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

Canal+ and VTV to launch pay-TV platform in Vietnam
Jun 15, 2009 – CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) and VTV, the Vietnamese state broadcaster, have announced the launch of a satellite pay-TV bouquet in Vietnam.
News categories: CANAL OVERSEAS, VTV, Digital TV, Satellite, Vietnam

DVR-Equipped Set-top Box Shipments Contract 20% Y-o-Y in Q1 2009
Jun 8, 2009 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the number of DVR-equipped, pay-TV set-top box unit shipments contracted 20 percent year-over-year in the first quarter this year and accounted for one-third of the total set-top box shipped during the quarter.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Humax Selects ANT Galio Platform For Next Generation Set-Top Boxes
Jun 8, 2009 – Humax (Kosdaq:028080) has selected the ANT (London: ANTP) Galio Platform upon which to build a range of satellite, IPTV and Hybrid set-top boxes. The new Humax product range is due to launch by the end of the year.
News categories: ANT Software, Humax, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

Pace to launch new HD set-top box to Viasat across Scandinavia
Jun 8, 2009 – Viasat (OMX: MTGA, MTGB), the largest free-and pay-TV operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, has chosen to work with its long-term set-top box partner, Pace plc (LSE:PIC), to launch its next generation high definition (HD) receiver.
News categories: Pace plc, Modern Times Group, Denmark, Digital TV, DVR, Finland, Norway, Satellite, Set Top Box, Sweden

PT. MNC Sky Vision Selects NDS for Indovision and Top TV Platforms
Jun 4, 2009 – NDS has announced that PT. MNC Sky Vision has selected NDS' VideoGuard® conditional access, MediaHighway® middleware and a customised EPG for its Indovision pay-TV platform. MNC has also selected VideoGuard to secure its Top TV platform.
News categories: NDS Group, Indovision, Top TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Indonesia, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

HD Set-Top Boxes to Account for Nearly One Third of Total STB Shipments Next Year
Jun 3, 2009 – Shipments of set-top boxes are expected to peak this year, at least in mature markets, and then commence a gradual decline. However HD STBs will form a growing fraction of the market accounting for about 30% of all STB shipments as soon as 2010.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

EchoStar and AsiaSat Form DTH Joint Venture
Jun 1, 2009 – EchoStar [NASDAQ: SATS] and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) [HKSE: 1135] have announced the formation of a joint venture for the delivery of a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service to Taiwan and other targeted regions in Asia.
News categories: EchoStar, AsiaSat, Digital TV, Satellite, Taiwan

Asia-Pacific Leads Telco TV Subscription Growth
Jun 1, 2009 – The bleak market outlook in the last quarter of 2008 did not seem to deter the growth of pay TV. According to market data from ABI Research, APAC will continue leading subscription growth, delivering a 37% CAGR over the next three years.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

BSkyB and Microsoft Join Forces to Offer TV through Xbox
May 29, 2009 – Sky (LSE:BSY) and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) have announced that from this autumn, millions of Xbox owners in the UK and Ireland will have the opportunity to access Sky Player, Sky's online TV service, through their broadband-enabled games consoles.
News categories: BSkyB, Xbox, Digital TV, Gaming, Ireland, Media Player, Satellite, Streaming, UK