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

Intelsat 15 Expands Orion Express TV Platform Offering
Sep 7, 2010 – Intelsat has announced that Orion Express, a major satellite television provider in Russia, is now offering expanded direct-to-home (DTH) programming via capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15).
News categories: Intelsat, Orion Express, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Russia, Satellite

VIVACOM launches satellite TV in Bulgaria
Sep 7, 2010 – VIVACOM, previously known as the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) and the largest telecommunications company in Bulgaria, launched its DTH satellite TV service on September 1st, 2010.
News categories: VIVACOM, Bulgaria, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, Satellite

Cyfrowy Polsat launches HD DVR with removable hard drive
Sep 6, 2010 – Cyfrowy Polsat now offers an HD set-top box equipped with a removable hard drive with a capacity of 320 GB. The box, model number ESI-88, is produced by Sagemcom.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Sagemcom, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sky Deutschland announces CI-Plus reception module
Sep 6, 2010 – At IFA2010 in Berlin Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) announced a CI-Plus module for the reception of Sky programming. The technology allows access to the product experience from Sky without any additional set-top-boxes, cables or remote controls.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, CAM, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, Satellite

Latens and Indieon - A unique STB and Middleware proposition to a leading DTH operator in Nepal
Sep 6, 2010 – Latens has announced a partnership with Indieon Technologies, the premier (STB) and middleware manufacturer for a secure, cardless one-way broadcasting solution for DTH broadcasters globally.
News categories: Latens, Indieon, Conditional Access, IBCShow, Middleware, Nepal, Satellite, Set Top Box

CityHomeNet Chooses Irdeto to Drive Transition from Analogue to Digital TV Services
Sep 6, 2010 – Irdeto (JSE: NPN) has announced that CityHomeNet is using Irdeto's Conditional Access System (CAS) to protect its Direct to Home (DTH) Satellite services in Russia. The solution has been implemented within NMSK, a service subsidiary of CityHomeNet.
News categories: Irdeto, CityHomeNet, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite

Russia's Continent TV offers STB from Topfield
Sep 3, 2010 – Continent TV in Russia has announced a new satellite set-top box (STB) from Topfield (CSD-03/IR). The standard definition box is pre-programmed for reception of Continent TV and Eastern Express with conditional access from Irdeto built-in.
News categories: Continent TV, Topfield, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box

Dutch digital TV connections are more than 5 million
Sep 3, 2010 – According to Telecompaper, at the end of June 2010 cable accounted for 54.8 percent of digital TV connections in the Netherlands, up by 0.4 percentage points during the quarter. IPTV also increased its share by 2.3 percent y-o-y to 8.3 percent.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

NTV-Plus and Panasonic to launch 3D channel in Russia
Sep 3, 2010 – At a joint press conference, Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) and NTV-Plus officially announced the launch of Russia's first 3-D channel. Broadcast on the satellite platform of NTV-Plus, the service is scheduled to begin on October 15, 2010.
News categories: Panasonic, NTV-Plus, Metaverse, Russia, Satellite