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

Portugal's ZON installs 100k HD boxes in 2Q09
Jul 31, 2009 – ZON Multimedia (Lisbon:ZON) has released its results for the second quarter of 2009. More and more customers are taking new HD ZON boxes with 285.4 thousand installed by the end of 1H09, an increase of 101.5 thousand in 2Q09 alone.
News categories: ZON Multimedia, Cable TV, DVR, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

France Télécom pay TV subscribers up 74% Y-o-Y at end-2Q09
Jul 30, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its second quarter 2009 results. The number of ADSL multiservices customers continued to grow, in particular in digital TV, with 2.7 million customers at 30 June 2009 and year-on-year growth of 74%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Telefónica España resumed IPTV subscriber growth in 2Q09
Jul 30, 2009 – Telefónica (Madrid and NYSE: TEF) has released its second quarter 2009 results. Pay TV accesses worldwide reached 2.4 million at the end of June, almost 19.4% more than a year ago. Performance improved in Spain with net adds of 4,715 in the quarter.
News categories: Telefónica, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Venezuela

China Plans Second-Round Of Satellite STB Bidding
Jul 30, 2009 – China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has held meetings with 24 IC and set-top box (STB) manufacturers with second-round satellite STB bidding likely to begin after October.
News categories: SARFT, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Sky+ PVR reaches 5.5 million customers
Jul 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has released results for the twelve months ended 30 June 2009. The success of Sky+HD has been a key driver of Sky+ in the quarter, with 435,000 net Sky+ additions, to reach 5.5 million customers.
News categories: BSkyB, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Sky to launch 3D TV in 2010 following record Sky+HD growth
Jul 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the number of customers choosing Sky+HD has increased to 1.313 million following record growth. In the next step in the Sky+HD journey, Sky has announced that it will launch the UK's first 3D channel next year.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Annual Set-Top Shipments Worldwide to Exceed 200 Million by 2013
Jul 30, 2009 – The demand for interactive and personalized television services will push annual worldwide set-top box shipments over 200 million by 2013, as providers overhaul their current base with next-generation models, according to Parks Associates.
News categories: Parks Associates, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

Thomson provides HD set-top boxes to Orange
Jul 27, 2009 – Thomson (Euronext: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has started deliveries of a new version of its hybrid terrestrial/IPTV/satellite HD set-top box to Orange (Paris & NYSE: FTE) for its television service.
News categories: Thomson, Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Pace ships 8.5m units in first half 2009
Jul 27, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) shipped 8.5m boxes during the period (six months ended 30 June 2008: 2.8m). Geographically Pace delivered 3m boxes into EMEA, 0.9m into Latin America, 4.2m into North America and 0.4m into Asia Pacific.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box