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

German CE Market Grows by 6.6% % in First Quarter of 2011
May 24, 2011 – The German market for consumer electronics saw a positive start to the year, with an increase of 6.6% in the first quarter compared to 2010, however consumer electronics products fell 1.7 percent.
News categories: GfK, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

STB shipment volumes to decline by 9% in 2011
May 23, 2011 – According to Screen Digest, 199m digital set-top boxes were shipped in 2010. However, STB shipment volumes will decline by 9% in 2011 due to reduced demand for DTA STBs in North America and satellite pay TV STBs in India.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Western Europe digital TV penetration to reach 99% by 2016
May 23, 2011 – Pay TV revenues in Western Europe will not grow between 2011 and 2016 according to a new report from Digital TV Research Ltd. Digital TV penetration will reach 99% by 2016, up from 79% in 2010 - or 172 million homes compared with 133 million.
News categories: Digital TV Research Ltd, Cable TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Venezuela ends Q1 2011 with 2.57 million Pay TV subscribers
May 19, 2011 – According to statistics published by its Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), pay TV subscriptions in Venezuela at the end of the first quarter of 2011 were 2.57 million, up from 2.42 million at the end of the same quarter of 2010.
News categories: CONATEL, Cable TV, Satellite, Subscribers, Venezuela

Telco TV and Internet TV Capture Share from Cable TV in Mature Markets, According to ABI Research
May 19, 2011 – According to new market data from ABI Research, 11.3 million pay-TV subscribers were added at the end of first quarter of 2011 after Cable TV operators in Western Europe and North America in particular faced subscriber losses in 2010.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Broadcom Accelerates the Emerging Market Transformation to HDTV
May 19, 2011 – As the momentum to deploy HDTV programming intensifies throughout the world, Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its next-generation 40nm high definition (HD) satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

DIRECTV Launches Field Trial of Home Media Center with Industry's First RVU-Enabled DIRECTV Server
May 18, 2011 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has recently started field trial testing for its highly anticipated DIRECTV® Home Media Center that will ultimately provide customers with a 'receiver-less' solution for many TVs in their homes.
News categories: RVU Alliance, DIRECTV, Digital TV, Gateway, Home Server, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Major operators in Hungary end Q1 2011 with 1.48 million digital TV subscribers
May 18, 2011 – In March 2011, the number of households with digital television subscriptions at Hungary's twelve largest broadcasters rose to 1.48 million states a flash report released by the country's National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH).
News categories: NMHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Pay-TV services market hits $240 billion
May 16, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Services and Subscribers report, which tracks the telco Internet protocol television (IPTV), cable video, and satellite video markets.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers