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

Thomson: Third Quarter 2007 Revenues
Oct 18, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.7 million satellite set-top boxes in 3Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 5.8 million access products in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Full release, Broadband, Cable TV, Camcorder, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK, USA

Ukrainian market statistics revealed
Oct 17, 2007 – Although there are around 600 cable operators in Ukraine, the market is dominated by three players. Volia Cable, the largest of these, has 530,000 subscribers.
News categories: Volia Cable, Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, Subscribers, TV Services, Ukraine

Sogecable Consolidated results as of September 30th 2007
Oct 16, 2007 – As of September 30th 2007, the subscriber base of DIGITAL+ stood at 2,046,000 customers. At the end of the previous quarter, DIGITAL+ had 2,056,000 customers. DIGITAL+'s customer base decreased by 10,000 subscribers in the third quarter of 2007.
News categories: Sogecable, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial

AT&T Moves Ahead on DISH Deal
Oct 16, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has hired Goldman Sachs to explore the acquisition of EchoStar (Nasdaq:DISH).
News categories: AT&T, DISH Network, Digital TV, IPTV, MandA, Satellite, USA

Powerline home net camps mount urgent bid for unity
Oct 15, 2007 – Opposing camps in powerline home networking will face off at an IEEE meeting in Boston this week over the path toward a unified standard.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, USA

Facing Challenges, Set-Top Box Makers Will Respond with Advanced Features
Oct 10, 2007 – As revenue from standard STB (Set-top Box) sales declines along with demand in the period 2008 to 2012, STB vendors will have to add new features and functions in order to revive flagging shipment numbers.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

The Future of Television (TV) Market: The Evolving Landscape Of HDTV, IPTV And Mobile TV
Oct 9, 2007 – Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the worldwide consumer electronics industry is now available in its catalogue.
News categories: ReportLinker, Business Insights, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Mobile, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services

Technology Shifting in Real-Time Broadcast MPEG Encoder Market According to In-Stat
Oct 9, 2007 – The real-time broadcast MPEG encoder market is growing as new digital TV providers and TV channels are launched and HD content grows, reports In-Stat. There is also a large shift taking place, as H.264 is replacing MPEG-2 as the compression technology of choice in many of the segments.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

India's DishTV Targets 8 Million Users by 2011
Oct 9, 2007 – Essel Group promoted DishTV (BSE:532839) is expecting an over three-fold increase in its subscriber base to 8 million by 2011.
News categories: DishTV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers