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

87% of U.S. Households Subscribe to a Multi-Channel Video Service
Jun 23, 2011 – New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 87% of households in the U.S. subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service, up from 80% in 2004.
News categories: Leichtman Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

China DTH satellite TV trial to begin in July
Jun 23, 2011 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) is to begin a DTH satellite TV trial on July 20th in Ningxia. 10,000 receivers with smart cards have been distributed in the region free-of-charge to allow access to the service.
News categories: SARFT, CAM, China, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Viaccess Selected to Protect Skynindo's Premium Pay TV Services in Indonesia
Jun 22, 2011 – Viaccess (Paris: FTE; NYSE: FTE) has announced that its content security solutions were selected by Skynet Indonesia, Skynindo, to protect its TV offering to subscribers in the region.
News categories: Viaccess, Skynindo, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, Indonesia, Satellite

NDS Enables Hybrid Functionality for Astro B.yond Platform
Jun 21, 2011 – NDS has announced that their MediaHighway™ set-top box (STB) software is enabling hybrid functionality for the Astro B.yond platform in Malaysia.
News categories: NDS Group, Astro B.yond, Digital TV, DVR, Malaysia, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Vietnam's AVG chooses Conax for its new DTH and DTT platform
Jun 21, 2011 – Conax has announced a contract with Audio Visual Global (AVG) to deliver a high-end security solution for AVG's new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite and digital terrestrial television service in Vietnam.
News categories: Conax, An Vien Group, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam

ChinaSat-10 broadcast satellite launches
Jun 20, 2011 – China has launched its ZX-10 ZhongXing-10 (ChinaSat-10) satellite. The spacecraft is based on the DFH-4 platform which can support the transmission of 150-200 TV programs simultaneously to users with a 0.45m antenna.
News categories: China Satcom, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite

Digital TV homes to double within five years
Jun 20, 2011 – The number of digital TV homes will double between 2010 and 2016 to 1,189 million, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The report estimated that digital penetration will climb from 42.5% at end-2010 to 80.0% by 2016.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Brazil, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Tribunal orders DTH STB interoperability in India
Jun 19, 2011 – India's Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has called for laying down technology standards that would pave the way for technical and commercial interoperability of the Set Top Boxes (STBs) of Direct-To-Home (DTH) operators.
News categories: TDSAT, CAM, Digital TV, India, Regulation, Satellite, Set Top Box

DVR, Cable and Satellite Boxes Waste $2 Billion of Electricity Every Year in U.S.
Jun 14, 2011 – NRDC and Ecos have found that in 2010 the electricity required to operate all U.S. set-top boxes resulted in 16 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, and cost households more than $3 billion.
News categories: NRDC, Cable TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA