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

Botswana - New pan-African satellite TV outfit licensed
Dec 19, 2007 – The National Broadcasting Board (NBB) yesterday awarded a Satellite Subscription Television Service Licence to Munhumutape African Broadcasting Corporation (MABCTV).
News categories: Botswana, Digital TV, Satellite, TV Services

Digital TV connected to nearly 22 million UK main sets, while consumers continue to convert second TVs
Dec 19, 2007 – The number of UK households with digital television on their main set has risen to 21.7 million homes according to research published by Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Full report, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Dutch digital TV connections to reach 4 million in Q2 2008
Dec 19, 2007 – The total number of Dutch TV connections grew slightly during the third quarter to 7.88 million on 30 September 2007.
News categories: Telecompaper, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Subscribers

Entavio CI module from January 2008
Dec 18, 2007 – German digital platform entavio will launch its planned common interface module (CI) in January 2008.
News categories: entavio, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Germany, Satellite

Set-Top Box Manufacturers Respond to Increasing Risks
Dec 17, 2007 – The status of the STB (Set-Top Box) within pay-TV households faces significant risk from the development of two-way, digital-cable-ready TVs, media centers, and residential gateways, among others.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Telekomunikacja Polska signed a cooperation agreement with CANAL+
Dec 15, 2007 – Telekomunikacja Polska (TP) has signed an agreement with CANAL+ Cyfrowy, operator of CYFRA+, that will allow TP to provide customers with TV programs via satellite, based on the CANAL+ technical infrastructure.
News categories: Telekomunikacja Polska, CANAL+ Cyfrowy, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Poland, Satellite

Alcatel-Lucent, 3 Italia and RAI Join Forces for the First DVB-SH Mobile TV Trial in Italy
Dec 14, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), the mobile operator 3 Italia and Italian public broadcaster RAI are launching the first trial of Mobile TV based on the DVB-SH standard in Italy.
News categories: 3 Italia, RAI, Alcatel-Lucent, Digital TV, Italy, Mobile, Satellite

OpenTV and Sky Italia Extend Partnership
Dec 13, 2007 – OpenTV Corp. (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced that Sky Italia has entered into a multi-year renewal of its middleware license agreement with OpenTV.
News categories: OpenTV, SKY Italia, Digital TV, DVR, Italy, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box

D&M Holdings Divests ReplayTV
Dec 13, 2007 – D&M Holdings Inc. (TSE 1:6735) has announced that it has sold most of the assets of its ReplayTV® brand company to DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV), the leading satellite television provider in the U.S.
News categories: DIRECTV, D&M Holdings, Digital TV, DVR, MandA, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA