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

Set-Top Box Shipments to Peak in 2012
Nov 19, 2008 – The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Unitymedia Q3 2008 Financial Results
Nov 19, 2008 – Unitymedia and its subsidiary arena have announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. In the coming months Unitymedia plans to introduce a DVR to further enhance the TV viewing experience of its customers.
News categories: Unitymedia, Cable TV, DVR, Germany, Satellite, Subscribers

French Digital-TV-On-Satellite Offer TNTSAT Tops 750,000 Households
Nov 18, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris & Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that at end-October, 750,000 TNTSAT receivers had been distributed to French households. TNTSAT HD will be launched on 15 February 2009 with the free HD DTT channels available on ASTRA.
News categories: SES ASTRA, TNTSAT, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Vivendi (Canal+ Group) Third Quarter Earnings
Nov 13, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues were €17,777 million compared to €15,643 million for the first nine months of 2007. Net Canal+ Group portfolio growth over the past 12 months amounted to approximately 40,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Cyfrowy Polsat results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – The number of Cyfrowy Polsat (Warsaw: CPS) subscribers grew by 42% to 2,402,524 as at 30 September 2008 - an increase of 115 thousand as compared to Q2 2008 and 335 thousand since the beginning of the year.
News categories: Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Portugal Telecom (Meo) 2008 first nine month results
Nov 13, 2008 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced its results for the first nine months ended 30 September 2008. YTD net additions to the 'Meo' pay-TV service reached 191 thousand to give 211 thousand customers at the end of September.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, DVR, IPTV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Premiere announces results for Q3 2008
Nov 13, 2008 – In the third quarter 2008, Premiere AG (PRE.XE) posted total revenues of EUR 244.6 million (Q3 2007: EUR 247.5 million). Premiere had a total of 2.411m direct subscribers at the end of Q3 2008 (Q3 2007: 2.535m).
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Germany, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Three years of phenomenal growth for DStv Compact
Nov 12, 2008 – MultiChoice's DStv Compact Bouquet has played a large part in the phenomenal growth of DStv over the last 3 years. The total DStv base is now at over 1.5 Million subscribers, with Compact making up almost 25% of these.
News categories: MultiChoice, Satellite, South Africa, Subscribers

IPTV Takes Root in Central and Eastern Europe, IDC Says
Nov 11, 2008 – A recent study published by IDC indicates that despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous years, total IPTV subscriber connections in CEE are poised to grow more than 100% in 2008, from approximately 290,000 connections in 2007.
News categories: International Data Corp, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers