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

SARFT Cracks Down on Direct-Broadcast Satellite Products
Mar 16, 2010 – The Department of Science and Technology at China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has ordered several companies to cease production and sale of illegal chips and set-top boxes.
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Regulation, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Oi TV of Brazil adds 121 thousand subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 15, 2010 – Telemar Norte Leste (Bovespa: TMAR3, TMAR5 and TMAR6) has announced results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Oi TV subscribers reached 234 thousand at the end of the year, increasing by 121 thousand from 3Q09 and 173 thousand in the whole of 2009.
News categories: Oi TV, Brazil, Cable TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Verimatrix Secures ABS-CBN Pay-TV with Cardless Solution
Mar 15, 2010 – ABS-CBN International has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) on its DVB-S and IPTV networks. This marks the pay-TV industry's first major upgrade to cardless security for separate networks on a single security head-end.
News categories: Verimatrix, ABS-CBN, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Philippines, Satellite

Panasonic Full HD 3D Home Entertainment System On Sale At Best Buy Magnolia Stores
Mar 10, 2010 – Panasonic (NYSE:PC; Tokyo:6752) and Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) have announced the consumer purchase and retail availability of Panasonic's Full HD 3D1 home entertainment system certified under the new Blu-ray Disc™ Association (BDA) 3D standard.
News categories: Panasonic, Best Buy, Magnolia, DIRECTV, Blu-ray, Metaverse, Satellite, Smart TV, USA

SKY Television - New Zealand's First 'All Digital' Broadcaster
Mar 10, 2010 – SKY Television's analogue UHF pay TV network will shut down at midnight tonight which means that SKY will become New Zealand's first 'all digital' TV broadcaster.
News categories: SKY Television, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Terrestrial

Technicolor to provide HD set-top boxes to TV Globo for digital viewing in Brazil
Mar 8, 2010 – Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TCH) has announced that it has signed a contract with TV Globo in Brazil to provide HD set top boxes, bringing the digital TV Globo signal via C-band satellite to rural areas throughout the country.
News categories: Technicolor, TV Globo, Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Globo Selects Nagravision For TVDR Rural TV in Brazil
Mar 8, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced that Brazilian TV network Rede Globo has selected Nagravision for its TVDR (Digital Television for Rural Areas) project. The project will replace millions of analogue receivers for HD-ready set-top boxes.
News categories: TVDR, Nagravision, Brazil, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite, Set Top Box

Satellite subscribers grow 50% in Mexico in 2009
Mar 4, 2010 – According to Mexico's Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL), cable TV subscriptions in the country grew by 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, to reach 5.042 million users.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

TiVo and Echostar/DISH Network Statements on Decision by U.S. Court of Appeals
Mar 4, 2010 – TiVo and Echostar/DISH Network have issued statements regarding the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals on TiVo's Lawsuit Against EchoStar.
News categories: TiVo, DISH Network, Echostar, DVR, Patent, Satellite