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

DTHi pre-pay satellite TV launches in Brazil
May 27, 2009 – A pre-pay satellite TV service, DTHi, has been launched in Brazil. DTHi hopes to replace existing receivers with a set-top box capable of receiving 16 pay TV channels on top of the 40 free-to-air channels already available.
News categories: DTHi, Brazil, Digital TV, Satellite

BSkyB Licences S3's StormTest to Automate Testing of its Set-Top Boxes
May 27, 2009 – S3 has announced that BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has licensed its StormTest product in order to automate testing of its Set-Top Boxes (STB). StormTest is a STB test and analysis system. The StormTest product is now available for general release globally.
News categories: Silicon & Software Systems, BSkyB, ANGA COM, Satellite, Set Top Box

Latin America dances to a digital tune
May 27, 2009 – Research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV will make significant progress in Latin America over the next five years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time - from 12.2 million at present to 37.1 million by 2014.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Argentina, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, Chile, Digital TV, Market Research, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Satellite, Subscribers, USA, Venezuela

Portugal's pay TV subscribers reached 2.3 million in 1Q09
May 22, 2009 – According to Portugal's ANACOM, at the end of March 2009 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.3 million, 39 thousand more than in the previous quarter and up 257 thousand from the same quarter of 2008.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Bezeq (yes) Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
May 20, 2009 – Bezeq (TASE: BEZQ) has announced results for the first quarter 2009 period ended March 31, 2009. 'yes' posted record revenue of NIS 384 million, driven by a 2.0% year-over-year increase in subscribers to 560,000.
News categories: Bezeq, yes, Israel, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Germany: CE Market Index (CEMIX) Q1 2009
May 20, 2009 – Results from Q1-2009 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for CE markets, are available for download - key product groups (Laptops, LCD TVs, Video Game Consoles) continue to perform while rest of market sees declines.
News categories: GfK, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Entropic Announces Channel Stacking Switch for Free-To-Air Satellite Market
May 19, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced that its next-generation Channel Stacking Switch (CSS) technology has been tapped by several OEMs for the large free-to-air (FTA) European satellite market.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Axing, Jultec, Unitron, Wisi, ANGA COM, Digital TV, DVR, LNB, Satellite, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Globo and Thomson to develop rural digital TV for Brazil
May 18, 2009 – Brazil's Globo is planning a rural digital TV system, called TVDR, to replace the 15 million satellite dishes that currently receive analogue free-to-air signals in the country. The system will use set-top boxes from Thomson (Paris:18453; NYSE: TMS).
News categories: Thomson, Globo, Brazil, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Sri Lanka's Dialog TV up 68% Y-o-Y in 1Q09 to 130k subscribers
May 15, 2009 – Dialog Telekom (Colombo:DIAL) has announced results for the 1st Quarter of 2009. Dialog TV satellite pay TV subscribers increased by 68% year-on-year to over 130 thousand.
News categories: Dialog Telekom, Results, Satellite, Sri Lanka, Subscribers