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

América Móvil nears 10 million pay TV subscribers in Brazil
Feb 9, 2012 – América Móvil (BMV:AMX; NYSE:AMX; NASDAQ:AMOV; LATIBEX:XAMXL) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2011. The company finished December with 13.4 million Pay TV units, a year-on-year increase of 33.1%.
News categories: América Móvil, Net Serviços, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Ecuador, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

TiVo® HD DVR Available Nationwide From DIRECTV
Feb 9, 2012 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced the nationwide availability of the TiVo® HD DVR from DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) which integrates TiVo functionality with the DIRECTV service. The roll-out follows an initial ten-market deployment this past December.
News categories: TiVo Inc, DIRECTV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Montenegro ends 2011 with 122,734 pay TV subscribers
Feb 8, 2012 – The Agency for Electronic Media in Montenegro has released subscriber figures for the seven pay TV operators in the country. As at December 31, 2011, the number of cable, MMDS, IPTV and DTH connections was 122,734, up 4,022 in the final quarter.
News categories: Agencije za elektronske medije, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Satellite overtakes cable in Germany
Feb 8, 2012 – SES (Paris;LuxX:SESG) has announced that for the first time in the history of television in Germany, more viewers are watching TV via satellite than via cable. At the end of 2011, 17.5 million households were watching TV via satellite.
News categories: SES S.A., Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Hungary finishes 2011 with 1.658 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 7, 2012 – In December 2011, the number of households with digital television subscriptions in the network of Hungary's largest broadcasters was 1,658,000, according to the latest Flash Report released by Hungary's Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH).
News categories: NMHH, Cable TV, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Sub-Saharan Africa attracts global TV players
Feb 6, 2012 – Digital TV Research expects the pay TV subscriber total in Sub-Saharan Africa to double to 14.1 million by 2017, with DTH contributing 8.2 million and pay DTT chiming in with 5.2 million.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Africa, Market Research, Nigeria, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Sky Deutschland surpasses 3 million customers
Feb 2, 2012 – Sky Deutschland has announced that it had reached 3,012,000 customers at the end of 2011. In total the company grew by 359,000 customers, almost twice the net growth of 2010 (183,000), and the highest net growth in the company's history.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, DVR, Germany, Results, Satellite

Portugal ends 2011 with 2.9 million pay TV subscribers
Jan 31, 2012 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), there were 2.9 million subscribers to subscription TV in the country at the end of Q4 2011, 69,000 more than in the previous quarter and 202,000 more than in the same period of 2010.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

BSkyB HD customers reach 4 million
Jan 31, 2012 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced results for the six months ended 31 December 2011. Total HD customers reached four million, with 138,000 net additions in the final quarter of 2011. Sky added 40,000 TV customers in total in the same period.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK