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

Grupo Televisa's Sky adds 140k subscribers Y-o-Y to end 1Q09
Apr 30, 2009 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV; BMV: TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for first quarter 2009. The number of gross active Sky subscribers increased to 1,784,608 as of March 31, 2009, compared with 1,642,923 as of March 31, 2008.
News categories: Televisa, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Spain's DIGITAL+ subscribers down 34 thousand in Q1
Apr 30, 2009 – Grupo PRISA (Madrid: PRS), owner of Sogecable, has reported results for the period January-March 2009. The subscriber base of DIGITAL+, Sogecable's Spanish satellite platform, was 2,001,000 at quarter end, down from 2,035,000 at the end of 2008.
News categories: PRISA, DIGITAL+, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

CYFRA+ adds DTT reception to Philips set-tops
Apr 30, 2009 – Poland's CYFRA+ has released new software to enable the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) tuner in its Philips HD set-top boxes. As a result, subscribers will be able to receive DTT free of charge and without the need to purchase separate equipment.
News categories: CYFRA+, DVR, Middleware, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Sky+HD passes 1 million homes after record growth
Apr 30, 2009 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has announced that the total number of Sky+HD customers has passed the 1 million mark for the first time after record sales in the first three months of 2009.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

2.5 million digital TV customers for France Telecom
Apr 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its first quarter 2009 results. The company had 2.5 million digital TV (ADSL and satellite) customers at 31 March 2009, a year-on-year increase of 75%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Cable TV subscribers in Brazil exceed 4 million
Apr 29, 2009 – ANATEL has released March's quarterly report on the pay TV market in Brazil. Cable TV remains dominant in the country with subscriber numbers passing the 4 million mark in March. DTH (satellite) numbers remain steady at around 2.1 million.
News categories: ANATEL, Brazil, Cable TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

Bell proposes Freesat service for Canada
Apr 29, 2009 – Bell has made a proposal to provide Canadians who currently rely on analog over-the-air television with a package of local and regional over-the-air TV channels free of charge via satellite as part of the transition to digital broadcasting.
News categories: Bell Canada, Canada, Satellite, Terrestrial

Videocon soft launches India DTH service
Apr 28, 2009 – Videocon Industries will launch its Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite service in India on May 1st, after a soft launch on April 27th in Macau in front of its 2,500 dealers.
News categories: D2H, Videocon Industries, ARION, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) releases selected data for Q1
Apr 28, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) has provided selected data related to the first quarter (1Q) ended March 31, 2009. TPSA's broadband total customer base was up 11%, strongly supported by TV subscriptions four times above the Q1 2008 level.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers