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

Nagravision and SkyLife Partner to Create 3D Experience for Home Viewers
Apr 13, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.S) and SkyLife hav announced that the companies are expanding their relationship to collaborate on 3D television. Nagravision and SkyLife will create a state-of-the art 3D experience for home viewers.
News categories: Nagravision, SkyLife, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Korea, Metaverse, NABShow, Satellite

Bharti Airtel Launches DVR Service with NDS XTV Technology
Apr 13, 2010 – NDS has announced that Airtel digital TV- the DTH service from Bharti Airtel, one of Asia's leading integrated telecom services providers, has launched NDS XTV™ technology for its integrated DVR service.
News categories: NDS Group, Airtel, Digital TV, DVR, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Wananchi Launching DTH, IP Services in Kenya
Apr 13, 2010 – SES WORLD SKIES (Paris:SESG; LuxX:SESG) has announced that it has signed a major capacity agreement with Wananchi to deliver new DTH and IP services throughout East Africa.
News categories: SES WORLD SKIES, Wananchi, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Kenya, Satellite

Global Digital TV Subs to Reach 887 Million by 2014
Apr 12, 2010 – The number of digital television subscribers worldwide will grow from 484 million in 2010 to 887 million by 2014, according to estimates released by Strategy Analytics.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, NABShow, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Magnum Semiconductor brings Any Content Anywhere Streaming to Marusys Set-Top Boxes
Apr 10, 2010 – Magnum Semiconductor and Marusys have announced that Marusys is using Magnum's DX6225 transcoder in its latest DVB-S/S2 HD PVR receiver set-top boxes with HD recording and the ability to stream content over WiFi to the Apple® iPhone®.
News categories: Magnum Semi, Marusys, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, Mobile, Placeshifting, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Shaw surpasses 1,000,000 HD customer mark
Apr 9, 2010 – Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has announced results for the second quarter ended February 28, 2010. During the quarter, digital cable customers increased 98,544 to 1,508,527. DTH customers increased 1,071.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

427,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2009
Apr 9, 2010 – The Uruguayan communications regulator URSEC has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2009. The number of Pay TV subscribers at the end of the year was 427,000 up from 416,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: URSEC, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay

2009 worldwide STB revenue down 5% from 2008
Apr 8, 2010 – Infonetics Research has released the fourth quarter (4Q09) editions of two video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

UK consumers switch on to HD
Apr 7, 2010 – An increasing number of UK TV viewers are switching on to high definition television services, according to new Ofcom research. Ofcom's latest Digital Progress Report reveals that sales of HD ready TVs reached almost 23 million by the end of 2009.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK