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

Seasonally Weak Satellite Set-top Box Sales Cause Market to Fall in First Quarter
Jun 23, 2008 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market contracted 6 percent sequentially to $3.5 billion in the first quarter of this year. The market was up 9 percent, however, compared to the year-ago quarter.
News categories: Dell'Oro, Digital TV, DVR, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

CANAL+ Group and Nagravision Expand Partnership in Securing Content Protection and Revenues
Jun 23, 2008 – CANAL+ Group (Paris: VIV) is adopting the newest version of the Nagravision (SWX:KUD) conditional access system (CAS) and is in the process of replacing all smart cards for more than 3 million subscribers.
News categories: Nagravision, CANAL+ Group, CAM, Conditional Access, France, Satellite

Asia Pacific: 250m digital TV Homes by 2013
Jun 18, 2008 – New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that more than a third of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2013, up from just 13% at the end of 2007.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Solaris Mobile establishes European HQ in Dublin
Jun 18, 2008 – Solaris Mobile, which will provide TV, video and radio plus two-way communication to a variety of handheld mobile devices - such as phones, laptops and portable media players - is establishing its corporate headquarters in Dublin.
News categories: Eutelsat, SES-ASTRA, Solaris Mobile, Ireland, Mobile, Satellite

CRTC report shows strong growth in the Canadian broadcasting distribution industry
Jun 18, 2008 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released the statistical and financial summaries for Canadian broadcasting distribution companies.
News categories: CRTC, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

CSTV A-Sky-Net DTH Service Launches On NSS-6 For Australia
Jun 18, 2008 – SES NEW SKIES (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has been contracted by Chinese Satellite Communications (CSTV) to provide capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for their A-Sky-Net direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service targeting the Australian Region.
News categories: SES NEW SKIES, A-Sky-Net, Australia, Content Distribution, Satellite

FOXTEL Announces Official Launch Of HD+ Service
Jun 17, 2008 – FOXTEL has announced the official launch of its much anticipated FOXTEL HD+ service on Sunday, June 22 and confirmed more than 15,000 FOXTEL subscribing homes have already upgraded to FOXTEL HD+ and the FOXTEL iQ2 set-top-unit.
News categories: FOXTEL, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box

SkyLife Enhances HD Services With TANDBERG Television MPEG-4 AVC
Jun 17, 2008 – TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) has announced that it is upgrading the satellite head-end system of Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting's SkyLife. The enhanced MPEG-4 AVC system will allow SkyLife to expand its high definition (HD) TV services.
News categories: TANDBERG, SkyLife, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Korea, Satellite

Asia-Wide DTH Service G-Sat Launches On NSS-11
Jun 16, 2008 – SES NEW SKIES (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has concluded an agreement with Global Broadcasting and Multimedia Inc. (GBMI) to provide capacity on the NSS-11 satellite for their new G-Sat DTH satellite television service targeting the Asian Region.
News categories: SES NEW SKIES, GSAT, Asia, China, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Korea, Satellite