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

IPTV and video equipment and service markets hampered by slowing subscriber growth
Jan 5, 2010 – Market research firm Infonetics Research has published three video-related market share and forecast reports: 'Video Infrastructure and Subscribers', 'Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers', and 'Video Services and Subscribers'.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Subscribers

Digital television Australia-wide
Jan 5, 2010 – The Rudd Government will implement a satellite service to provide digital television to Australian viewers in regional blackspot areas.
News categories: Australia, Digital TV, Satellite

VTC Chooses AsiaSat 5 for New DTH Service in Vietnam
Dec 30, 2009 – AsiaSat and Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) have announced the signing of a lease agreement for the use of multiple Ku-band transponders on AsiaSat 5 for a new premium Direct-to-Home (DTH) service in Vietnam.
News categories: VTC, AsiaSat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Satellite, Vietnam

Cyfra+ introduces HD satellite PVR from Pace
Dec 28, 2009 – Cyfra+ of Poland has introduced a new HD satellite PVR from Pace (LSE: PIC). The set-top box is equipped with a 500GB hard disk, twice the capacity of the current Philips set-top box.
News categories: CYFRA+, Pace plc, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box

ZON Multimédia to offer satellite Pay TV in Angola
Dec 20, 2009 – ZON Multimédia (Lisbon:ZON) has announced that it plans to expand into Angola through a joint venture to be owned 30% by ZON Multimedia and 70% by SOCIP, with the purpose of developing a satellite based Pay TV offer.
News categories: ZON Multimédia, Angola, Digital TV, Satellite

Ofcom releases International Communications Market report
Dec 17, 2009 – Ofcom's International Communications Market data provides a snapshot of the communications market in twelve major economies and the four fast growing economies of Brazil, India, Russia and China in the five years to 2008.
News categories: Ofcom, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

France exceeded 10 million pay TV subscribers at end-2008
Dec 16, 2009 – In a report on the economics of pay TV channels, France's Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) found that, at the end of 2008, the number of households subscribing to pay-TV was 10.4 million out of a total of 25.5 million TV households in the country.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Telco TV Subscribers Expected to Double by 2011, According to ABI Research
Dec 15, 2009 – According to new pay-TV market data from ABI Research, global pay-TV subscribers will number more than 730 million by the end of 2011. North America has the highest subscriber penetration and should reach 115.4 million by the end of 2011.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Sun Direct DTH launches HD in India
Dec 15, 2009 – Sun Direct has announced the launch of high-definition (HD) channels as part of its DTH satellite TV service in India. HD set-top boxes are to be supplied by Samsung.
News categories: Sun Direct, Samsung, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box