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

Brazil Pay TV subscribers reached 6.4 million in 1Q09
Jun 24, 2009 – At the end of the first quarter of 2009 the total number of pay TV subscribers in Brazil had grown by 17.6% versus the same period in 2008, reaching 6.4 million households throughout the country.
News categories: SETA, ABTA, Brazil, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Hybrid IPTV Set-top Boxes 'Jump-starting' IPTV Services
Jun 23, 2009 – A new global report from MRG shows how hybrid IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) are helping IPTV Operators 'jump-start' early service deployment or extend the reach of their existing video IP Networks.
News categories: MRG, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

MEASAT-3a Communications Satellite Successfully Launched
Jun 22, 2009 – Orbital Sciences (NYSE:ORB) has announced that the MEASAT-3a satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. MEASAT-3a will provide Ku-band direct-to-home television broadcasting to Malaysia and Indonesia, plus C-band communications services.
News categories: MEASAT, Orbital Sciences, Content Distribution, Indonesia, Malaysia, Satellite

SingTel to launch ST-3/ABS-2 satellite in 2011
Jun 17, 2009 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced an agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite to build and launch the ST-3/ABS-2 satellite to provide fixed and mobile services including broadcast and Direct-to-Home (DTH) offerings.
News categories: SingTel, Asia Broadcast Satellite, Africa, Asia, Content Distribution, Middle-East, Satellite

AORA Uses TANDBERG Television Encoding for 50+ Channel DTH in Indonesia
Jun 16, 2009 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that Indonesia's newest Pay TV service provider, AORA, has selected TANDBERG Television encoders and multiplexing for over 50 channels of SD content, which are broadcast in MPEG-4 AVC over satellite.
News categories: TANDBERG, AORA, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Indonesia, Satellite

Dutch cable operators reach milestone of 2 million digital TV customers
Jun 16, 2009 – The number of TV connections in the Netherlands grew by 0.5 percent during the first quarter to 7.95 million on 31 March 2009, driven by 3.9 percent growth in digital TV customers to 4.155 million, according to Telecompaper's Q1 2009 report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Video in demand as Asian satellite driver
Jun 15, 2009 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has released new data on Asian Satellite demand to coincide with the annual CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum in Singapore.
News categories: CASBAA, Asia, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite

Conditional Access Technologies to Post Nearly $1.4 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2014
Jun 15, 2009 – In 2008 Conditional Access technologies earned revenue of nearly $1.3 billion worldwide and will continue to grow, adding nearly $105 million more in annual revenue by 2014, according to a new study from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DRM, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

VTC Selects TANDBERG Television for HD and SD Playout to DTT and Satellite
Jun 15, 2009 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that Vietnam Multimedia (VTC) has selected TANDBERG to provide the encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 HD and 32 SD channels that are simultaneously played out over DTH and DTT networks.
News categories: TANDBERG, Vietnam Multimedia, Content Distribution, Satellite, Terrestrial, Vietnam