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

Asia-Pac to Show 12% Annual Growth in Set-Top Box Shipments through 2014
Feb 4, 2010 – Set-top boxes are set to reach Asian consumers at an ever-increasing rate, according to new STB market data published by ABI Research with overall STB shipments in the region approaching 111 million in 2014.
News categories: ABI Research, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Bell TV adds 41k subscribers in 4Q09; plans IPTV in 2010
Feb 4, 2010 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. Bell announced plans for the introduction of IPTV later in 2010. Total TV subscribers increased by 41,000 in the quarter to give 1,949,000 TV subscribers at year-end.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Technicolor reaches 100 million digital set-top box milestone
Feb 4, 2010 – Technicolor (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TCH), formerly Thomson, has reached the milestone of delivering 100 million digital set-top boxes over multi networks since it entered the market in 1994.
News categories: Technicolor, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Entropic Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results
Feb 3, 2010 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has reported results for the period ended December 31, 2009. Entropic reported fourth quarter net revenues of $35.1 million, an increase of 19% compared to $29.5 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2008.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Home Server, LNB, Results, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

SKY Italia subscribers down 63,000 in 4Q09
Feb 2, 2010 – News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The SKY Italia subscriber base declined by 63,000 compared with the previous quarter-end to give a total of 4.74 million.
News categories: SKY Italia, News Corp, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

248,000 pay TV subscribers added in Chile in 2009
Feb 1, 2010 – Chile's Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel) has releases pay TV statistics for 2009. During the year satellite subscribers increased from 570,000 to 670,000 and wired (cable TV/IPTV) subscribers grew from 892,000 to 1.039 million.
News categories: Subtel, Cable TV, Chile, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Reliance Big TV ends 2009 with 2.23 million subscribers
Feb 1, 2010 – Reliance Communications (Bombay:532712) has releases its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. Big TV currently has 2.23 million subscribers, about 12% of the DTH market in India within a short span of launch.
News categories: Big TV, Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Colombia ends 2009 with 3.2 million pay TV subscribers
Jan 29, 2010 – Colombia's Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2009. In the fourth quarter both UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones and DIRECTV Colombia increased their market share.
News categories: CNTV, Cable TV, Colombia, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

1 in 5 Dutch households has a hard disk recorder
Jan 29, 2010 – The Dutch Audience Research Foundation (SKO) has published the results of its annual 'TV in the Netherlands' report. Penetration of digital TV in the Netherlands has increased from 41.3% in 2008 to 50.8% in the second half of 2009.
News categories: Stichting KijkOnderzoek, Intomart GfK, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVD, DVR, Gaming, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming, Subscribers, Terrestrial