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

Nova selects Pace to enable its nation-wide transition to HD
Sep 2, 2010 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that it has been selected as the high definition (HD) PVR delivery partner for Nova, the sole satellite pay TV platform in Greece and part of the Forthnet Group, Greece's largest privately owned telco operator.
News categories: Pace plc, Forthnet, Nova, Digital TV, DVR, Greece, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sky Deutschland 3D service to launch October 2010
Sep 2, 2010 – Following on from the first ever HD 3D live football broadcast in Germany, Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) is again the first to bring the experience of 3D to homes all across Germany and Austria with the launch of the new service this October.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Austria, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box

Broadcom's Set-Top Box Technology Powers the EchoStar SlingLoaded™ 922 HD DVR
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that the Broadcom® BCM7400 satellite set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) has been chosen by EchoStar Technologies (Nasdaq: SATS) for its SlingLoaded™ 922 high definition digital video recorder (HD DVR).
News categories: Broadcom, Echostar, Digital TV, DVR, Placeshifting, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, USA

Vestel Selects Broadcom's European Digital TV Solution
Sep 2, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Vestel has selected Broadcom® system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for a new line of DVB-T/S-based high definition televisions (HDTVs) that will be demonstrated at this week's IFA 2010 show in Berlin.
News categories: Broadcom, Vestel, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Terrestrial

BSkyB reaches high definition landmarks
Sep 2, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has now attracted more than three million HD subscribers, over 30% of its subscribers. In the three months ending 30th June, Sky increased its HD customer base by 429,000, bringing twelve month cumulative growth to 1.6 million.
News categories: BSkyB, Ireland, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

SES ASTRA Takes 3D Initiative
Sep 2, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris:SESG; LuxX:SESG) has announced an initiative to support the introduction of 3D TV in Europe. As part of the initiative, the industry reached a common understanding of the minimum technical specifications for the introduction of 3D.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Europe, Metaverse, Satellite

110,000 HD DTH subscribers for Orbit Showtime Network
Aug 30, 2010 – The region's first bouquet of high definition channels is now being enjoyed by over 110,000 Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) subscribers. The addition of extra HD channels responds to increasing customer demand for high quality programming.
News categories: Orbit Showtime, DVR, Middle-East, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Pay TV in Portugal up 54,000 subscribers in 2Q10
Aug 25, 2010 – According to ANACOM, at the end of the second quarter of 2010, the total number of pay TV subscribers in Portugal was around 2.7 million, 54 thousand more than in the previous quarter and 279 thousand more than a year earlier.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Nepal's HomeTV Selects Latens CAS Solution To Secure Content And Revenues
Aug 24, 2010 – Latens has announced that Satellite Channel Pvt. Ltd Nepal, a Pay-TV provider in the South Asia region, has chosen Latens DTH software CAS for its HomeTV DTH system in Nepal.
News categories: Latens, HomeTV, Media Nucleus, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Nepal, Satellite