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

ADB To Provide A Clear Vision For Digital Television Operators At IBC2007
Aug 14, 2007 – Advanced Digital Broadcast has announced that it will focus on a number of revenue enhancing technologies and solutions specifically designed to open new service and revenue opportunities for digital television operators at IBC2007.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, DVB-MHP, DVR, IBCShow, IPTV, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

OpenTV's High Definition PVR and PUSH VOD solutions selected by Multichoice South Africa
Aug 14, 2007 – OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ GM: OPTV) has announced that MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), the pioneer of multi-channel television in Africa and a Naspers group subsidiary, selected OpenTV as a key partner for the rollout of advanced digital television services on their DStv platform.
News categories: Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, South Africa

Vision TV, Ukraine's First Licensed DTH Satellite Pay-TV Provider, Chooses NDS Solutions
Aug 13, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced an agreement with Vision TV, a DTH satellite pay-TV operator based in Kiev, Ukraine. NDS will provide Vision TV with market-leading VideoGuard conditional access and MediaHighway middleware.
News categories: NDS Group, Vision TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, Middleware, Satellite, Ukraine

Portugal - Subscription television signals distribution services by cable and satellite grow in second quarter
Aug 13, 2007 – At the end of June, in Portugal there were 1,897 million subscribers to the distribution of subscription television signals service supported by cable distribution networks or satellite (DTH), a year-on-year increase of 6.5% and a quarterly increase of 0.9%.
News categories: Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

New Zealand - Freeview achieves strong household take-up
Aug 13, 2007 – A mere three months after Freeview ushered in a new era in New Zealand broadcasting, take-up figures for the period clearly show New Zealanders are embracing all that free-to-air digital broadcasting provides.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

EchoStar Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Aug 10, 2007 – EchoStar's DISH Network® (Nasdaq:DISH) service added approximately 170,000 net new subscribers during the second quarter of 2007, ending the quarter with approximately 13.585 million subscribers to become the nation's third largest pay-TV provider.
News categories: Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

The DIRECTV Group Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results
Aug 9, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE:DTV) U.S. net subscribers increased to 128,000 in the quarter bringing the total number of DIRECTV U.S. subscribers as of June 30, 2007 to 16.32 million, an increase of 5% over the 15.51 million subscribers reported on June 30, 2006. DIRECTV Latin America net subscriber additions increased 83% to 141,000. The total number of DIRECTV subscribers in Latin America as of June 30, 2007 increased to 2.94 million compared to 1.73 million as of June 30, 2006.
News categories: DIRECTV, DIRECTV Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Digital TV, Ecuador, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

FOXTEL Accelerates Growth in Subscribers and Profits To Record Highs
Aug 9, 2007 – FOXTEL has announced that it has achieved record high growth across all key metrics in the year ended 30 June 2007. At 30 June 2007, FOXTEL had 1,292,000 direct subscribers (including the sales queue), an increase of 13.1% since 30 June 2006. The net increase of 150,000 subscribers represents a 36% increase on the net additions in the previous year. FOXTEL's total subscriber base, including wholesale customers, grew to 1,443,000 an increase of 12.4% over the 12 month period.
News categories: Australia, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

The French are to help Russia launch digital TV
Aug 9, 2007 – STMicroelectronics and St. Petersburg's General Satellite have agreed upon cooperation in the sphere of digital television.
News categories: Digital TV, Russia, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box