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

RRsat Launches Digital Satellite Platform for Latin American Market
Apr 7, 2011 – RRsat (NASDAQ: RRST) has announced its MCPC platform on Hispasat 1E. RRsat will broadcast content in SD, HD, and 3D to viewers in Latin America capable of receiving DTH digital television, and to DTT, DBS and cable TV operators.
News categories: RRsat, Hispasat, Lior Rival, Content Distribution, Latin America, Satellite

EAMS Selects Latens CAS for Egypt's First IPTV Offering
Apr 7, 2011 – Latens has announced that EAMS (Egyptian Advanced Multimedia Systems) has chosen Latens software-only Conditional Access System (CAS) to protect Egypt's first Satellite IPTV delivery system.
News categories: Latens, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Egypt, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box

DTT in 60% of French households
Apr 6, 2011 – France's CSA has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. More than nine out of ten households are now equipped to receive digital TV, with 60% having chosen DTT as their digital service.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

DISH Network Agrees to Acquire Blockbuster Assets
Apr 6, 2011 – DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) has announced that it was selected as the winning bidder in the bankruptcy court auction for substantially all of the assets of Blockbuster. DISH Network's winning bid was valued at approximately $320 million.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Ofcom releases 4Q 2010 UK Digital Television Update
Apr 5, 2011 – Ofcom consumer survey results for the fourth quarter of 2010 show that take-up of digital television in UK households stood at 92.5%, up by 1.1 percentage points year on year. In 2010 12.8 million DTT units (IDTVs and set-top boxes) were sold.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Digital TV in more than two thirds of Dutch households
Apr 5, 2011 – According to a quarterly survey from Ketenoverleg Digitale Televisie, the penetration of digital television in Dutch households has reached 67%, with the majority receiving digital TV via cable. The report also monitors TV sales.
News categories: iMMovator, GfK, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial

AsiaSat Launches New DVB-S2 C-band Distribution Platform
Apr 4, 2011 – AsiaSat (Hong Kong: 1135) is expanding its broadcasting services to offer a new C-band DVB-S2 MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) distribution platform with wide coverage over the Asian and Australasian regions.
News categories: AsiaSat, Asia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Oceania, Satellite

Spain ends 2010 with 4.8 million pay TV subscribers
Apr 1, 2011 – Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has published telecommunications statistics for the country for 2010. Total TV (satellite, cable, IPTV, DTT and mobile) subscribers surpassed the 4.8 million mark in the final quarter.
News categories: Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Netflix, Hulu drive big jump in OTT media server market; set-top box demand is up
Apr 1, 2011 – Infonetics Research has released its 4Q10 Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers market share and forecast report. Worldwide set-top box (STB) sales dipped 1% in 4Q10, with cable STBs seeing the biggest sequential decline.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers