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

Government publishes Major Report on TV Viewing Methods in Ireland
May 16, 2011 – Ireland's Communications Minister has published a Report on TV viewing methods in Ireland. The report surveyed 1,100 TV households. The report was prepared to assist the Department of Communications plan for analogue switch off in Ireland.
News categories: Cable TV, Ireland, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

InfoCom says Satellite TV to overtake CaTV by 2015 in Western Europe
May 12, 2011 – InfoCom expects that by 2015, satellite TV will overtake CaTV in terms of TV households, with satellite platforms expected to total 52.4m compared to CaTV, expected to top to 47.6m.
News categories: InfoCom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Asia-Pacific digital pay-TV subscriptions reached 148 million in 2010
May 12, 2011 – According to Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets 2011, a new report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA), India is set to overtake the US as the largest satellite market next year and will surpass China as the largest pay-TV ad market by 2018.
News categories: Media Partners Asia, Asia, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Thailand's Largest Pay-TV Operator TrueVisions Selects NDS
May 11, 2011 – NDS has announced that it has been selected by TrueVisions (SET: TRUE), Thailand's largest pay-TV operator, to secure and enable next-generation hybrid services for its subscribers.
News categories: NDS Group, TrueVisions, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Thailand

TelkomVision Expands Pay TV Services with Irdeto
May 10, 2011 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN), together with Indonesian Direct-to-Home operator TelkomVision, has announced a deal involving TelkomVision's use of Irdeto's conditional access. Irdeto will provide TelkomVision with 500,000 smart cards this year.
News categories: Irdeto, TelkomVision, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite

South Africa to have satellite VOD service
May 9, 2011 – Southtel is to launch a satellite delivered video-on-demand service in South Africa this September. The service, called VOD:TV, has been developed in collaboration with Logiways, and will use set-top boxes from TechnoTrend Görler.
News categories: Logiways, Southtel, TechnoTrend, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, South Africa

NDS VideoGuard to Secure HD+ Content for Sky Deutschland
May 4, 2011 – NDS has announced that NDS VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) is enabling the secure delivery of HD+ content to Sky Deutschland subscribers. Sky HD subscribers will be able to receive both Sky and HD+ services through Sky HD receivers.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky Deutschland, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box

Indian DTH Industry Showing Incredible Growth
May 4, 2011 – Despite the fact that Indian DTH Industry faces several issues, the industry currently has about 30 million subscribers and is poised to grow to 69 million subscribers by 2014 end, according to a new research report from RNCOS.
News categories: RNCOS, India, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

airtel digital TV launches 3D-ready HD PVR
May 4, 2011 – airtel digital TV - the DTH service from bharti airtel (Bombay:532454) in India - has announced the launch of its 3D ready High Definition Personal Video Recorder (HD Recorder).
News categories: airtel, Digital TV, DVR, India, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box