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

FOXTEL Next Generation To Launch November 15
Sep 29, 2009 – FOXTEL has unveiled details of its next generation services. FOXTEL will launch 30 additional channels this year. Along with the new channels will come an online television service. FOXTEL Next Generation launches on November 15, 2009.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Satellite, Streaming

HD Coming To AUSTAR
Sep 29, 2009 – Austar (ASX: AUN) has announced that its Next Generation television product will be launched on November 15. The new MyStar HD service will include 13 subscription channels and local free-to-air channels in high-defintion (HD).
News categories: Austar, Australia, Digital TV, Satellite, Streaming

8 out of 10 UK TV screens now get digital
Sep 29, 2009 – A surge in the conversion of secondary TV sets boosted the total number of UK digitally-enabled TV sets to 80 per cent by the end of June 2009 (up by seven percentage points in three months), new Ofcom research has revealsed.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Georgia to have first DTH platform
Sep 25, 2009 – Georgian TV homes will shortly be able to receive the country's first digital satellite TV platform. Due for launch by the end of 2009 and comprising Georgia's two public channels plus two private channels, the service will at 36° East.
News categories: Eutelsat, Digital TV, Georgia, Satellite

October for Sky Player on UK Xbox LIVE
Sep 23, 2009 – According to the October edition of BSkyB's (LSE:BSY) skymag Magazine, the Sky Player, Sky's online service, will launch on Xbox LIVE (Nasdaq: MSFT) in October.
News categories: Xbox, BSkyB, Digital TV, Gaming, Media Player, Satellite, Streaming, UK

My TV Africa pay-DTH launches in Kenya
Sep 21, 2009 – Remember TV Africa in conjunction with My TV Africa has launched a satellite delivered pay television service in Kenya. The My TV service is carried on the Intelsat 10 satellite (located at 68.5° East).
News categories: My TV Africa, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Kenya, Satellite, Set Top Box

Indian Pay TV platforms look for investors as downturn eases
Sep 17, 2009 – Research just published by media analysts Screen Digest shows that India's TV market is expected to experience growth in all sectors until 2013.
News categories: Screen Digest, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV and cable video equipment up 15% in 2Q09
Sep 17, 2009 – Market research firm Infonetics Research released its second quarter (2Q09) IPTV, Cable, and Satellite Video Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report.
News categories: Infonetics Research, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

KPN becomes second largest Dutch digital TV provider
Sep 16, 2009 – The number of Dutch digital TV connections grew by 5.9 percent or 245,800 net additions during the second quarter, to a total 4.426 million on 30 June 2009, according to Telecompaper's quarterly Dutch Television Subscribers report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Ziggo, KPN, Canal Digitaal, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial