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

BSkyB - 1 Million Sky Broadband Customers
Oct 29, 2007 – Sky has announced that Sky Broadband has passed the one million customer mark. The milestone was achieved less than 14 months after the first Sky Broadband customer was connected - more quickly than any other UK broadband provider.
News categories: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), Broadband, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, UK

Bharti Airtel Selects NDS To Protect and Power New Digital Satellite Service
Oct 28, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has been selected by Bharti Airtel to provide a suite of digital broadcasting solutions for the launch of the company's digital satellite service.
News categories: NDS Group, Bharti Airtel, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite

EchoStar Announces Push/Pull Video on Demand Service Incorporated Into IPTV Transport Platform
Oct 25, 2007 – EchoStar FSS Corporation (EFSSC), a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH), has announced that it is offering a "push and pull" video on demand (VOD) service as part of its IPTV platform, ViP-TV.
News categories: EchoStar, ViP-TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, USA

More Rural Telcos Sign on to IP-PRIME
Oct 24, 2007 – Bob Phillips, president and chief executive officer of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has announced that more rural telcos are adopting the innovative and cost-effective, end-to-end IPTV service, IP-PRIME®.
News categories: IP-PRIME, National Telecommunications Cooperative Association, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, USA

STMicroelectronics Reports 2007 Third Quarter and Nine Month Revenues and Earnings
Oct 23, 2007 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 29, 2007. Net revenues for the third quarter increased 6.1% sequentially to $2,565 million from the $2,418 million reported in the prior quarter.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Full Release, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

EchoStar Unveils ViP-TV, One of the Most Comprehensive IPTV Transport Platforms On the Market
Oct 23, 2007 – EchoStar (Nasdaq:DISH) and its subsidiary, EchoStar FSS (EFSSC), have announced the launch of ViP-TV™, through which EFFSC has the ability to transport over 300 channels of secure broadcast quality popular television programming via satellite to video providers that have obtained rights for distribution of programming over their wire-line networks.
News categories: EchoStar, ViP-TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Satellite, USA

Digiturk IPO to raise up to $550m
Oct 23, 2007 – Digiturk, Turkey's largest digital television broadcaster, plans to raise as much as $550m (£268m) in an IPO of 25 per cent of its business.
News categories: Digiturk, Digital TV, IPO, Satellite, Turkey

Kaon Media to make set-top boxes for Tata Sky
Oct 23, 2007 – To keep pace with the demand, direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Tata Sky has entered into an agreement to buy set-top boxes from Korean manufacturer Kaon Media.
News categories: Kaon Media, Tata Sky, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

SES AMERICOM's IP PRIME Powers TelcoTV
Oct 22, 2007 – SES AMERICOM, a SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg exchanges: SESG), has announced that it will showcase its industry-leading IP Prime MPEG-4 IPTV service with thirteen exhibitors at the TelcoTV Conference and Expo.
News categories: IP-PRIME, SES, Content Distribution, IPTV, Satellite