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

Albania - Tring DTH starts test broadcasting
Sep 7, 2008 – Broadcasts began a few days ago on Eutelsat W2 16°E to test the new Albanian digital satellite platform Tring. The service is owned by Albanian Satellite Communications (ASC).
News categories: Albanian Satellite Communications, Albania, Digital TV, Satellite

RCS & RDS Contracts Intelsat Capacity at 1º West for Its Expansion
Sep 4, 2008 – Intelsat has announced that Romania Cable Systems and Romania Data Systems S.A. (RCS & RDS) has signed an expansion contract for capacity at 1º West. The additional capacity will be used to offer a larger DTH bouquet for RCS & RDS' DigiTV service.
News categories: Intelsat, RCS & RDS, DigiTV, IBCShow, Romania, Satellite

HUMAX development deal with DIRECTV® for HD DVRs
Sep 3, 2008 – HUMAX (Kosdaq:028080) has announced that the company has been selected as an official supplier of high-definition (HD) digital video recorder (DVR) set top boxes (STB) to DIRECTV (Nasdaq:DTV).
News categories: HUMAX, DIRECTV, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

DIRECTV and TiVo to Launch New HD DIRECTV DVR with TiVo Service
Sep 3, 2008 – DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV) and TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) have announced that they have extended their current agreement, which includes the development, marketing and distribution of a new HD DIRECTV DVR featuring the TiVo® service.
News categories: TiVo Inc, DIRECTV, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Germany - Digital cable TV in more households than DTT
Sep 2, 2008 – According to ANGA, taking results from a survey report by Gemeinsamen Stelle Digitaler Zugang (GSDZ) released at IFA in Berlin, more households in Germany now recieve digital television via cable than via DTT.
News categories: Association of German Cable Operators, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, IFABerlin, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Tata Sky Chooses NDS for India's First Hindi EPG
Sep 2, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Tata Sky has launched India's first EPG in the Hindi language in partnership with NDS.
News categories: NDS Group, Tata Sky, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

DoÄŸan Yayın (D Smart) Business Review & 1H08 Results
Aug 29, 2008 – DoÄŸan Yayın Holding A.Åž. (DYH) (Istanbul:DYHOL) has published its 1H08 Results and Business Review. Dogan's DTH satellite service, D Smart, now has over 600 thousand subscribers, up from 91 thousand one year ago.
News categories: DoÄŸan, D Smart, CAM, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Turkey

Kudelski Group 1st half 2008 - migration to service mode on track
Aug 29, 2008 – The Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX) has announced results for its first half year ended June 30, 2008. In the first half 2008, Nagravision expanded its global reach with 92.3 million active devices for conditional access.
News categories: Nagravision, Kudelski, Cable TV, CAM, China, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Iraq, Middleware, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Alcatel-Lucent demonstrates enhanced video quality for DVB-SH broadcast mobile TV at IFA 2008
Aug 29, 2008 – During IFA 2008, Alcatel-Lucent (Paris & NYSE: ALU) is demonstrating, for the first time in Europe, MPE-iFEC, a powerful error-correction coding that improves the quality of mobile TV reception in hybrid satellite and terrestrial networks.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Sagem, DiBcom, IFABerlin, Mobile, Satellite, Semiconductor