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

Sky Deutschland to show first live HD 3D production in Germany
Mar 4, 2010 – Sky Deutschland (XETRA: SKYD.DE) is to show an HD production in 3D for the first time in Germany. On 14 March, the Bundesliga top match between Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV will be produced in 3D and will be shown to a select number of viewers in Munich.
News categories: Sky Deutschland, Digital TV, Germany, Metaverse, Satellite

Portugal's meo TV adds 76k subscribers in 4Q09
Mar 4, 2010 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2009. PT's meo TV service accounted for 76 thousand net additions, bringing the total pay TV customer base to 581 thousand.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, meo TV, IPTV, Mobile, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Streaming, Subscribers

OSN Selects Harmonic to Power MPEG-4 HD DTH Service in Middle East
Mar 3, 2010 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that OSN (Orbit Showtime Network) has deployed Harmonic's digital headend to power its HD video service, the first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) HD service being delivered to multiple countries in the Middle East.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, Orbit Showtime, GloCom, Content Distribution, Middle-East, Satellite

CANAL+ Cyfrowy adds 170,000 subscribers in 2009
Mar 3, 2010 – In 2009 CANAL+ Cyfrowy achieved very impressive operational results, with EBITDA of PLN 244 m and revenues of PLN 1,279 m. CYFRA+ also expanded its customer base to 1.55 m (from 1.38 in 2008).
News categories: CANAL+ Cyfrowy, CYFRA+, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

CANAL+ Spain to launch 3D transmissions in April
Mar 2, 2010 – CANAL+ (Madrid: PRS) will begin broadcasting a 3D channel - Canal Plus 3D - in April, the first such service in Spain. Customers will be able to receive the programming through their DIGITAL+ set-top box in conjunction with a 3D-capable TV.
News categories: Sogecable, DIGITAL+, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Spain

Major operators in Hungary end 2009 with 1.141 million digital TV subscribers
Mar 2, 2010 – According to a flash report released by NHH, in December 2009 the number of households with digital television subscriptions in the network of Hungary's fourteen largest broadcasters rose to 1,141,000, an increase of 23,000 in the month.
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

UPSTAR Comunicações Selects Eutelsat to Broadcast ZAP, The New Satellite TV Bouquet of Angola
Mar 2, 2010 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced that it has signed a major contract with UPSTAR Comunicações for satellite capacity for the broadcasting of ZAP pay-TV platform, expected to launch shortly in Angola.
News categories: Eutelsat, Angola, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

Nearly 846 Million Pay TV Subscribers in 2014, Says ABI Research
Mar 2, 2010 – Despite a depressed economy, global pay TV markets continue to grow. According to the latest market data from ABI Research, they will expand by a quarter from 2009 to 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

Technosat - Conax partner to drive development of HD content delivery in Middle East
Mar 2, 2010 – Technosat and Conax have announced a new partnership that will use content protection from Conax to secure the new Technosat Satellite HD platform and provide secure HD content to exclusive markets in the MENA.
News categories: Conax, Technosat, CAM, Conditional Access, Middle-East, Satellite, Set Top Box