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

Pace plc results for the year ended 31 December 2008
Mar 3, 2009 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced its results for the year to 31 December 2008. Pace sold 4.7m set-top boxes into the EMEA region, with shipments into APAC of 1.1m. Americas shipments totalled 7.3m units.
News categories: Pace plc, Cable TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

True reports slight revenue growth in FY08
Mar 2, 2009 – True Corporation (SET: TRUE) has reported slight growth (0.2%) in revenue for full year 2008. TrueVisions' subscriber numbers grew by 41% to 1.5 million for the full year, driven largely by the success of its mass market strategy.
News categories: TrueVisions, True Corp, Satellite, Subscribers, Thailand

DISH Network® Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Mar 2, 2009 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2008. DISH Network lost around 102,000 net subscribers during the quarter, giving the company approximately 13.678 million subscribers at year-end.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

TiVo and Alticast Announce Agreement
Mar 2, 2009 – TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) and Alticast have announced that they have entered into an agreement intended to reduce the time-to-market for pay TV operators seeking to harness TiVo's consumer experience in conjunction with the Alticast embedded software.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Alticast, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Vivendi: 2008 Goals Reached
Mar 2, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues reached €25,392 million compared to €21,657 million in 2007. In 2008, the digitization of the Canal+ subscriber base accelerated with nearly 350,000 upgrades from analog to digital offers.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Kudelski 2008 Results and New Client Wins
Feb 27, 2009 – The Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD.VX) has announced its 2008 annual results. Digital TV progressed well in the second half, generating a 46.1% net revenue growth compared to the first half. For the full year Digital TV achieved a 15.3% growth rate.
News categories: Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Mexico, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Taiwan, Terrestrial

Portuguese pay TV market continues to grow
Feb 26, 2009 – According to Portugal's Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of December 2008 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.29 million, 75 thousand more than in the previous quarter.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) Group selected data
Feb 26, 2009 – Telekomunikacja Polska (Warsaw: TPS) has provided selected data for the full year ended December 31, 2008. TV subscribers nearly doubled in the fourth quarter to 113 thousand, owing to the launch of TP's satellite TV service.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

BBC Trust launches public consultation on proposal for internet protocol television
Feb 26, 2009 – The BBC Trust has launched a public consultation on the BBC's proposal (Project Canvas) to develop a partnership to help enable the delivery of internet protocol TV. The proposal would allow viewers to watch on-demand services via TV sets.
News categories: BBC Trust, Project Canvas, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial, UK