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

ART selects Viaccess to secure its pay-TV platforms for the Middle-Eastern market
Nov 11, 2008 – Viaccess (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has announced that ART (Arab Radio and Television Network) will deploy Viaccess' Praha card to secure its Pay TV satellite platforms in the Middle East region.
News categories: Viaccess, Arab Radio and Television Network, CAM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middle-East, Satellite

DISH Network's Award-Winning ViP211® and ViP211k® DVR Conversion Feature Now Available to Customers
Nov 11, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced that its DVR Conversion feature, which offers customers the ability to convert their single tuner ViP211® and ViP211k® into DVRs by attaching an external HDD, will be available at the end of the month.
News categories: DISH Network, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

IP-PRIME's Market Leadership Reinforced with Sixty Plus Telco Contracts and Commercial Rollouts in Two Dozen Communities
Nov 10, 2008 – SES AMERICOM (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that more than sixty-five telcos in 31 states have signed up for IP-PRIME®.
News categories: IP-PRIME, SES AMERICOM, Content Distribution, IPTV, Satellite, USA

DISH Network® to Integrate INVIDI Technologies for Addressable Television Advertising
Nov 10, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced an agreement with INVIDI Technologies to use INVIDI's Advatar™ technology to deliver addressable, targeted national and local television advertising.
News categories: DISH Network, INVIDI, Advertising, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

DISH Network® Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Nov 10, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported total revenue of $2.94 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008. DISH Network lost approximately 10,000 net subscribers during the quarter, ending with approximately 13.78 million subscribers.
News categories: DISH Network, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Premiere encryption system fully secure again
Nov 10, 2008 – Premiere AG (PRE.XE) has today switched off its former encryption signal. All smartcards for the new CA systems of Nagravision and NDS Videoguard have been swapped.
News categories: Premiere AG, Austria, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

ZON Multimédia Consolidated Results First Nine Months 2008
Nov 9, 2008 – ZON (Lisbon:ZON) has announced results for the First Nine Months of 2008. During 9M08, the Pay TV customer base reduced by 8.0 thousand to 1,539 thousand, a result of the combination of a net reduction in DTH subscribers and growth in cable subscribers.
News categories: ZON Multimédia, Cable TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Foxtel to add internet download services
Nov 7, 2008 – FOXTEL is planning to offer on-demand programme downloads over the internet to its IQ PVR set-top boxes. A service, called iQ2Go, with downloads to USB memory sticks, for playback on laptops and other devices, is also on its way.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Streaming

The DIRECTV Group Reports Third Quarter 2008
Nov 6, 2008 – DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported that third quarter 2008 revenues increased 15% to $4.98 billion. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 156,000. DIRECTV Latin America net additions were 79,000 in the quarter.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela