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

Poland's 'n' DTH adds 120k post-paid in 4Q09
Feb 18, 2010 – TVN Group has announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009. The 'n' DTH platform reached 692 thousand active subscribers as of the end of 2009, up by over 120 thousand in the fourth quarter.
News categories: TVN Group, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Technicolor (Thomson) releases FY 2009 Results
Feb 17, 2010 – The Board of Directors of Technicolor (Paris 18453; NYSE: TCH) have released full year 2009 results. 4Q 2009 revenues were €926 million, down 23.7% compared to 4Q 2008, mainly due to a significant year-on-year drop in Connect volumes.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Nagravision to secure SkyLife HD DTH service in Korea
Feb 16, 2010 – Nagravision (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced that its NAGRA Media ACCESS conditional access system (CAS) was selected by SkyLife, the sole DTH pay TV service provider in Korea with 2.4 million subscribers, to secure their new HD platform.
News categories: Nagravision, SkyLife, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Korea, Metaverse, Satellite

150,000 active users for TivùSat
Feb 16, 2010 – The number of TivùSat cards ordered by set-top box and television manufacturers for Italy's free-to-air satellite TV service has reached 790,000. With an activation rate of around 1300 to 1500 a day, the number of active users has reached 150,000.
News categories: TivùSat, CAM, Digital TV, Italy, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Zon satellite service in Angola to be called ZAP
Feb 15, 2010 – Finstar has announced the launch of a satellite TV service in Angola called ZAP. Finstar is owned 70% by SOCIP, a company controlled by Isabel dos Santos, and 30% by Teliz, a company acquired by ZON Multimédia (Lisbon:ZON).
News categories: ZON Multimédia, Angola, Digital TV, Satellite

ETSI Formally Adopts New Release Of GEM/MHP Interactive Standards
Feb 15, 2010 – DVB has announced that ETSI has adopted as standards the new release versions of the MHP 1.2.2 and GEM 1.2.2 specifications. GEM now takes over the role of DVB's primary middleware specification, and MHP becomes a derived specification based on GEM.
News categories: DVB Project, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Dialog Telekom ends 2009 with 149,000 DTV subscribers
Feb 12, 2010 – Dialog Telekom (Colombo:DIAL) has announced results for the quarter ended 31st December 2009 and full year 2009. DTV recorded a year-end subscriber base of 149,449, representing a 6% growth relative to Q3 2009 and a 22% growth YoY.
News categories: Dialog Telekom, Results, Satellite, Sri Lanka, Subscribers

Via Embratel adds 140,000 subscribers in 4Q09
Feb 12, 2010 – TELMEX INTERNACIONAL (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has released results for the fourth quarter of 2009. DTH service Via Embratel had 382,321 subscribers at the end of the period, up from 241,897 at the end of the previous quarter.
News categories: Via Embratel, Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

SES' Growth Continues Through 2009
Feb 12, 2010 – SES S.A. (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has reported financial results for the twelve months to 31 December 2009. Solid progress resulted from the commercialisation of new and existing capacity across the group.
News categories: SES S.A., Results, Satellite