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

STMicroelectronics Introduces Silicon Tuner and Single-Channel DVB-S2 Demodulator to Enable Cost Effective HDTV Satellite Consumer Equipment
Sep 10, 2008 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced that it is bolstering its leadership in DVB-S2 digital satellite broadcasting with the launch of a new 'front-end' chipset (STV6110A/STV0903) for satellite high-definition TV equipment.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Digital TV, DVB-S2, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Canal+ Switzerland to launch on October 1st
Sep 9, 2008 – CANAL+ (Paris: VIV) has announced that from October 1st, CANAL+ SUISSE will make it possible for French-speaking homes in Switzerland to legally receive the CANAL+ LE BOUQUET satellite service and, in addition, a dedicated CANALSAT SUISSE bouquet.
News categories: Canal+, Digital TV, Satellite, Switzerland

ADB to Show Innovative Technology Designed for Mass-Deployment at IBC2008
Sep 9, 2008 – Advanced Digital Broadcast (SWX: ADBN) has announced that it will focus on a number of revenue enhancing features and solutions specifically designed to support digital television operators at IBC2008 (Hall 4, Stand B48).
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Vidiom, Osmosys, Cable TV, DOCSIS, DVB-MHP, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Terrestrial

CANAL+ catch-up now available via the satellite set-top box
Sep 9, 2008 – CANAL+, a subsidiary of Vivendi (Paris: VIV), has announced that CANAL+ A LA DEMAND, the CANAL+ Le Bouquet catch-up service, is now available via the satellite set-top box as well as on the PC.
News categories: Canal+, CANAL+ A LA DEMAND, Broadband, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming

Half the world's homes to have digital TV by 2013
Sep 8, 2008 – Digital TV growth continues apace, with Informa Telecoms and Media forecasting 67 million households to be added in 2008. This figure from Informa's Global Digital TV 8th edition report will bring the worldwide total to 343 million.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Europe, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Satellite, Terrestrial, USA

Nagravision to Demonstrate Ready-to-Deploy Solutions for Pay TV Revenue Generation at IBC2008
Sep 8, 2008 – At IBC2008, Nagravision (SWX:KUD) will demonstrate ready-to-deploy solutions for Pay TV operators providing services over cable, DTH, DTT, IPTV, mobile and hybrid networks.
News categories: Nagravision, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Switzerland digital TV: growth accelerates
Sep 8, 2008 – In Switzerland, about 22% of all TV households, or just under 700,000 homes, are equipped with digital television, however according to a Demoscope survey for Swisscable, digital TV is expected to experience strong growth in the coming years.
News categories: Swisscable, Demoscope, Blu-ray, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, Switzerland, Terrestrial

Zoran Announces New SupraTV® 260 Processor Family Optimized for Pay Satellite and Cable Set-Top Box Markets
Sep 8, 2008 – Zoran (NASDAQ: ZRAN) has announced that its new SupraTV® 260 family of processors for pay cable and satellite set-top boxes is now sampling. The SupraTV® 260 processor is used in a new family of China Cable STBs from DVN (SEHK: 500).
News categories: Zoran, DVN, Cable TV, China, Conditional Access, Digital TV, IBCShow, ICs, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Platforma HD, Russia's New HDTV Platform Selects Eutelsat's EUROBIRD™ 9 Satellite
Sep 8, 2008 – Platforma HD, the new Russian all-HDTV platform has selected the EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) to deliver new HD content across western parts of Russia to the Urals.
News categories: Eutelsat, Platforma HD, Digiraum, Conditional Access, Digital TV, DVB-S2, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box