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

CSA reports on digital TV in France for 1H09
Oct 8, 2009 – France's Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. More than seven in ten households (70.3%) now have at least one TV with digital TV reception.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Eutelsat Breaks The Barrier Of 100 HDTV Channels
Oct 7, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced that it has broken through the barrier of 100 High-Definition TV channels broadcasting through its video satellites. The 100th channel to take to the skies was Sky Sport 1HD from the SKY Italia pay-TV platform.
News categories: Eutelsat, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite

CANAL OVERSEAS Selects NDS to Deliver External PVR with a Flash EPG
Oct 7, 2009 – NDS has announced that CANAL OVERSEAS (Paris:VIV) is introducing a personal video recorder (PVR) service with a Flash™-based Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) developed by NDS.
News categories: NDS Group, CANAL OVERSEAS, Caribbean, Digital TV, DVR, Mascarene Islands, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Growth for DTH as Viewers Choose to Stay Home and Watch Television
Oct 6, 2009 – According to a new report from NSR, satellite television has proven its resilience in tough economic climates, driven primarily by a larger section of viewers choosing television as a cost effective means of entertainment.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Chile has new satellite DTH service
Oct 6, 2009 – The satellite TV service 'TuVes HD' has launched in Chile. The service includes high-definition (HD) channels and an MPEG-4 set-top box which has a USB port to allow for the connection of a hard-disk drive (HDD) for personal video recording.
News categories: TuVes, Chile, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

15.17 million DTH subscribers in India at end-June
Oct 1, 2009 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' for the Quarter ending June 2009.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

70% of TV households in the EU-5 access digital TV on their main TV set
Sep 30, 2009 – e-Media Institute has published the 2nd quarterly release of its EU-5 TV Market Maps. At the end of June 2009 digital TV penetration in the five largest European TV markets finally reached the landmark figure of 70% of total TV households.
News categories: e-Media Institute, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK

Digital Terrestrial TV STB Shipments Plummet in Q2
Sep 30, 2009 – In-Stat has reported that worldwide DTT Set Top Box (STB) shipments fell by nearly 35% in Q2 compared to Q1. The shift was driven primarily by falling shipments in the North American market following the analog broadcast TV shut-off.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Western Europe: Pay TV revenues hit by triple-play growth
Sep 29, 2009 – New research by Informa Telecoms & Media shows digital TV penetration of Western European households will maintain its present strong growth going from 62% at the end of 2008 to 93% at the end of 2014.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, France, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK