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

300,000 Dolce clients in 10 months since the service was launched
Oct 8, 2007 – 300,000 clients chose the digital television service of Romtelecom in the 10 months since it was launched, proving that the Romanians have a high interest in best quality digital television services.
News categories: Romtelecom, Dolce, Digital TV, Romania, Satellite, Subscribers

PT Multimédia First Nine Months 2007 Results
Oct 5, 2007 – Pay-TV customers reached 1,521 thousand at the end of September 2007, with net additions of 26 thousand in 3Q07, as compared to net additions of 7 thousand in the same period last year.
News categories: PT Multimédia, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

DIRECTV, EchoStar May See Declining Subscriber Growth in Next Five Years, Pike & Fischer Study Predicts
Oct 2, 2007 – Satellite TV providers DIRECTV and EchoStar have been building customer loyalty with services such as high-definition channels and upgraded digital video recorders. But they are likely to see their customer growth fall significantly over the next five years, a new report from Pike & Fischer suggests.
News categories: Pike & Fischer, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Gartner Says Saturation of U.S. Pay-TV Market to Create Challenges for Emerging IPTV Services
Oct 1, 2007 – As Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services emerge, telecom companies face a fairly saturated pay-TV market in the U.S, as 82 percent of all U.S. households reported having a pay-TV subscription in 2006, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc.
News categories: Gartner, Cable TV, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, USA

Convergence Driving European TV Progress
Oct 1, 2007 – New research published today by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households will break the 50% mark by the end of this year.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Montenegro Publishes IPTV and DTH Rules
Sep 28, 2007 – This Book of Rules shall regulate the licensing procedure and conditions for use of licences for distribution of radio and TV channels to end users by means of public fixed telecommunication networks and satellite distribution systems.
News categories: Agencija za radio-difuziju, Digital TV, IPTV, Montenegro, Satellite, TV Services

BBC Trust publishes provisional conclusions on the BBC's HDTV proposals
Sep 25, 2007 – The BBC Trust has published its provisional conclusions on the BBC Executive's proposals for a high definition (HD) television channel.
News categories: BBC Trust, Cable TV, IPTV, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

IP and Satellite Set-top Box Sales Fuel Market in the Second Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group
Sep 25, 2007 – Dell'Oro Group has reported that the worldwide set-top box market grew 45 percent in the second quarter of this year over the same period a year ago, due in large part to strong sales of IP and satellite set-top boxes.
News categories: Dell'Oro Group, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

EchoStar Considering Spin-off of Technology and Infrastructure Assets From DISH Network U.S. Consumer Business
Sep 25, 2007 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) has announced that its Board of Directors has directed Management to pursue a possible separation of its businesses into two distinct publicly traded companies.
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, Finance, MandA, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA