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

Sales Volume of China's STB Market Reaches 3.592 Million Sets in 2008Q1
May 29, 2008 – With the rapid development of digital TV, China's STB market develops rapidly in 2008Q1. CCID Consulting's data shows that the sales volume of China's STB market reaches 3.592 million sets in 2008Q1, up 45.6% over 2007Q1.
News categories: CCID Consulting, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

OTE Group (RomTelecom) 2008 First Quarter Results
May 29, 2008 – RomTelecom, 54.01% owned by OTE (ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE), has once again recorded successful take-up of its direct-to-home TV service, attracting 94,000 new subscribers in Q1'08 to reach a total subscriber base of 484,000 at the end of the period.
News categories: RomTelecom, OTE, Digital TV, Results, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

Greece's first HD platform project to deploy conditional access solution from Conax
May 28, 2008 – Leading Greek satellite operator, Hellas Sat, is ready to launch an exciting new HD platform with conditional access from Conax.
News categories: Conax, Hellas Sat, ANGA COM, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Greece, Satellite

Panasonic chooses S&T's MHEG Engine for UK Freesat Service
May 27, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) Client Systems has announced that Panasonic has confirmed that it has chosen the company's RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV engine for use within IDTVs to receive Freesat, the UK's new, free satellite TV service.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Panasonic, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Smart TV, UK

Portugal - Cable and DTH television services with around two million customers in March
May 27, 2008 – As at the end of March, the services of subscription television which use cable and satellite technologies registered around 2 million users, representing around 18.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Turksat Selects Content Security from Conax
May 27, 2008 – Ankara-based cable TV and satellite operator, Turksat, has chosen to deploy a Conax CAS7 conditional access solution for the new Turksat DTV platform.
News categories: Conax, Turksat, Broadcast Group, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Satellite, Turkey

Latin America's DTH Market to Surpass US$ 4.6 Billion by 2013; Telefonica and Telmex to Represent 27% of Revenues
May 22, 2008 – According to Signals Telecom Consulting, the bundling strategies put in place by telecommunications operators will increase DTH's share of the Latin American Pay TV market from 22% in 2007 to 33% by 2013.
News categories: Signals Telecom Consulting, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Latin America, Market Research, Mexico, Peru, Satellite, Subscribers

Humax licenses S&T's Redkey™ 2 MHEG Engine for UK Freesat Launch
May 19, 2008 – Strategy & Technology (S&T) Client Systems has licensed its RedKey™ 2 MHEG-5 interactive TV middleware to Humax. Humax is using the software engine within its new FOXSAT-HD digital set-top box.
News categories: Strategy & Technology, Humax, Freesat, Digital TV, MHEG-5, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

News Corporation Increases Stake in Premiere AG to 25.01 Percent
May 19, 2008 – News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has announced that it has secured additional shares in leading German pay-TV operator, Premiere AG (Frankfurt: PRE), increasing its total stake to 25.01 percent.
News categories: News Corp, Premiere, Digital TV, Germany, MandA, Satellite