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

IPA publishes Q3 2009 Trends in UK Television Report
Nov 17, 2009 – The latest IPA Trends in Television Report covering Q3 2009 shows that the average daily viewing figure in the UK stands at 3.54 hours. Homes relying solely on analogue terrestrial signals are now below 10% for the first time (at 9.3%).
News categories: Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, UK

OpenTV Powers FOXTEL Next Generation
Nov 16, 2009 – OpenTV (NASDAQ:OPTV) has announced that FOXTEL has launched its next generation platform powered by OpenTV middleware and using OpenTV's latest interactive TV technology.
News categories: OpenTV, FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

TrueVisions of Thailand adds 31k subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 16, 2009 – True Corporation (SET: True) has reported its performance for the three months to September 30, 2009. TrueVisions saw subscriber numbers rise 25.3% from a year ago to 1.64 million.
News categories: True Corp, TrueVisions, Cable TV, MMDS, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

Eastern Europe Satellite Pay TV Launch Frenzy Continues
Nov 13, 2009 – The latest analysis from Screen Digest focused on the Central and Eastern European pay-TV market shows that the recent rapid growth in new satellite TV market entrants in Central and Eastern Europe shows no signs of slowing down.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Macedonia, Market Research, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Ukraine

Cyfrowy Polsat subscriber base grows 73 thousand in Q309
Nov 10, 2009 – Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) has released its results for the period ended 30 September 2009. Cyfrowy Polsat had 2,916,750 subscribers at quarter end. The company is considering starting production of its own high definition set-top boxes in 2010.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

1.083 million digital pay TV households in Hungary at end-September
Nov 10, 2009 – In September 2009, the number of households in Hungary watching digital television increased by sixteen thousand to 1.083 million, states the flash report released by the National Communications Authority (NHH).
News categories: NHH, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

MYtv® Selects Intelsat Capacity for its DTH Launch in the Ukraine
Nov 10, 2009 – Intelsat has announced that MYtv has chosen Intelsat for a multi-year capacity contract to deliver its MYtv DTH platform to subscribers throughout the Ukraine over the Thor 6 satellite located at 1°W.
News categories: Intelsat, MYtv, Digital TV, DVB-S2, DVR, Satellite, Ukraine

DISH Network adds 241,000 net subscribers in 3Q09
Nov 9, 2009 – DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009. DISH Network gained approximately 241,000 net subscribers during the quarter, ending with approximately 13.851 million subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Magyar Telekom Sat TV up 34k and IPTV up 9k in 3Q09
Nov 5, 2009 – Magyar Telekom (Frankfurt: DTE)(NYSE:DT) has reported results for the first nine months of 2009. The total number of TV customers was 584,000 at the end of September with growth mostly driven by satellite. Demand for IPTV also strengthened.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Cable TV, Hungary, IPTV, Macedonia, Montenegro, Results, Satellite, Subscribers