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

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV piracy tops US$1.5 billion for 2007
Nov 2, 2007 – In the latest survey of revenue leakage over the last 12 months to the regional pay-TV industry, conducted by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank, the losses are conservatively estimated to stand at US$1.54 billion, as compared to US$1.13 billion in 2006.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, TV Services, Vietnam

Alcatel-Lucent and Vodafone Portugal demonstrate live broadcast Mobile TV based on DVB-SH for the first time in Portugal
Nov 2, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Vodafone Portugal demonstrated, on October 31 for the first time in Portugal, the Unlimited Mobile TV solution based on DVB-SH technology.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone Portugal, Digital TV, Mobile, Portugal, Satellite

British Sky Broadcasting - 1st Quarter Results
Nov 2, 2007 – Net DTH customer growth of 83,000 reflected good new DTH customer additions and, despite retail price changes, a further improvement in churn to 11.3%, the lowest for five quarters.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, AGM Statement, Broadband, Digital TV, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

ADB Group reports second-half 2007 business update
Nov 1, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings S.A. (SWX: ADBN) reports its second-half 2007 update on the progress of its business.
News categories: Advanced Digital Broadcast, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Qwest Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
Oct 30, 2007 – Qwest (NYSE: Q) added 62,000 net DIRECTV subscribers in the quarter. Qwest has 634,000 video subscribers through Qwest ChoiceTV and the DIRECTV partnership up from a total of 350,000 subscribers a year ago.
News categories: Qwest, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

SES: Third Quarter Delivers Strong Recurring Revenue And EBITDA Growth
Oct 29, 2007 – SES, the pre-eminent satellite operator worldwide (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges: SESG), reports on financial performance for the three months ended 30 September 2007.
News categories: SES, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Results, Satellite

Horizon Semiconductors rolls out single chip native 1080/60p high definition dual channel decoder SoCs for next-generation Cable, Satellite & IPTV set-top boxes
Oct 29, 2007 – Horizon Semiconductors has announced the immediate availability of the industry's first single chip multi-standard native 1080/60p high definition decoders for triple-play/quad-play Cable, Satellite and IPTV Set-Top Box, Digital Video Recorders and Home Media Centers.
News categories: Horizon Semiconductors, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Verizon Reports Continued Success in 3Q 2007
Oct 29, 2007 – In the third quarter, Verizon (NYSE:VZ) added a net of 202,000 new FiOS TV customers. The company has 717,000 FiOS TV customers in total, with approximately 600,000 added within the past 12 months.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 29, 2007 – NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced its results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2007.
News categories: NDS Group, Full Release, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box