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

Telefónica posts a 43% increase in net profit to a record 8,906 million euros
Feb 28, 2008 – Telefónica's pay TV subscribers at the end of the quarter exceeded 1.7 million, 64.3% more than in 2006, with operations up and running in Spain, the Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
News categories: Telefónica, Earnings Release, Brazil, Broadband, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Digital TV, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Worldwide Leading Satellite STB IC Makers' Product Development Strategy
Feb 27, 2008 – As digital satellite TV services have taken off, the satellite TV Set Top Box (STB) has become the mainstream STB type; global shipments of digital satellite TV STBs in 2007 totaled 72.2 million units.
News categories: Market Intelligence Center, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ZON announces Full Year 2007 Consolidated Results
Feb 27, 2008 – The last quarter of 2007 was excellent for ZON Multimédia (ex-PT Multimedia). The digital extended basic package ('Funtastic Life') reached 382 thousand subscribers in 2007, with 112 thousand net additions during this period.
News categories: TV Cabo, Earnings Release, Results Presentation, Cable TV, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Media Completes Acquisition of Largest Stake in DIRECTV
Feb 27, 2008 – Liberty Media (Nasdaq: LINTA, LCAPA) has announced that it has completed the exchange of its 16.3% stake in News Corporation for a subsidiary of News that holds a 41% stake in The DIRECTV Group (Nasdaq: DTV), regional sports networks, and $465 million of cash.
News categories: Liberty Media, News Corporation, DIRECTV, Digital TV, MandA, Satellite, USA

AUSTAR shines even brighter in 2007; Delivers strong operational and financial results
Feb 26, 2008 – In 2007 AUSTAR (ASX: AUN) experienced increasing momentum in subscriber growth across its regional markets, with total television subscribers increasing by 67,660 to 668,786 for the year.
News categories: AUSTAR, Earnings Release, Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2007 Results
Feb 26, 2008 – At December 31, 2007, the Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) video subscriber base of 14.7 million included 3.4 million digital cable and 1.1 million direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers.
News categories: Liberty Global, Earnings Release, Austria, Belgium, Cable TV, Chile, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Results, Romania, Satellite, Slovakia, Slovenia, Subscribers, Switzerland

CANAL+ Chooses the Latest Generation of NDS Middleware to Transform Subscribers' Set-top Boxes into Digital Video Recorders
Feb 26, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that CANAL+ GROUP, France's leading Pay TV provider, has chosen the latest generation of MediaHighway® middleware to enable subscribers to transform their HD STBs into DVRs.
News categories: NDS Group, CANAL+ GROUP, Digital TV, DVR, France, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

DISH Network Reports Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Feb 26, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq:DISH) added approximately 85,000 net new subscribers during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2007, giving the company approximately 13.78 million subscribers as of that date, an increase of 675,000 subscribers compared to the number of subscribers as of Dec. 31, 2006.
News categories: DISH Network, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

ILS Proton to launch S2M Satellite for Mobile TV Service in Middle East & North Africa
Feb 26, 2008 – International Launch Services (ILS) announced a contract today with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
News categories: S2M, ILS, Digital TV, Middle-East, Mobile, Satellite