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

Bharti Airtel unveils digital TV recorder
Apr 7, 2010 – Airtel digital TV - the DTH service from Bharti Airtel (Bombay:532454) - has announced the launch of 'Airtel digital TV Recorder', an enhanced Set Top Box (STB) with capability to record live television, anytime, anywhere.
News categories: Airtel, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

Sky Perfect subscribers down 25k in 1Q10
Apr 2, 2010 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Tokyo:9412) has announced the number of subscribers as of the end of March 2010. Subscribers to SKY Perfect JSAT's broadcast services were up 22,949 in March to give a cumulative total of 3,687,699.
News categories: SKY Perfect, IPTV, Japan, Satellite, Subscribers

CANAL+ Poland to show football game LIVE in 3D
Mar 31, 2010 – Canal+ Poland will, on May 15th this year, broadcast Poland's first football match in 3D. The game to be shown will depend on the situation in the Ekstraklasa football league at the time.
News categories: CYFRA+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Telesat to Launch New Anik G1 Satellite for Shaw Direct
Mar 31, 2010 – Telesat has announced that it has completed an agreement for a new satellite with one of its key customers, Shaw Direct. Shaw Direct has agreed to utilize a payload on a new Telesat satellite called Anik G1.
News categories: Telesat, Shaw Direct, Canada, Content Distribution, Satellite

Nagravision and Cyfrowy Polsat Extend Long-Term Agreement
Mar 31, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced the execution of a ten-year Conditional Access System agreement with Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland's leading DTH platform.
News categories: Nagravision, Cyfrowy Polsat, Conditional Access, Poland, Satellite

Claro TV DTH launches in Puerto Rico
Mar 31, 2010 – América Móvil (BMV: AMXL; NYSE: AMX) subsidiary Puerto Rico Telephone (PRT) has launched satellite digital TV in Puerto Rico under the Claro TV brand name.
News categories: PRT, Digital TV, DVR, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Set Top Box

ASTRO Malaysia adds 55,000; Sun Direct India adds 100,000 subscribers in latest quarter
Mar 30, 2010 – ASTRO has announced results for the year ended 31 January 2010. Over the year, pay-TV in Malaysia gained 284,000 net new customers, to reach 2.93 million. In India, Sun Direct registered 1.6 million net new customers, to reach 4.1 million.
News categories: ASTRO TV, Sun Direct TV, India, Malaysia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Argentina launches digital TV
Mar 30, 2010 – Argentina's Federal Planning Minister Julio De Vido has said that 75 percent of Argentines will be able to enjoy free-to-air digital terrestrial television this year, with 95% of the country covered by 2012.
News categories: Argentina, Digital TV, ISDB-T, Satellite, SBTVD, Terrestrial

Satellite Still Dominant Platform for STB Market
Mar 29, 2010 – In 2009, more than 100 million satellite STBs were sold, representing more than 50% of the total STB market for that year. Cable and DTT STB shipments each represented slightly over 20% of the market, with IPTV capturing the remaining 7%.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial