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

Satellite pre-pay television for Spain
Feb 9, 2011 – Starmax TV España is to launch a pre-pay DTH satellite television service, Starmax HD, in Spain, this April. The service will include a wide variety of channels including documentaries, movies, sports and children's programmes, many of which will be in high definition.
News categories: Starmax HD, Digital TV, Satellite, Spain

Tata Sky is all set to launch Tata Sky+ HD
Feb 9, 2011 – Just in time for the upcoming cricketing season, Tata Sky will be rolling out its Tata Sky+ HD, a new generation Personal Video Recorder (PVR) with the capability of delivering HD pictures in 1080i, with Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound.
News categories: Tata Sky, Digital TV, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

airtel digital TV records the fastest 5 million customers
Feb 9, 2011 – airtel digital TV has announced that it has crossed the milestone of 5 million customers on its platform. airtel digital TV has been leading industry additions with over 2.8 million customers already in the first 10 months of FY 10-11.
News categories: airtel, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Conax' growing security success in Russia now includes Telekarta DTH offering
Feb 9, 2011 – Conax has announced that it has entered a contract with Russian Satellite TV operator, Telekarta LLC. Security partner Conax will deliver content protection technology for the Telekarta DTH platform.
News categories: Conax, Telekarta, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite

The Asia-Pacific Region to Lead Set-Top Box Market Growth for the Next Five Years, Says ABI Research
Feb 9, 2011 – The Asia-Pacific region will lead worldwide set-top box market growth for the next five years, according to new data from ABI Research. Asia-Pacific's share of the market will approach 50% of all set-top boxes sold worldwide in 2013-2015.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

SkyStream Launches New IP-TV Streaming Service Based On iDirect's VSAT Platform
Feb 8, 2011 – VT iDirect has announced that Sky-Stream has launched a satellite IP-TV streaming service. The service, which utilizes the Apple TV platform, allows customers in the Middle East and Africa to access on-demand programs in remote locations.
News categories: VT iDirect, SkyStream, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite, Streaming

Montenegro finishes 2010 with 111 thousand pay TV subscribers
Feb 4, 2011 – The Broadcasting Agency of Montenegro has released subscriber figures for the six operators authorised to distribute radio and TV programmes in the country. As at 31 December 2010, the number of connections over the different platforms was 111,613.
News categories: Agencija za radio-difuziju, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, MMDS, Montenegro, Satellite, Subscribers

Colombia ends 2010 with 3.5 million pay TV subscribers
Feb 3, 2011 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2010. The total number of subscriptions grew from 3.2 million at the end of 2009 to 3.5 million at the end of 2010.
News categories: Comisión Nacional de Televisión, Cable TV, Colombia, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Advocate General says territorial exclusivity agreements relating to the transmission of football matches are contrary to EU law
Feb 3, 2011 – European Union law does not make it possible to prohibit the live transmission of Premier League football matches in pubs by means of foreign decoder cards.
News categories: Court of Justice, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Romania, Satellite, Set Top Box, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK