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

DIRECTV U.S. up 100,000 subscribers and DTVLA up 221,000 in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported first quarter 2010 results. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 100,000 to give 18.66 million, and DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 221,000 to give 4.81 million, at quarter end.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

Portugal Telecom meo TV adds 65k subscribers in 1Q10
May 6, 2010 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for its first quarter ended 31 March 2010. In 1Q10 pay-TV accounted for 65 thousand net additions, bringing total pay-TV customers to 646 thousand (up by 68.1% y.o.y).
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Metaverse, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

Canal Digital DTH and Cable TV subscribers down 14,000 in 1Q10
May 5, 2010 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the first quarter of 2010. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 6,000, and the number of cable TV subscriptions decreased by 8,000 during the quarter.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, Denmark, IPTV, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

MultiChoice expands DStv ON DEMAND offerings
May 5, 2010 – Multichoice (JSE: NPN)(LSE:NPSN) has made its DStv ON Demand service available through its PVR decoders. The service allows subscribers to catch up on their favourite TV series and sports highlights at a time that is convenient to them.
News categories: MultiChoice, DStv ON Demand, DVR, Satellite, South Africa, Streaming

TELUS TV subscriber base surpasses 200,000 customers
May 4, 2010 – TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) has reported first quarter 2010 results. TELUS TV net additions were 29,000, an increase of 45% over the same period last year. In April, the TELUS TV subscriber base surpassed 200,000 customers.
News categories: TELUS, Canada, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

SKY Italia subscribers down 39,000 in 1Q10
May 4, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the third quarter ended March 31, 2010. SKY Italia reported a quarter-end subscriber base of 4.7 million, a decline of 39,000 from the previous quarter end.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Bezeq yes subscribers unchanged in 1Q10
May 4, 2010 – Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ) has announced its results for the first quarter, ended March 31, 2010. 'yes' subscribers increased 2.0% year-over-year to 571,000 and 'yes' launched its IP-based VOD service (YESMax Total) to customers during the quarter.
News categories: Bezeq, 'yes', Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Sky Deutschland selects Pace to provide its first HD PVR
May 4, 2010 – Pace plc (LSE:PIC) has announced that the German pay TV operator, Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE), has chosen Pace to develop its new high definition (HD) PVR, the first product of this type to be deployed by Sky.
News categories: Pace plc, Sky Deutschland, Austria, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sky Deutschland Launches Sky+ HD DVR with NDS XTV Technology
May 4, 2010 – NDS has announced that Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE), the largest pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria, has chosen NDS XTV™ secure integrated digital video recorder (DVR) technology to power its Sky+ HD DVR service.
News categories: NDS Group, Sky Deutschland, ANGA COM, Austria, Digital TV, DVR, Germany, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box