) movie market may already be leading to consumers reducing their use of pay-TV VOD a-la-carte movie services.
News categories: NPD Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA

DIRECTV Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results
Feb 16, 2012 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported for the fourth quarter 2011. DIRECTV U.S. ended the quarter with 19.89 million subscribers. Sky Mexico had approximately 4.01 million and DIRECTV Latin America had 7.87 million subscribers as of December 31, 2011.
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

Media Networks Latin America Signs Major DTH Capacity Agreement with SES
Feb 16, 2012 – SES [Paris;LuxX:SESG] has announced that Media Networks Latin America (MNLA) [Madrid;NYSE: TEF] has signed a long-term capacity deal to expand its pay-TV service across Central America and the Caribbean.
News categories: SES S.A., Media Networks, Caribbean, Central America, Content Distribution, Satellite