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

Dutch digital TV connections rise 5.4%, 4 million mark in sight
Dec 4, 2008 – The total number of digital TV connections rose during the third quarter by 5.4 percent, or 195,700 net additions, to 3.82 million, increasing its share of the entire TV market to 49.5 percent, according to Telecompaper's Dutch TV quarterly report.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers

Romanian Pay-TV subscribers up 22%
Dec 3, 2008 – According to the latest half yearly report published by Romania's Autoritatii Nationale pentru Comunicatii (ANC), the total number of pay TV subscribers in the country has risen from 4.56 million at the end of June 2007 to 5.58 million by mid-2008.
News categories: Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Commercial Satellite Industry Set to Grow Even in Troubled Economic Times
Dec 3, 2008 – With many industries around the world in the doldrums due to the current economic crisis, NSR's latest multi-client market research report projects that the commercial satellite transponder leasing market should emerge relatively unscathed.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Content Distribution, Market Research, Satellite

Brazil's ANATEL releases September Pay TV quarterly report
Dec 1, 2008 – ANATEL has released September's quarterly report on the pay TV market in Brazil. The data shows a growth of over 5% versus June 2008 to 6.119 million customers.
News categories: ANATEL, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, MMDS, Satellite, Subscribers

OTE Group Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results
Nov 26, 2008 – OTE Group (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE) has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. At quarter-end, the number of RomTelecom DTH customers in Romania amounted to 559K. OTE's Greek IPTV commercial launch is expected in early 2009.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Greece, IPTV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Naspers Limited Interim Results
Nov 26, 2008 – Naspers (JSE:NPN, LSE:NPSN) has announced its results for the six months ended September 2008. Pay-television (Multichoice) recorded exceptionally strong growth of 171,000 new subscribers. Irdeto shipped 8.3m units in 1H FY08.
News categories: Naspers, Multichoice, Irdeto, Angola, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, Ghana, Kenya, Middleware, Mobile, Namibia, Nigeria, Results, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

SES Announces Multi-Year Agreement With Echostar To Expand Direct-To-Home Broadcasts In Mexico And The U.S.
Nov 26, 2008 – SES (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced an agreement to provide satellite capacity to EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS). It is expected that capacity on QuetzSat-1, a new satellite, will be used by Dish México to provide DTH services in Mexico.
News categories: EchoStar, SES, QuetzSat, Dish México, Content Distribution, Mexico, Satellite

Pace exclusively delivers +LE CUBE, its new HD PVR for Canal+ Group
Nov 26, 2008 – Europe's first Satellite/IP hybrid set-top box to use the Ethernet port for VOD services, +LE CUBE, was delivered to CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) on November 4th by Pace (LSE:PIC).
News categories: Pace plc, Canal+ Group, Digital TV, DVR, France, Satellite, Set Top Box

MVS Multivision and EchoStar Launch Satellite TV Service in Mexico
Nov 25, 2008 – MVS Comunicaciones and EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) have announced the formation of a joint venture called Dish México that will launch 'Dish,' an affordable satellite TV service that will be available to consumers across Mexico.
News categories: EchoStar, MVS Comunicaciones, Digital TV, Mexico, Satellite