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

NTV-PLUS Adds Verimatrix Software-Based Security to IPTV Wholesale System in Russia
May 4, 2011 – Verimatrix has announced that the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV will be deployed on the NTV-PLUS wholesale network to secure video for the 'IPTV NTV-PLUS' service via local broadband network operators.
News categories: Verimatrix, NTV-PLUS, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Russia, Satellite

TV Everywhere to reach over 80% of North American Pay-TV Subscribers in 2011
May 3, 2011 – By mid-2011, TV Everywhere services will be available to 81% of U.S. and Canadian pay-TV subscribers through their current service provider, according to a Parks Associates' report.
News categories: Parks Associates, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Portable, Satellite, Streaming

New TV service HD+ in Germany successfully established
May 2, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris; LuxX: SESG) has announced the first official figures on viewers and customers of its new TV service HD+. As of March 31, 2011, 769,000 households in Germany received the HD+ offer via satellite.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

TiVo, DISH Network and EchoStar Announce Half-Billion Dollar Settlement of Patent Litigation
May 2, 2011 – TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO), DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) and EchoStar (NASDAQ:SATS) have announced that they have settled all of their ongoing patent litigation. Under the terms of the settlement, DISH Network and EchoStar agreed to pay TiVo $500 million.
News categories: TiVo Inc, DISH Network, EchoStar, DVR, Patent, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

491,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2010
May 2, 2011 – The Uruguayan communications regulator, URSEC, has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2010. The number of Pay TV subscribers at year-end was 491,000.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

India ends 2010 with 32 million DTH subscribers
Apr 29, 2011 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' for the 2010 fourth quarter. According to the report, at the end of 2010 the reported DTH subscriber base was 32.05 million.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Brazil adds 650,000 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2011
Apr 28, 2011 – According to Brazil's Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country's pay TV subscriber base ended March 2011 at 10,418,829, up 649,836 in the quarter, with satellite adding nearly 550,000 during the period.
News categories: Anatel, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Digital+ launches 3D demo channel on ASTRA
Apr 27, 2011 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that Spanish operator Digital+ has launched a 3D demo channel. The channel, called Canal+ 3D Demo and broadcast via SES ASTRA's orbital position 23.5ºE, is available free-to-air across Europe.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Digital+, Digital TV, Europe, Metaverse, Satellite, Spain

Cord Cutting and OTT - Threat or Opportunity for Cable MSOs?
Apr 25, 2011 – IMS Research has a slightly different opinion on cord-cutting compared to several research firms, and does not regard OTT video as any significant threat to pay-TV operators.
News categories: IMS Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA