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

Set-top Box Revenues Contract Slightly in the Second Quarter of 2009
Sep 9, 2009 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that strength in the satellite and IP set-top box (STB) markets could not offset a contraction in the cable market that caused the overall STB market to decline 2 percent during the second quarter.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

More than half of Germany's households now have digital TV
Sep 8, 2009 – The German regulatory authorities (ALM) have released their 2009 report on the status of digitisation in Germany. By mid-2009, more than half of German TV households (55 per cent) had at least one digital mode of reception at their disposal.
News categories: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Landesmedienanstalten, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial

EchoStar Europe Enables Digital TV Convergence at IBC2009
Sep 8, 2009 – EchoStar Europe (NASDAQ: SATS), the leading supplier of added-value, connected device solutions to the digital television industry, will showcase multiple solutions at IBC2009 that support consumers' needs for converged entertainment services.
News categories: EchoStar Europe, Cable TV, DOCSIS, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Placeshifting, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Broadcom Announces HD Satellite Set-Top Box SoC with Integrated MoCA®
Sep 8, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced new single-chip, multi-format high definition (HD) satellite set-top box (STB) solutions featuring an integrated Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) 1.1 core.
News categories: Broadcom, Digital TV, DVR, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Pace set to launch Viasat's next-generation Hybrid HD PVR
Sep 8, 2009 – Viasat Broadcasting (OMX: MTGA, MTGB) has once again chosen long-term set-top box partner Pace plc (LSE:PIC) to launch a second generation high definition (HD) personal video recorder (PVR) with built-in hybrid functionality.
News categories: Pace plc, Modern Times Group, Baltics, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Sweden

COFETEL releases Mexico quarterly pay TV numbers
Sep 7, 2009 – Mexico's Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (COFETEL) has released second quarter 2009 figures for its Telecommunications Sector Production Index (ITEL). Satellite is growing the fastest, year-on-year, with a rise of 13.2 percent.
News categories: COFETEL, Cable TV, Market Research, Mexico, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Sun Direct crosses 4 million subscribers
Sep 7, 2009 – Sun Direct, the direct-to-home (DTH) service provider in India, has achieved another milestone by crossing the 4 million subscriber base; the fastest growing player in the DTH market to do so in under two years, since its launch in December 2007.
News categories: Sun Direct, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

TechniSat MultyText® for interactive digital television
Sep 4, 2009 – TechniSat, in cooperation with the German Weather Service and Strategy & Technology (S&T) presented the TechniSat Germany & Regional weather service - the first MHEG-5 application in Germany - at this year's IFA show in Berlin.
News categories: TechniSat, S&T, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

NXP announces world's first fully integrated 45nm set-top box SoC platform
Sep 4, 2009 – NXP Semiconductors has unveiled a new family of highly integrated system-on-chip products enabling a complete range of high-performance solutions for mainstream HD DVRs and set-top box platforms in global satellite, cable and IPTV networks.
News categories: NXP, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box