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

Coship doing well in South America
Nov 3, 2009 – The Brazilian DTH service Via Embratel (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) is expected to have installed about 600,000 satellite set-top boxes from Coship (Shenzhen:002052) by the end of December 2009.
News categories: Coship, Via Embratel, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Set Top Box, Uruguay

Bell TV first in Canada to offer 100 High Definition TV channels
Nov 2, 2009 – BCE (TSX, NYSE: BCE) has announced that Bell has reaffirmed its TV leadership in Québec and across Canada by becoming the first television provider in the country to offer 100 High Definition channels.
News categories: BCE Inc, Canada, Digital TV, Satellite

Philips retails Pace set top boxes for CANAL+ Group
Nov 2, 2009 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has announced the retail launch of its new range of CANAL+ (Paris:VIV) set-top boxes. All the devices are 'CANAL READY', meaning consumers can access free-to-air digital broadcasts with the option to upgrade to pay-TV.
News categories: Pace plc, CANAL+, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Reliance Big TV reaches 1.95 million subscribers in latest quarter
Oct 31, 2009 – Reliance Communications (Bombay:532712) has announced its results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2009. Reliance Big TV currently has 1.95 million subscribers, about 13% of the DTH market in India.
News categories: Big TV, Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Airtel Digital TV reaches 1.3 million customers in 3Q09
Oct 30, 2009 – Bharti Airtel (Bombay:532454) has announced results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2009. Airtel Digital TV, with a base of over 1.3 million customers, is available in over 5,000 towns and thousands of villages across India.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

France Telecom adds 246k digital TV customers in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its third quarter 2009 results. France Telecom had 2.9 million digital TV subscribers (IPTV and satellite) at the end of the period, a 67% increase year on year.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

ADB Group delivers a mid-period business update
Oct 29, 2009 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SIX: ADBN) has provided an update on the development of its business. The demand from cable and satellite segments remains strong, with the demand from terrestrial segment picking up and IPTV starting to follow.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Canal Digital DTH loses 8,000 subscribers in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – Telenor (Oslo:TEL) has released results for the third quarter of 2009. The number of Canal Digital DTH subscribers decreased by 8,000 in the quarter. Cable TV subscribers were up 1,000.
News categories: Telenor, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial

Via Embratel reaches 242,000 subscribers at end-3Q09
Oct 28, 2009 – Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) has released its results report for the third quarter of 2009. The Service Via Embratel, which was launched in December 2008 in Brazil, reached 241,897 subscribers at the end of the period.
News categories: Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers