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

Sky 3D to Launch with Manchester United vs. Chelsea on Saturday 3rd April
Mar 19, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has confirmed that it will launch Sky 3D, Europe's first 3D TV channel, with the Barclays Premier League clash between Manchester United and Chelsea on Saturday 3rd April.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, UK

May 2010 launch for TopTV DTH in South Africa
Mar 18, 2010 – On Digital Media (ODM) is on the verge of introducing choice, flexibility and affordability to the multi-channel television market in South Africa under its brand of TopTV.
News categories: On Digital Media, Digital TV, Satellite, South Africa

CRTC releases results for Canadian broadcasting distributors
Mar 18, 2010 – Canada's CRTC has released summaries for Canadian broadcasting distribution. At end-2009, the number of households obtaining basic TV service from a cable company was 8.1 million. The equivalent number for DTH and MDS was 2.8 million.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Satellite Service to Deliver Digital TV Australia-wide
Mar 18, 2010 – Australia's Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy has said that legislation has been introduced to ensure all Australians will be able to receive the full suite of digital television channels.
News categories: Australia, Regulation, Satellite

Cyfrowy Polsat adds 286k subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 18, 2010 – Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) has released its report for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2009. As at 31 December 2009 Polsat's subscriber base of pay packages reached 3,202,319, an increase of 475,326 compared to 31 December 2008.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Market Research, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Satellite overtakes cable in Europe
Mar 18, 2010 – SES ASTRA (Paris, LuxX: SESG) has announced that for the first time satellite reaches more households than cable in Europe, with 77 million satellite and 71 million cable households. Terrestrial infrastructures reach 86.5 million households.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

CSA reports on digital TV in France for 2H09
Mar 17, 2010 – France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. Nearly eight in ten households (78.4%) now have at least one TV with digital TV reception.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

LG to supply 15,000 TVs for BSkyB live 3D broadcasts (or maybe not!)
Mar 16, 2010 – LG Electronics (Seoul:066570) has announced a strategic partnership with BSkyB (LSE:BSY) to supply TVs for Sky's live 3D broadcasts. The deal is to supply 15,000 3D TVs which Sky plans to install in public venues across the UK.
News categories: LG Electronics, BSkyB, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Smart TV, UK

313,000 pay TV subscribers for Ecuador at end-Feb 2010
Mar 16, 2010 – Ecuador's Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUPERTEL) has released pay TV statistics for the country up to the 27th February 2010. There were 313,000 subscribers in the Republic at that date.
News categories: SUPERTEL, Cable TV, Ecuador, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial