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

DISH Network Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
May 13, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq:DISH) added approximately 35,000 net new subscribers during the quarter ended March 31, 2008, giving the company approximately 13.815 million subscribers as of that date.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, USA

India - Dish TV to offer free set-top boxes
May 10, 2008 – The price-war has begun in the direct-to-home (DTH) market with the country's largest DTH company Dish TV getting ready to offer its connection virtually free.
News categories: DishTV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

Global Mediacom (Indovision) 2007 Annual Report
May 8, 2008 – Indovision currently has more than 50% pay TV subscriber market share, making it the largest pay TV operator in Indonesia. Total subscribers as per 31 December 2007 was 305,372, representing a growth of 59% from last year's amount of 192,117.
News categories: Global Mediacom, Indovision, Digital TV, Indonesia, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Russia will drive growth in the Eastern European pay TV market over the next five years
May 8, 2008 – The latest report from media analyst Screen Digest examines the market for pay TV in 12 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, and Russia. A total of 63m homes are forecasted to be subscribing to pay TV services by 2012.
News categories: Screen Digest, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Croatia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Estonia, Hungary, IPTV, Latvia, Lithuania, Market Research, Poland, Romania, Russia, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Terrestrial, Ukraine

Mobile Satellite TV has Great Growth Potential in Europe
May 8, 2008 – While the European Mobile TV market is on the verge of significant growth, it still faces problems related to the efficient distribution of services. The use of satellite technologies has been shown to be a sensible and cost-effective solution.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite

IPTV to drive take-up of pay TV in Western Europe, says Analysys Mason
May 8, 2008 – The pay-TV market in Western Europe is generally considered to be mature, but the increasing deployment of IPTV services will see the market enjoy a modest rate of growth in the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services.
News categories: Analysys, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Czech TV-Platform CS LINK Signs For More ASTRA Capacity
May 8, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has signed an agreement for an additional transponder at 23.5ºE for the Pay-TV platform CS Link. CS Link is the largest pay-TV platform in the Czech Republic with 400,000 customers.
News categories: SES ASTRA, CS Link, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers

News Corporation Reports Third Quarter
May 7, 2008 – News Corp. (NYSE: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) has reported third quarter net income of $2.7 billion. SKY Italia added more than 342,000 net subscribers over the past 12 months, bringing SKY Italia's subscriber base to 4.5 million at quarter end.
News categories: News Corp, Digital TV, Italy, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

The DIRECTV Group Announces First Quarter 2008 Results
May 7, 2008 – The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported that first quarter 2008 revenues increased 17% to $4.59 billion. DIRECTV U.S. net subscriber additions were 275,000. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions were 200,000.
News categories: DIRECTV, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, DVR, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela