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

Poland's 'n' DTH platform client base exceeds 600,000 at year-end 2008
Jan 6, 2009 – ITI Holdings has announced 2008 results for 'n', Poland's next generation television. In just 27 months since launch, 'n' gained over 500,000 'n box' subscribers and over 92,000 'telewizja na karte' clients.
News categories: ITI Group, Digital TV, DVR, Poland, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Orange and Canal+ Group sign agreement to broadcast Canal+ and Canalsat channels via Astra satellite
Jan 6, 2009 – Orange (Paris, NYSE:FTE) and Canal+ (Paris: VIV) have signed a multi-annual agreement to allow Orange triple play customers who are not eligible for TV by ADSL to subscribe to Canal+ and/or Canalsat, as well as Foot+ via satellite.
News categories: Orange, Groupe CANAL+, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Russia - Raduga TV DTH begins broadcasting
Dec 26, 2008 – GTSS, in co-operation with DalGeokom, has soft-launched a new DTH satellite service - RADUGA TV - for Russia. The package includes more than 40 television channels with a plan to increase the number to 60 in the future.
News categories: GTSS, RADUGA TV, Digital TV, Russia, Satellite

SARFT Satellite Set-top Box Winners Announced
Dec 24, 2008 – Changhong, Jiuzhou, Shenzhou, Hisense, SVA, Coship, and Haier had winning bids in the satellite set-top box tender conducted by China's State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT).
News categories: SARFT, China, Digital TV, Satellite, Set Top Box

Portugal - MEO surpasses 300 thousand customers
Dec 18, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced that Meo, its pay-TV service, has surpassed 300 thousand customers, representing circa 43% of PT's ADSL customers. Net additions in the quarter to date surpassed 89 thousand customers.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

BSkyB demonstrates 3D TV
Dec 17, 2008 – BSkyB's research and development team has successfully demonstrated 3D TV to an industry audience at the broadcaster's West London HQ.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

Germany: CE Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q3 2008
Dec 17, 2008 – Results from Q1-Q3 2008 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are available for download.
News categories: GfK Retail and Technology, DVD, Gaming, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Embratel launches satellite pay-TV
Dec 16, 2008 – Embratel (BMV: TELINT; NYSE: TII; LATIBEX: XTII) has announced the launch of its Via Embratel DTH service in Brazil. Via Embratel uses MPEG-4 compression and DVB-S2 satellite transmission.
News categories: Embratel, Via, Brazil, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Satellite

Ofcom releases Q3 2008 Digital Television Update
Dec 16, 2008 – Almost 2.5 million DTT devices were sold in the UK in Q3, 4% more than in Q3 2007. Q3 sales data for BBC/ITV freesat show that unit sales had reached almost 108,000 by the end of September, up from 39,000 units in Q2.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK